Everyday ergonomics: metrology for the modern market
If you ever stay at the Grand Hyatt hotel in San Francisco, don't be alarmed to receive a note from the staff advising you that the 35-story skyscraper may creak and sway in the wind. Even Dubai's mountainous Burj Khalifa, weighing half a million tonnes, can flex back and forth by 2 metres at its 2717-foot peak. Everything in our world is flexible and even the largest of structures are susceptible to force. Here, John Cove, marketing manager at Starrett, explores the importance of force measurement testing and the role accuracy plays in product development.