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Inside the Task Multi-piece Balance

Inside the Task Multi-piece Balance
Task/Able multi-piece or two-piece balance consists of a inner rod and a outer shell joined by strain-gage flexures (or internal gages of balance normal, roll moment, axial). Howard Ward along with his brother Elmer Ward (founder of Task Corp.) engineered many balances and later worked as a consultant to Aerophysics Research Instruments.

Task/Able multi-piece or two-piece balance consists of an inner rod and an outer shell joined by strain-gage flexures (or internal gages of balance normal, roll moment, axial). Howard Ward along with his brother Elmer Ward (founder of Task Corp.) engineered many balances and later worked as a consultant to Aerophysics Research Instruments in Corona, CA. Aerophysics currently owns the IP of Task and Able balances. Outer shell shown on left, inner rod on right. Slots are for gage flexures.