Re: [PSES] Tilt stability and CoG test lab

2019-07-05 Thread Richard Nute
Hi Frank: In most cases, the COG is near or at the geographic center of the equipment.  This would be at the half-way point of each dimension, W, L, H.  For your product, the worst-case tip-over would be on the W (5 feet) side. Expanding on Doug's suggestion, tip the unit on each bottom

Re: [PSES] Tilt stability and CoG test lab

2019-07-05 Thread John Woodgate
Don't forget to put a spot of red paint on it, so you can find it again. Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only J M Woodgate and Associates www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK On 2019-07-05 18:07, Doug Powell wrote: A quick and dirty way to find the center of gravity is to hang the

Re: [PSES] Tilt stability and CoG test lab

2019-07-05 Thread Doug Powell
A quick and dirty way to find the center of gravity is to hang the product from each of the four corners on top, one at a time. For example from lifting rings or similar. The imaginary vertical lines that passes through the product should all intersect at the COG. Similarly, you could simply tilt

Re: [PSES] Tilt stability and CoG test lab

2019-07-05 Thread IBM Ken
Hi Frank! I did a quick search; I assume you already checked with UL (Fremont, SF, San Jose), MET (Santa Clara), TUV-Sud (Fremont), TUV_Rhineland (Pleasanton), Intertek (Menlo Park), Bureau Veritas (Sunnyvale), NTS (Dynamics test lab in Newark https://www.nts.com/location/newark-ca/) and BACLC

[PSES] Tilt stability and CoG test lab

2019-07-05 Thread frankt_cpmt
Hi Everyone, I have been searching and drawing blanks for test labs in the bay area capable of performing tilt stability and measuring center of gravity in bay area California, San Jose, Fremont, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, etc.Is there a lab or facility someone in this community uses to perform