Sensors

Tekscan, Inc, announces high temperature, tactile pressure sensors for use in environments up to 200 °Celsius (400 °Fahrenheit).

American Sensor Technologies, Inc. (AST) has released its AST4000 pressure sensor, transducer and transmitter series to the OEM market with four-pin DT04 Deutsch and M12x1 Eurofast electrical connection options. Popular in on-road, off-road, hydraulic and agricultural applications; the DT04 Deutsch connector is a rugged connector that is similar to the Packard Metripack 150 series. The M12x1 Eurofast connection has seen growth in factory automation and OEM applications. This connection is compact and threaded to ensure a proper connection between the sensor and cable assembly under shock and vibration.

The new FTS fibre optic displacement sensors are designed for flight test applications. Weighing just 175 grams, the sensor electronics feature a 25 x 50 x 75 mm enclosure with MIL-DTL-83513 Micro-D connector for power and output signals.

Renishaw has announced the launch of a successor to its well established QC10 ballbar system; a tool adopted worldwide for the assessment of machine tool positioning and servo control performance.

A manufacturer of thin-film solar power modules is using non-contact measurement systems from Micro-Epsilon in order to inspect the quality of solar glass panels. The measurement system has helped to reduce the cost of processing defective parts.

A new non-contact metrology system that provides portable surface profiling, imaging and thickness measurements down to nanometre resolutions, is utilising high precision optoNCDT 2401 confocal displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon.

Draw-wire displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon are playing a vital role in the testing of the latest generation of wind turbine blades at the Fraunhofer Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany.

Measurement Specialties, has just released for production, the Model MS5607-B digital pressure sensor featuring 24-bit resolution and the industry’s lowest current consumption. This device also features a fast conversion rate of 0.6 ms at 8-bit resolution to 8.3 ms at 24-bit resolution. Current consumption of 0.9 uA at one conversion per second (8-bit) to 12.5 uA (24-bit) and resolution selection per conversion enables optimum application-specific power–performance trade-offs to be realized.

Measurement Specialties, introduces a new constant voltage excitation feature to its industry leading Model 82 Series pressure sensor. The Model 82 Series industrial grade stainless steel isolated sensors are available in pressure ranges from 0 - 1psi through 0 - 500psi and are compatible with corrosive fluids & gasses. The new constant voltage versions allow compatibility with legacy electronics and competitive sensor electronics that run off a constant voltage supply and don’t require the added performance of the standard constant current versions.

Measurement Specialties has just released for production, the Model MS5607-B digital pressure sensor featuring 24-bit resolution and the industry’s lowest current consumption. This device also features a fast conversion rate of 0.6 ms at 8-bit resolution to 8.3 ms at 24-bit resolution.