Sensor technologies / Measurement principles

Micro-Epsilon has extended its product range of capacitive displacement and distance sensors by capacitive thread sensors. These are not intended for clamping but are screwed into a thread. This opens up numerous application possibilities, e.g....

Rechner: The LevelMaster from RECHNER Sensors is becoming increasingly popular in the Food + Bev plus Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics industries. The rapidly increasing sales figures are easy to explain: functionality, quality, compactness and easy...

HBM  Test and Measurement (HBM) expands its range of strain gauges with the KFU series, which can be used at extremely high temperatures up to +350 °C. The KFU strain gauges are shipped with 1 m long cables and are protected against high...

ETLG Inertial Aerosystems: Air, ground and sea missile and munitions designers face demanding accuracy requirements under the most extreme shock and vibration conditions, with size, weight and cost constraints.  Designed specifically for...

Innovative Sensor Technology (IST AG): Sensors made by Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG have been used in space projects since the mid-nineties. In February 2018, IST AG was awarded the ESCC (European Space Components Coordination)...

CeramTec: Manufacturers of medical devices can now incorporate high gain transducers into new products faster and more cost-effectively, thanks to a new package developed and supplied by CeramTec. Combining a horned transducer and a remote drive...

Micro-Epsilon: Thermal imager monitoring of ultra-small components is now possible using a microscope lens from Micro-Epsilon. This lens is available as an upgrade for the TIM 450 and TIM 640 high resolution thermal imaging cameras, enabling...

CeramTec: As demand for miniaturisation of electronics continues to grow, CeramTec is continuing to refine its manufacturing and materials capability to deliver high-frequency substrates which satisfy challenging geometrical...

PCB Piezotronics, manufacturer of vibration and pressure monitoring instrumentation, announces the release of accelerometers designed for use in research and development programs for aviation/power generation turbines. Models 357A64 and 357M168...

Balluff: Control and shut-off valves are used for oil and gas transmission in refineries and petrochemical plants. The valve position is regulated using the position measuring systems, because they are extremely reliable, especially in very harsh...

Coto Technology has published a new multi-page "How-to" Engineering Application Note called  "Using RedRock TMR Magnetic Sensors RR121 for Speed and Direction in Rotating Systems." This new app note discusses the use of TMR magnetic...

Texys: After the success of the Texense IRN-RC flexible strip sensor, Texys have produced a new fully customizable, multi-head sensor, the Texense MB-Flex. Based on the same principal as the IRN-RC, you can now fully adjust the position and number...

MTS Sensors, a division of MTS Systems Corporation, announced that the Temposonics® MH-Series MHRM Sensor is available to the market. The sensor is designed for tilt and suspension control of bogies or pantograph displacement position control...

STS AG: Strain gauges are measuring devices that change their electrical resistance through mechanical deformation. They are used in a variety of measuring instruments, which, besides scales and load cells, also includes pressure...