UGC-VE-2316 16 MPx Triple-Camera Video Extensometer

Three 16 MPx cameras for the longest measuring lengths in the 2000 Series

The UGC-VE-2316 is a non-contact optical (video) extensometer from the X-Sight 2000 Series, supplied, configured and supported by Universal Grip. It tracks gauge marks on the specimen with three 16 MPx cameras and reports strain, total length, delta length and angle in real time, so it can stay on the specimen through break with no knife edges to slip or damage. Stacked camera units are calibrated with a joined grid, nearly doubling the measuring length per added camera.

 

Measuring length, accuracy class and sampling rate

Per ISO 9513 the UGC-VE-2316 measures 920 mm at Class 0.5, 1900 mm at Class 1 and 3850 mm at Class 2. Class 0.5 is the tight class labs choose for modulus and proof-strength work; ISO 6892-1 calls for Class 1 or better for yield and proof strength and allows Class 2 for elongation after fracture.

Typical sampling is 70 Hz (23 Hz with the full image), and narrowing the view width raises it to 1 kHz. Higher pixel counts trade frame rate for field of view: at this resolution the camera favours reach and resolution over raw speed.

As a sizing check: the Class 2 measuring length of 3850 mm is long enough to follow a gauge section of about 3.9 m, to measure several gauge lengths on one long specimen, or to watch more than one specimen at once. We confirm the usable field from your specimen, grips and expected elongation.

 

What the UGC-VE-2316 is best for

• wide-width geotextiles and geogrids to ASTM D4595

• full-size rebar and structural specimens to ASTM A615

• rope, cable and webbing

• large components, assemblies and several specimens in one view

 

Three units, one continuous measurement

Three 200 mm units are stacked and calibrated together with a joined grid, so the software treats them as one extensometer. This is the configuration for very long specimens, very high elongation or several gauge lengths measured at once on the same sample.

 

Choosing the lens and working distance

Measuring length, lens focal length and working distance are linked: choose two and the third follows. For the Class 0.5 field of view (920 mm high by 188 mm wide) the working distances are 12 mm lens 262 mm, 16 mm lens 352 mm, 25 mm lens 556 mm, 35 mm lens 782 mm, 50 mm lens 1,122 mm (from the front cover). Longer working distances reduce LED intensity and can need longer shutter times, so tell us your frame and chamber geometry and we will pick the lens.

 

Connects to your testing machine

Strain is streamed live to the test-machine controller over DOLI Binary, MODBUS, HP Video, TCP/IP or RS232, as an analog signal through auxiliary D/A converters, or as an encoder-style quadrature pulse. The JSON and MRT APIs let your test software start and stop measurement, switch methods and set the gauge length. That is how we retrofit video extensometers to Instron, MTS, ZwickRoell, Shimadzu, Test Resources, ADMET and Galdabini frames; see retrofitting a video extensometer to an existing machine.

 

Compare the UGC-VE-2316 with similar models

• UGC-VE-2309: 2000 Series triple-camera, 9 MPx, Class 0.5 620 mm, 75 Hz typical

• UGC-VE-2305: 2000 Series triple-camera, 5 MPx, Class 0.5 3 × 130 mm, 175 Hz typical

• UGC-VE-2116: 2000 Series single-camera, 16 MPx, Class 0.5 330 mm, 70 Hz typical

• UGC-VE-2216: 2000 Series dual-camera, 16 MPx, Class 0.5 640 mm, 70 Hz typical

Not sure which model fits? Read how to choose an extensometer, gauge length selection for video extensometers, or compare all models on our video extensometer page.