Sensor technologies / Measurement principles

Baumer: HDmag is the name of the new Baumer hollow shaft encoder family utilizing the magnetic sensing principle. With a 17 bit singleturn resolution the series also comprises absolute encoders that can endure the tough ambient conditions of drive...

Physik Instrumente (PI): Many application areas today require the highest of measurement accuracies, with resolutions in the nanometer or subnanometer realm. Examples range from semiconductors and biotechnology through quality assurance and...

Micro-Epsilon has developed a completely new displacement measurement principle with its new Magnetic Displacement Sensor (MDS). In contrast to the widely used Hall Effect principle, the MDS is based on a method patented by Micro-Epsilon, which is...

Balluff: Series BMF binary switching, magnetic field sensing electronic cylinder switches from Balluff are known for their flexibility. Positions can be detected on virtually any pneumatic cylinder or gripper. With their new BMF 235, sensor...

Sierra Instruments introduced a line of mass flow meters Certified by Sierra for Green House Gas (GHG) reporting. All Sierra GHG meters now conform to the new EPA rule (40 CFR Part 98), which mandates that as of January 2, 2010, companies in the...

PCB Load & Torque, Inc., has aggressively lowered the price of their high-quality low profile and rod end style load cell sensors and at the same time improved their stock program designed to provide customers immediate delivery, thus creating...

Penny + Giles, designer and manufacturer of high reliability position sensors for the motorsport industry, has launched a new throttle position sensor with dual outputs, TPS280DP, at Professional Motorsport World Expo 2009. The new sensor, which...

Baumer introduces its new and improved retro-reflective sensor FRDK 14 for transparent objects. Thanks to the new housing concept, the photoelectric sensor can be adjusted easily and quickly via a teach-in button. The high sensitivity of this...

Pewatron: The new Ultra Miniature Encoder – series MES-3P with a diameter of only 5mm and a weight of only 5g, is offered by PEWATRON as the worldwide smallest encoder. It is suited for all fi elds of precision mechanics, robotics and medical...

Micro-Epsilon: The latest range of capacitive sensors from Micro-Epsilon is based on a completely new technology. A special ceramic substrate provides the capaNCDT CSH (Hybrid) sensors with extreme temperature stability. New sensor geometries are...

SNT Sensortechnik AG: Our UPS miniature ultrasonic sensors had a very successful sales performance in 2008. Many industrial applications can be solved with the standard model UPS 200, where optical, inductive or capacitive sensors might have...

SNT Sensortechnik AG: Edges of running webs and belts get laterally misaligned after a short time without permanent external control. Typical applications are found for example in the manufacture and processing of foils, paper, tin or textiles,...

microsonic has now brought a new generation of ultrasonic double sheet controls onto the market. The new dbk+4 goes down extremely well thanks to an absolutely new field of application and that fact that it unites several variants of its...

Micronas, a leading manufacturer and supplier of innovative and user-specific IC and sensor system solutions for use in automobiles and in industry, presents its HAL 1820, the first member of a new family of value-optimized linear Hall sensors....