本月我们了解到，速得12吨的测力环在Larkin Engineering Services公司的建设项目中用于了观测站上起吊点的负荷测试。
In this month’s equipment case study, we find out how a 12t-capacity loadcell developed by Straightpoint was used by Larkin Engineering Services to load test the lifting points of a weather station.
此气象站服务于欧洲第一个商业性漂浮式海上风向风速观测项目，并且由Dongle Energy和Flidar两家公司进行监理。
The weather station is being used in Europe's first commercial floating offshore wind measurement project, overseen by Dong Energy and Flidar.
进行负荷测试的目的在于保证重达6.5吨的观测站可以安全起吊并顺利地被运至位于爱尔兰海的准确位置上，在到达指定海面后可以平稳安装。
The load test was carried out to ensure the station, which weighs 6.5t, could be safely lifted and transported to its final location in the Irish Sea, and that it would be balanced when at sea.
此速得测力环可记录所有的测试重量信息，包括观测站的各组成部分和完整观测站的重量。
The loadcell recorded all test weights, including those of individual components and the complete station.
负责承接此项目的Larkin公司的高级司索和检验工程师约翰道奇森先生说道，此观测站主要是由一个装在海上浮标上的小型风立方装置构成的，带有被动式机械稳定系统以保证观测站稳定工作。在项目进行过程中，我们用速得测力环来测定观测站上各个起吊点在负荷测试中的负载数据信息。观测站组装完毕后，测力环的峰值延时显示功能还可以帮助更好的记录总负荷，这样有利于准确把握施加试验负荷的大小水平。
John Dodgson, senior rigging and inspection engineer at Larkin, said: "The Flidar equipment consists of a marine buoy equipped with a state-ofthe- art buoy-adapted Leosphere Windcube c2 Lidar, held in a passive mechanical stablisation system. The Straightpoint loadcell was used to take load test measurements on the lifting points on Flidar.
"I used Straightpoint's Handheld Plus to take measurements of the marine buoy and the windcube. Once Flidar was assembled, the loadcell's peak load function was used to record the total load, so that calculation could be set for the proof loads to be applied.
“最后，利用峰值延时显示功能，我们记录下了每一个起吊点上应加载的试验负荷值。测力环监测到的数据信息显示在手持显示器上，我们将其拍照以后，作为了试验负荷测试证明文件的一部分内容。”
"Finally the peak load function recorded the total proof load applied to the single lifting point. The digital read-out is always photographed and forms part of the certification documentation of the proof loading tests."
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