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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
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
Servo research points the way to improved dynamics

Servo research points the way to improved dynamics

Sensor Technology: Research at the University of Manchester has demonstrated servo systems with vastly improved dynamics with the most challenging of loads. The key to the increased performance is a torque transducer from Sensor Technology...

2008-12-30
Torque Sensor with USB Output

Torque Sensor with USB Output

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc is pleased to present its TFF400 Reaction Torque Sensor with a brand new USB Digital Interface with 16 bits resolution. With this improvement, FUTEK has once again shown their innovation by becoming one of the...

2008-11-30
Input shaft torque sensor (flex technology), based on sensor telemetry for power trains in cars

Input shaft torque sensor (flex technology), based on ...

Manner sensor telemetry: The measurement of the dynamic torque between the motor and the manual transmission in cars is becoming increasingly important for the design of the power train, as well as the optimization of the motor control. Calculated...

2008-11-12
Testing time for vacuum cleaner maker

Testing time for vacuum cleaner maker

Sensor Technology: A company that designs and build custom test equipment for the manufacturing and research industries has developed a cost saving sub-system that allows eight dynamometer test rigs to share a single calibration unit based on a...

2008-11-02

It's safer than you thought to belt up

Sensor Technology: When building a replacement rig for a global seatbelt manufacturer they used a highly sensitive transducer from Sensor Technology instead of a standard one, which highlighted previously undetected large torque oscillations...

2008-09-02
HBM upgrades all-rounder torque flange

HBM upgrades all-rounder torque flange

HBM’s T40 all-rounder torque flange is suitable for many applications from stand-alone operation to expandable measuring chains. It provides consistently reliable measurement results in test benches and in process monitoring at an optimal price....

2008-08-20
Kistler Torque Sensors Test New Jaguar Steering Column

Kistler Torque Sensors Test New Jaguar Steering Column

Kistler: The test rig, designed by Nacam with technical assistance from Kistler, uses two Kistler Type 4502 miniature torque sensors to check that both threads have been formed correctly and are neither too loose or to tight. This latter parameter...

2008-08-19
SAWS: A Cutting Edge Technology

SAWS: A Cutting Edge Technology

Sensor Technology: The RWT310/RWT320 offers a compact transducer together with the electronics integrated within the body. It has been possible to achieve this by the development of swept electronic technology, which provides the advantages of a...

2008-08-02
Torque Sensors

Torque Sensors

FUTEK's Torque Sensors feature both Reaction and Rotary Torque Sensors in which the former use static and the latter uses dynamic torque mechanics. Our Reaction Torque Sensors utilize a strain gage full bridge configuration that is maintenance...

2008-07-30
Rotary Torque Sensor

Rotary Torque Sensor

FUTEK: The Rotary Torque Sensor category has Torque Sensors which are used in slip ring and non contact rotary torque measurements. The most common utilization for these models is for inline/reaction applications, where...

2008-07-30

Custom Sensors

FUTEK: We can modify any of our standard products (load cells, torque sensors, force sensors, pressure sensors, and instruments) or design a completely new model to meet your custom needs. Our team can help you meet your...

2008-07-30

Lotus Hybrid Blooms

Sensor Technology: The torque-current characteristics of a combined motor-generator developed for a Lotus-based hybrid car have been comprehensively mapped by a TorqSense digital torque sensor. Specialist electromagnetic design company Elektro...

2008-07-02
RoaDyn® Piezoelectric Measuring Wheels for Extremely Small Torques

RoaDyn® Piezoelectric Measuring Wheels for Extremely ...

Kistler: The torque measuring wheels of the RoaDyn P1xy series yield important information from simulation, test stand measurement and over-the-road testing. Minute changes in torque are investigated in the road tests. Due to the very high...

