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Reaction Torque Sensor Available with USB Output

Reaction Torque Sensor Available with USB Output

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc. has just added the TFF Reaction Torque Sensor to their USB Sensor Solution Line. The new module with USB output eliminates the need for an analog amplifier, power supply, and display equipment making usage...

2009-03-02
Ultrasound helps optimise drive designs

Ultrasound helps optimise drive designs

Sensor Technology: A bespoke pump maker is using ultrasound waves to efficiently model drive torque and thus contain development costs to within predictable limits. Charles Austen Pumps has recently upgraded test facilities with Surface Acoustic...

2009-03-02
New torque sensor will revolutionise machine control

New torque sensor will revolutionise machine control

Sensor Technology: Machine designers have been presented with a significant new technology for measuring power in drive shafts and other rotating machine elements, following the launch of the RWT310/320 series of TorqSense Rotary Torque Sensors by...

2009-03-02
Donut Load Cell with USB Option

Donut Load Cell with USB Option

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc. is now offering its LTH300 Donut/Thru hole Load Cell with a USB Output option. The new module eliminates the need for an analog amplifier, power supply, and display equipment making usage that much easier....

2009-03-02
Cognex enlists major camera suppliers for strategic alliance

Cognex enlists major camera suppliers for strategic alliance

Partnerships provide customers with best-in-class integrated vision systems

Cognex Corporation, the producer of the world’s most widely used vision software and vision tools—VisionPro® software—announced the launch of the...

2009-03-01
Nissan saves time and money with Cognex vision

Nissan saves time and money with Cognex vision

Cognex Corporation: At one of the most productive automotive manufacturing plants in Europe, accuracy and reliability at all points on the production line are of paramount importance. The issue Nissan faced was that the existing mechanical...

2009-02-28
SuperSENS Detector

SuperSENS Detector

BERTHOLD Technologies GmbH & Co. KG: The SuperSENS detector with its outstanding sensitivity allows for operation with extremely low source activities. The innovative point detector can be used for the measurement of density and level. Due to...

2009-02-27
Submersible Accelerometer for General Purpose Vibration Measurements

Submersible Accelerometer for General Purpose Vibration ...

Dytran Instruments, Inc. is pleased to introduce a new general purpose accelerometer for underwater vibration measurements. Model 3217A has a sensitivity of 100 mV/g and was specially designed for submersible applications with a factory molded...

2009-02-21
Miniature Triaxial Accelerometer with TEDS

Miniature Triaxial Accelerometer with TEDS

Dytran Instruments, Inc. has just introduced a new accelerometer to the 3093B family of accelerometers. Model 3093M18 is a new miniature 10 mV/g accelerometer with IEEE 1451.4 TEDS. Model 3093M18 is lightweight (10 grams) and features a 10-32...

2009-02-21
Measuring Spark Plug Types 6115B... and 6118B...

Measuring Spark Plug Types 6115B... and 6118B...

Kistler: The use of spark plugs in cylinder pressure measurement has the major advantage of avoiding the need to form an additional bore. It exploits the means of access to the combustion chamber already provided by the plug, which then serves a...

2009-02-19
High-Temperature Sensor Type 6056AU20

High-Temperature Sensor Type 6056AU20

Kistler: Measurement of cylinder pressure, for example using glow plug adapters, has made the development of economical high-torque diesel engines possible for the first time. Sensor development has been also been ongoing to keep pace with the...

2009-02-19
New Safety Switches, Interlocking Devices and Command Devices in the Leuze electronic portfolio

New Safety Switches, Interlocking Devices and Command ...

Leuze electronic has completely rearranged and extended its product range of Safety Switches and Interlocking Devices. With the reorganization and extension of its Switch and Interlocking Device portfolio, Leuze electronic is underpinning its...

2009-02-19
Laser scanner-supported automatic order picking

Laser scanner-supported automatic order picking

Leuze electronic: Surface area distance sensors ROD 4 from Leuze electronic are ideally suited for a wide range of different applications in the field of warehousing and conveying technology. The ROD 4plus is a variant of this device designed...

2009-02-19
Quality inspection of flat glass

Quality inspection of flat glass

Micro-Epsilon: Two new measuring stations from Micro-Epsilon are being used to inspect the dimensional accuracy and edge quality of flat glass at Schott based in Jena. Dimensional accuracy is a critical factor in industrial glass, which is used...

2009-02-17
Laser micrometer offers twice the measuring range

Laser micrometer offers twice the measuring range

Micro-Epsilon: Laser micrometers are now available from Micro-Epsilon that provide more than double the existing measuring range. The two new models are called optoCONTROL 1202-75 and optoCONTROL 1202-100. The measuring range of these two new...

