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Hall sensors - Show them your teeth

Hall sensors - Show them your teeth

Baumer: Hall sensors are particularly well suited for scanning gears and racks made of ferromagnetic materials. Their high resolution allows them to reliably detect gear teeth starting at module level 1. Their maximum switching frequency is 20...

2008-11-25
New device variants now available in the Leuze electronic ROTOSCAN RS4 Safety Laser Scanner family

New device variants now available in the Leuze ...

Leuze electronic: In addition to the ROTOSCAN RS4-4M device variants already presented this spring, which boast the new MotionMonitoring function, the growing Leuze electronic Safety Laser Scanner family now also features the ROTOSCAN RS4-6E and...

2008-11-19
A new generation of ultrasonic forked sensors

A new generation of ultrasonic forked sensors

Leuze electronic: The established range of forked sensors with ultrasonic technology from Leuze has been developed to a new level, offering users a range of innovative functions and unique performance credentials. The ultrasonic forked sensors...

2008-11-19
CMOS Image Sensor Provides Early Warning Road Safety

CMOS Image Sensor Provides Early Warning Road Safety

Melex launches its newest CMOS image sensor, the MLX75307. This sensor is specifically designed for automotive front vision applications, like Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), high beam assist and night vision. It dramatically improves...

2008-11-18
Republic of Singapore Navy Saves Money With New Ultrasonic Flow Meter From Sierra Instruments

Republic of Singapore Navy Saves Money With New ...

Sierra Instruments: When a ship of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) deployed overseas recently, it did so with a Sierra Innova-Sonic® Model 206 In-Line Ultrasonic Flow Meter installed as a critical element of its refueling system. In these...

2008-11-03
Light-Industrial Thermal Mass Flow Meter

Light-Industrial Thermal Mass Flow Meter

Sierra Instruments: The Model 620S Fast-Flo® insertion mass flow meter was designed to give customers a highly reliable 200 msec fast time-response (Fast-Flo® Sensor Technology) mass flow meter for light-industrial applications where a NEMA 4X...

2008-11-03
PT's new weigh bar scale

PT's new weigh bar scale

PT Ltd: Our popular farming and general purpose dual bar system of 1500kg capacity. These scales are ideal for veterinary and general large animal weighing. At only 16kg, these scales are easily handled, yet rugged in construction allowing for...

2008-11-02

Vibration Testing of Miniature S-Beam (LSB200) ...

FUTEK: During this past year FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology found itself faced with yet another unique challenge from a client requiring a specialized sensor. This new challenge would not only require the sensors in question to...

2008-10-30
Inductive High Temperature Sensors - Hot Heads ...

Inductive High Temperature Sensors - Hot Heads ...

Baumer’s IFRH series of inductive high temperature sensors have been designed for operating temperatures ranging from -25 °C to +180 °C. The two part proximity switches intended for flush front face installation are available in M8, M12 and...

2008-10-25
Optical distance measurement and data transmission work directly side by side

Optical distance measurement and data transmission work dire

Leuze electronic: AMS 200 distance measuring devices from Leuze electronic operate with the aid of laser red light and can be used alongside DDLS 2000 optical data transmission units without risk of mutual interference. Additional data output...

2008-10-19
Smart, Ultra-Small Infrared Thermometer Targets Medical Needs

Smart, Ultra-Small Infrared Thermometer Targets Medical ...

Melexis: The most prominent application for infrared thermometers is measuring body temperature to check for fever and illness. There are three main types of IR fever thermometers: ear thermometers, forehead thermometers and non-contact,...

2008-10-18
KTE2000CS Submersible OEM Transmitters Measure Low Liquid Levels From 0.5 m H2O

KTE2000CS Submersible OEM Transmitters Measure Low ...

Sensortechnics’ new KTE2000CS submersible OEM pressure sensors offer precision hydrostatic low level measurement from only 50 mbar (0.5 m water column) Full Scale. The KTE2000CS series consists of highly accurate capacitive ceramic pressure...

2008-10-16

BOS Q08M – First miniature through-beam sensor with ...

Balluff series BOS Q08M miniature photoelectric sensors in the rugged, block-style metal housing stand out with their compact form factor and high precision. They are used wherever components of light weight, small footprint and the greatest...

2008-10-15
Rubber thickness measurement using Acuity laser sensors

Rubber thickness measurement using Acuity ...

Acuity: Acuity laser sensors are used throughout the tire and rubber manufacturing industries. Rubber sheet manufacturers need online thickness measurements for Quality Control and system control feedback loops. Rubber presents several challenges...

2008-10-15
Laser measurement sensor – AccuRange™ 200 Series

Laser measurement sensor – AccuRange™ 200 Series

Acuity: The AR200 group of laser measurement sensors is Acuity's most compact series of triangulating laser displacement sensors. Four models cover metric measurement ranges from six to fifty millimeters. These laser measuring devices aim a Class...

