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How to Select a Strobe

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Best results for measuring RPM is for the user to fix his eyes on a single reference target a bolt head,
keyway, scratch on the shaft or to place a reference mark such as tape, paint or chalk on a symmetrical
object. When the user rotates the flash rate control knob "Very Slowly", the object will appear to stop
rotating and their eyes will see the "Stopped Motion". Monarch provides a very detailed Instruction
Manual on How To Use the Strobe. If you decided to purchase a Tachometer instead of a Stroboscope,
please read How to Specify Monarch Tachometers.

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Vibration measurement instruments and vibration analyzers are used for measuring, displaying and analyzing vibration. Typically these instruments comprise a transducer, data acquisition and either a local display or some sort of output to a computer or another instrument.
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