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Ifyoudon'thaveatorquewrenchavailableorifyouwanttocheckthereadingsoftheoneyouhaveitiseasytoimprovisewithastandardwrenchandascale.

Themomentortorquecanbeexpressedas

M=Fa(1)

where

M=momentortorque(Nm,ftlbf)

F=theappliedforce(N,lbf)

a=thelengthofthewrench(m,ft)

Note!MostscalesintheSIunitsystemmeasuretheweightorforceduetotheaccelerationofgravityinkg.

thedifferencebetweenmassandweight.

ThereadingfromthescalecanbeconvertedtoNbyusing

F=mg

where

m=readingofthescale(kg)

g=accelerationofgravity(9.81m/s2)

ExampleMeasuringTorquewithastandardWrenchandaLuggageScalereadingsinkg
Thereadingofascaleattheendofawrenchis10kg.Thelengthofthewrenchis30cm.Themomentexertedcanbecalculatedas

M=(10kg)(9.81m/s2)(0.3m)

=29.4Nm

ExampleMeasuringTorquewithastandardWrenchandaLuggageScalereadingsinlb
Thereadingofascaleattheendofawrenchis20lbf.Thelengthofthewrenchis1ft.Themomentexertedcanbecalculatedas

M=(20lbf)(1ft)

=20ftlbf

ScaleWrenchTorqueDiagramSIunits

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ExampleTorqueSettingsofaCylinderHead
Thetorquesettingsofacylinderheadinacarenginearespecifiedto30Nm.Withawrenchwithlength20cmandaccordingtothediagramabovethescalereadingsshouldbeapproximately

14kg

ScaleWrenchTorqueDiagramImperialunits

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