2008-10-15
Laser line scanner – from Acuity

Laser line scanner – from Acuity

Acuity: The AccuRange Laser Line Scanner is precise spinning mirror assembly that when coupled with Acuity's laser rangefinder, creates a laser scanner. The laser scanner sweeps a laser spot through a 360° rotation for the measuring of surface...

2008-10-15
Laser distance gauges – AccuRange™ 700 Series

Laser distance gauges – AccuRange™ 700 Series

Acuity: Acuity introduces the AR700 series of laser distance gauges. Built on a decade of success with the earlier AR600 laser displacement sensors, industry users demanded faster and more accurate non-contact metrology equipment. The AccuRange...

2008-10-15
Distance measurement sensors – AccuRange™ 3000

Distance measurement sensors – AccuRange™ 3000

Acuity: The Acuity AR3000 distance measurement sensor is ideal for extremely long-distance applications for monitoring the position of targets and objects. It is very well suited for altitude measurements in aerospace applications or trolley...

2008-10-15
Acuity laser rangefinder – AccuRange™ 4000

Acuity laser rangefinder – AccuRange™ 4000

Acuity: The AccuRange 4000 laser rangefinders are Acuity's fastest distance measuring tool for measuring up to 16.5 meters. The sensor uses time-of-flight measuring principles. Non-contact measurement is made simple with the three models within...

2008-10-15
Acuity laser distance sensor – AccuRange™ 1000

Acuity laser distance sensor – AccuRange™ 1000

Acuity's AccuRange 1000 laser distance sensors are very unique distance measuring devices capable of measuring up to 30m to regular surfaces and up to 150 m to special reflectors. They employ a “phase-shift comparison” measurement principle...

2008-10-15
Rotech Encoder

Rotech Encoder

4B BRAIME Components LTD: The 4B Rotech Encoder is used primarily for protecting equipment and personnel from dangerous underspeed / belt slip conditions. Other applications include accurate speed control, direction of rotation detection, gate...

2008-10-15
Ready, steady, I'm there already: Rapid 125 Hz Switching Frequency

Ready, steady, I'm there already: Rapid 125 Hz Switching ...

microsonic GmbH: The typical switching frequencies of ultrasonic sensors – 2 to 25 Hz - depend on the range. However these frequencies do not suffice in many applications. To meet these particular requirements, microsonic has developed the zws-7...

2008-10-13
New generation rugged and configurable dual output rotary position sensor

New generation rugged and configurable dual output ...

Penny + Giles, designer and manufacturer of high precision position sensors, has launched its most configurable rotary sensor, the SRH500P. The factory programmable sensor, for use in extreme environments, gives OEMs a wide selection of parameters...

2008-10-02
Fatigue Rated Pancake Load Cell can now be provided in 2 mV/V output

Fatigue Rated Pancake Load Cell can now be provided in ...

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc can now provide its fatigue rated version of Pancake Load Cells LCF700 in 2.0 mV/V output: LCF701 Fatigue Rated Pancake Load Cell. FUTEK can also provide this model with a tension base. These load cells are...

2008-09-30
Sensors with plugs do not have to be big - M5 miniature plug

Sensors with plugs do not have to be big - M5 miniature plug

Baumer: To make the best use of the advantages of miniaturization, Baumer offers a complete range of very compact inductive sensors with M5 x 0,5 mm plugs and matching plug connections. This unique range includes both digital and analog sensors in...

2008-09-26
High-grade steel sensors - Install and forget

High-grade steel sensors - Install and forget

Baumer: This is the motto behind Baumer's new high-grade steel sensors. Baumer is now introducing a generation of high-grade steel sensors that can be used in virtually any product. Combining this with Baumer's signature sensor miniaturization...

2008-09-25
Budget junction boxes simplify connecting analog load cells

Budget junction boxes simplify connecting analog load cells

HBM: The latest design of HBM’s VKK1-4 junction box features an integrated resistor network for precise off-center load compensation in scales.The junction boxes are used for connecting four strain-gage (SG) load cells and need only three steps...

2008-09-21
Push-through guard using measuring sensors in automatic high-bay warehouses

Push-through guard using measuring sensors in automatic ...

Leuze electronic: In high-bay warehouses, protection against accidental push-through of pallets is generally provided by mechanical solutions involving elaborate steel constructions. With its ODS 96B optical distance sensors, Leuze electronic is...

2008-09-19
Compact distance sensor for precision measurement and long-distance applications

Compact distance sensor for precision measurement and ...

Leuze electronic is extending its range of optical distance sensors to include additional affordable variants. The previously presented ODSL 8 with teach-in function in a format of just 38 x 48 x 15 mm is now also available with a resolution of...

2008-09-19
Distance Sensor BOD 21M - High performance, easy to use

Distance Sensor BOD 21M - High performance, easy to use

Balluff: The BOD 21M laser distance sensor from Balluff in the rugged metal housing expands the product family of photoelectric distance sensors for space-critical applications and increases their measuring range to 500 mm. Broad functionality and...

2008-09-15
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