A 1 kg Mass Comparator Using Flexure-Strip Suspensions: Preliminary Results
Terry Quinn, Clive C Speake, Richard Davis · Metrologia · 1986
This paper describes the design and construction of a novel form of equal-arm balance. The balance has been designed to study the performance of flexure strips for use as pivots in a 1 kg mass comparator working at the highest accuracy. The beam of the balance is servo controlled using optical detection of angular position and electromagnetic control. Small mass differences are measured in terms of the differences in the servo currents required to reproduce the same position of the beam. Preliminary results using this prototype balance indicate that an accuracy in mass comparison of about 5 parts in 10 10 can be achieved.