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How to measure inward radial (clamping?) force, of a clamp secured to a pipe?

How to measure inward radial (clamping?) force, of a clamp secured to a pipe?

How to measure inward radial (clamping?) force, of a clamp secured to a pipe?

(OP)
Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster.

We have a legacy product that was developed pre-CAD, the original engineer that developed this is no longer with the company, and to put the cherry on the cake, our paper drawings/calcs were damaged in a fire earlier this year.

What the legacy product is, is a mechanical clamp that's used to secure a cable onto a pipe, and we're trying to find out how much clamping force is exerted onto the pipe once the clamp is installed. We then want to use that figure as a principle constraint with designing a new clamp style, so that we have a basis of which to design around.

What sort of measuring devices or methods are out there, to determine the clamping force of our product?

(thinking of a simpler way of putting it; your left arm is the pipe, and your right hand is the clamp... we want to know what force/pressure the forearm is exposed to from the right hand grabbing hold)


Thank you in advance, for the help!! Very much appreciated!!


-TW

RE: How to measure inward radial (clamping?) force, of a clamp secured to a pipe?

How about a photo of the Clamp?

Sometimes its possible to do all the right things and still get bad results

RE: How to measure inward radial (clamping?) force, of a clamp secured to a pipe?

(OP)
See attached!








For size comparison, the pipe in the photos is 2-3/8" OD


Thanks again!


-TW

RE: How to measure inward radial (clamping?) force, of a clamp secured to a pipe?

That looks rather, umm, "exotic" for an industrial environment. Is this for some kind of retail application?

Piping Design Central

RE: How to measure inward radial (clamping?) force, of a clamp secured to a pipe?

(OP)
Nope, used inside of well casing.

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