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Teaching & Learning Aids

Through its Micro-Measurements, Instruments, and Photolastic Divisions, the Vishay Measurements Group is dedicated to developing, manufacturing, and marketing high-quality materials and equipment for precision strain measurement and stress analysis testing. We are equally dedicated to serving the special needs of the educational community.


The Education Division was established with a commitment to providing an outlet for the resources of the Vishay Measurements Group to engineering and technology students and teachers at schools, colleges and universities around the world. In addition to offering the unique line of high-quality instructional materials and equipment shown here, the Education Division serves as your channel to the full range of Vishay Measurements Group experimental stress analysis products and services.

Engineering Mechanics

Experiments in Mechanics Series of student exercises.
Cantilever Beams Coordinated with Experiments in Mechanics and Flexor.
Flexor Flexure frame for loading beams.

Strain Gage Technology

Student Gages Micro-Measurements gages for student use.
Practice Patterns Bonding and soldering practice.
Strain Gage Application Kit Installation accessories.
VideoTech Library Instructional videotapes.

Photoelasticity

Teaching Polariscope For classroom or laboratory use.
Stress-Opticon Demonstration device for photoelasticity.

These technically sound and academically effective instructional materials and equipment are now in use in hundreds of technical high schools, technical institutes, engineering colleges, and universities. They are fully compatible with the entire range of Vishay Measurements Group products for strain measurement and stress analysis testing. In fact, they are differentiated only by their usefulness in teaching and learning activities.

Learning is faster, easier, and in greater depth when the principles of mechanics, mechanical design, structures, and stress analysis are actually experienced by the student. Vishay Measurements Group teaching/learning aids are intended to generate student interest, provide motivation, and develop comprehension of stress and strain concepts which otherwise tend to remain abstractions.

Vishay Measurements Group teaching and learning aids are flexible and can be employed in a purely illustrative or demonstrative fashion or as fundamental components of course content. Most of them are also open-ended, and provide the means for the imaginative teacher (or student) to explore advanced areas.

Detailed description of each are given in Bulletin 308 . Copies are available upon request by contacting the Vishay Measurements Group branch office or regional sales representative serving your area.