2008-06-19
Designing Greener Cars Requires Sophisticated Testing

Designing Greener Cars Requires Sophisticated Testing

Sensor Technology: The automotive industry’s race to develop a new generation of high Performance, low emissions power plants has lead to the emergence of high capability test beds that simultaneously monitor multiple parameters. The sector is...

2008-06-02

Magtrol's newest series of hysteresis brakes - Ideal for ...

Magtrol has announced a new addition to their line of Hysteresis brakes. The AHB Series Compressed-air-cooled Hysteresis Brakes are ideal for low-torque/high-speed applications with...

2008-04-04
Torque Sensor with Two Measuring Ranges

Torque Sensor with Two Measuring Ranges

Kistler’s torque sensors of type 4503A… can measure both peak and average operating torques with a high degree of accuracy. Extreme ratios of high peak to moderate operating torque arise, for example, during starting and abrupt deceleration or...

2008-04-01
One Powerful Combination – Goodyear, Fendt, Kistler and the University of Hohenheim Started Research Project

One Powerful Combination – Goodyear, Fendt, Kistler and ...

Kistler: Modern, heavy, powerful tractors require high horsepower, strong tires and rims to transmit all forces to the field or the road. Basic research in this area has been limited but is now ready for a major step...

2008-02-20
Very small High-Precision Torque Measuring Flange for test rig applications

Very small High-Precision Torque Measuring Flange for ...

Manner sensor telemetry developed a very compact, high-precision torque sensor with telemetric transmission on digital basis with 16 bits resolution. The main applications are in high qualified test rigs. The torque sensing is based on the very...

2008-02-12
Bellows couplings simplifies fitting torque flange

Bellows couplings simplifies fitting torque flange

HBM’s T22 torque flange is available with an optional matching bellows coupling removing the need for any additional adaptation. Most torque flanges normally require expert knowledge when fitting because transducer geometries, for example, place...

2008-01-20

LOGG-TEL - Digital Telemetry with integrated Data Logger ...

Manner sensor telemetry has developed a multi-channel telemetry amplifier with integrated data logger especially for dynamic torque measurement applications. The feature is that both energy and acquired data are transmitted inductively between...

2008-01-12
U10M force transducer aids torque measurement

U10M force transducer aids torque measurement

HBM’s U10M tensile/compressive force transducer benefits torque measurement applications where rotating torque transducers are considered unsuitable, such as vehicle test stands. In such applications, the transducer supports the floating base...

2008-01-11
Heavy-Truck Measuring Wheel RoaDyn® S6HT System 2000

Heavy-Truck Measuring Wheel RoaDyn® S6HT System 2000

Kistler: As a rotating 6-component measuring system for wheel and tire test that can be used like a measuring hub, the new RoaDyn S6HT TT (Tire Testing) completes the Kistler range of truck wheel-measuring systems. It is designed for measuring...

2007-11-24
Intelligent extruder plans its own growth

Intelligent extruder plans its own growth

Sensor Technology: A bench top extruder developed at Bradford University is able to collect data about its own operation and to determine a wide range of characteristics of the material with which it is working. Most of the intelligence is...

2007-10-22
Big push to recycle plastic

Big push to recycle plastic

Sensor Technology: Cold extrusion is playing an ever greater part in recycling of waste plastic, and the Department for Business and Enterprise is sponsoring research into development of the machinery necessary for such work. Engineers at Bradford...

2007-09-14
Cost Effective Measuring Wheel System RoaDyn® BaseLine

Cost Effective Measuring Wheel System RoaDyn® BaseLine

Kistler: The familiar RoaDyn P103/P106 torque measuring wheels from Kistler are available as BaseLine models. With the matching measuring chain the system has all the quality attributes of the proven PremiumLine models appreciated for their...

2007-04-23

Tough Torque Measuring Flange Responds Dynamically

Kistler: The torque measuring flange, Type 4504A…, is designed specifically for use under the demanding and complex conditions encountered in engine testing. This sensor comes with a robust, contamination-resistant, fully integral speed...

2007-04-05
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