Sensor technologies / Measurement principles

Turck is presenting the next generation of its capacitive sensors, the BCT series, which are primarily used for level measurement. Instead of using a potentiometer as before, the sensors can be taught for the relevant medium via a teach button....

Turck is now offering the incremental variant of its QR24 contactless encoder with pulse rates that can be defined by the customer. The user simply sets the number of pulses per revolution between 1 and 5,000 via the Pactware parameterization...

Turck: A new laser measurement sensor featuring an intuitive two-line user interface display has been introduced by Banner Engineering, Turck’s partner for photoelectric solutions. The LE550 sensor offers a combination of range,...

Micro-Epsilon: After successfully launching the optoCONTROL 2520 laser micrometer in April 2014, its ease of use has now been further improved. The web interface now runs on HTML5 instead of Java. For users, this means improved stability and...

Honeywell will showcase its large portfolio of sensors and switches used in design, test and measurement applications at the Sensor + Test Measurement Fair in Nurnberg, Germany, May 19-21, 2015. In addition, experts from Honeywell Sensing and...

Allegro MicroSystems: The new A1369 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a customer-programmable, high-accuracy linear Hall-effect-based current sensor IC packaged in a slimline 3-pin single-inline package which allows for easy integration with a...

Colibrys, the Swiss MEMS manufacturer, announces a new product launch and strengthens its worldwide position as a high-end motion sensors supplier. This news closes an intense period of change that began in 2013 with the company buy-out from Sagem...

Jewell Instruments is proud to introduce nine new families of low-cost MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) inclinometers. They are the latest additions to Jewell’s quality line of high performance electronic tilt meters. Models span from...

WIKA: The TR21 miniature resistance thermometer from WIKA is currently the only instrument on the market that combines a housing of only 19 mm diameter with explosion protection. The measuring instrument, developed for...

SENSeOR and its customer Coldline present a new feature for high-end blast chillers: an innovative food probe easy to use and easy to clean, cable-free and without battery. Blast chilling and the quick cold technology are now well-known and used...

OPTOcon AG: Robust and compact – these properties allow the FOTEMP1-Handheld thermometer to exist in environments, which require user mobility and fast results. For this purpose the newly developed Design meets advanced modern technology as...

PCB Piezotronics: PCB® Automotive Sensors Division is pleased to announce the addition of a new series of MEMS DC Response Accelerometers. This series is specifically designed to improve the precision of low-frequency vibration and motion in...

Baumer, the sensor expert, now also makes the user benefits of its NextGen sensors available to the food industry. Cost and time savings due to flexibility characterize the stainless steel models of the O500 photoelectric sensor. Overall, three...

SICK AG: W100-2 miniature photoelectric sensors are compatible with all standard detection principles (through-beam photoelectric sensors, photoelectric retro-reflective sensors, photoelectric retro-reflective sensors for detecting transparent...