2009-02-17
Innovative measuring process for surface inspection

Innovative measuring process for surface inspection

Micro-Epsilon: The Bavarian Research Foundation is using € 650,000 to promote the collaboration established in September 2007 between BMW’s Dingolfing plant, Micro-Epsilon, one of the leading providers of high-precision sensors, measuring...

2009-02-17
Eddy current sensors in tribology testers

Eddy current sensors in tribology testers

Micro-Epsilon: Eddy current sensors from Micro-Epsilon are once again being used in a new high-performance test system at the Institute for Tribology at the Clausthal Technical University. The new tester, which is currently under construction,...

2009-02-17
New systems for the measurement of compressed air

New systems for the measurement of compressed air

SONOTEC: Saving energy is an important issue for all types of industry operating with compressed air. The new probes of the SONOAIR series, belonging to our high-precision measurement devices, are equipped with a lot of new details. These...

2009-02-15
Touch Panel displays distance measurements from Acuity laser sensors

Touch Panel displays distance measurements ...

Acuity: A color Touch Panel Display can control Acuity laser sensors and display their distance readings. Using serial communications, this smart terminal includes firmware applications for calculating thickness and other dimensions without the...

2009-02-15
SCHMIDT® Flow-sensor SS 20.260 for process technology

SCHMIDT® Flow-sensor SS 20.260 for process technology

SCHMIDT Technology: For the employment in process technology the latest SCHMIDT® flow sensor SS 20.260 offers three crucial upgrades compared to his forerunner. With an expanded measuring range of 0 … 50 m/s the sensor can be applied for flow...

2009-02-14
High pressure S8000 from Michell saves money in compressed air and gas manufacture

High pressure S8000 from Michell saves money in ...

Michell Instruments’ S8000 Integrale cooled mirror hygrometer is able to cope with sample gas at pressures of up to 17 barg. This means a reduced response time which can help save users time and money in dry applications – such as compressed...

2009-02-13
Sierra's Smart-Trak® Model 100 Series Chosen as Part of Key Test Equipment in Measuring CO2 Absorption in Antarctica

Sierra's Smart-Trak® Model 100 Series Chosen as Part of ...

Sierra Instruments: The Smart-Trak® digital mass flow controller offers maximum flexibility, an easy-to-use interface and true digital performance. Smart-Trak’s Dial-A-Gas® feature and pilot module interface are used to change gases and other...

2009-02-03
Heavy Industrial Mass Flow Controller with ANSI or DIN Flanges

Heavy Industrial Mass Flow Controller with ANSI or DIN ...

Sierra Instruments is proud to announce its award winning Max-Trak® Model 180 Industrial Mass Flow Meters and Controllers are now available with 316 stainless steel (ANSI or DIN) flange mounting for gas flow rates up to 1000 slpm (pipe sizes up...

2009-02-03
Torque about Improving Handling Accuracy

Torque about Improving Handling Accuracy

Sensor Technology: Dry bulk handling is en route to becoming a precision science with a level of control previously undreamt of, thanks to 20 years of research and development into digital non-contact torque monitoring. Dry bulk handling is...

2009-02-02

PCB Piezotronics Announces New Wheel Force Transducer Series

PCB Automotive Sensors Division introduces Series 5400 Wheel Force Transducers (WFT), for road load data acquisition applications. Designed as rugged one-piece units that mount between the vehicle hub and the wheel rim, these units deliver highly...

2009-01-31

PCB Piezotronics Announces New In-Line Rotary Torque Sensor

PCB Automotive Sensors Division introduces Series 5300D TORKDISC® In-line Rotary Torque Sensor Systems designed for test applications requiring a robust rotary torque transducer where axial space is at a premium. Onboard, the transducer is a...

2009-01-31
S-Beam Load Cell with USB Option

S-Beam Load Cell with USB Option

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc. is pleased to present its LSB350 with a brand new USB Digital Interface. This improvement offers a USB type solution for Strain Gage Based Load Cells. FUTEK’s USB Sensor Solution provides an easy “Plug...

2009-01-30
Miniature Load Button with USB Output

Miniature Load Button with USB Output

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc. (FUTEK) is now offering its LLB130 Miniature Load Button with a USB Output option. With the integration of the USB Kit, the need for amplifiers, filters, and multi-meters is eliminated. The USB output would...

2009-01-30
High Capacity Load Cell with USB Option

High Capacity Load Cell with USB Option

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc. (FUTEK) is now offering its LCA700 High Capacity Load Cell with a USB output option. Since the 4th quarter of 2008, FUTEK Engineering Labs have been offering USB Output option on select models. The LCA700 is...

2009-01-30
Alignment check of hinges for windows and door mechanisms

Alignment check of hinges for windows and door mechanisms

Cognex Corporation: Mayer & Co., a global leader in its field has found the solution to their production problems in Cognex vision systems. While it’s something we all do possibly several times a day - opening or tilting a balcony door or...

2009-01-28
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