Scott A. Crone is product line manager and sales and support manager at Ametek Test & Calibration Instruments (Berwyn, PA). He can be reached at scott.crone@ametek.com or (727) 538-6007. For more information, visit www.ametekcalibration.com .
Regardless of the technology employed, the desired result of force measurement is the same-measure the force applied to capture a reading for validation or further analysis.