Sensor technologies / Measurement principles

PI Ceramic (PIC) also manufactures piezoelectric spheres and hemispheres in miniature format. The spheres are suitable for ultrasonic applications that require 360° sensing and are used for example, in medical technology. Piezoelectric...

Silicon Designs, Inc. announced the global market introduction of six new series of low-cost, high-performance MEMS capacitive accelerometers, in both traditional and smaller footprints. These include the single axis Model 2220 or triaxial...

HBM offers a wide range of pressure, force, torque and load measurements to OEMs that need to incorporate strain gage-based sensors into their end products. HBM has a long history of OEM-based custom sensor design for applications

E+E Elektronik: The HMC03M humidity sensor from E+E Elektronik is dedicated for use in radiosondes and weather balloons. The sensor is characterized by a short response time even at low temperature. An integrated heating resistor ensures an...

greenTEG AG: Light detection and quantification is fundamental to the functioning of a broad palette of technologies. While expensive avalanche photodiodes and superconducting bolometers are examples of detectors achieving single-photon...

Micro-Sensor: Mechanical vibrations or accelerating forces of moving parts cause adversing interferences in the measurement of inclination. This reduces the quality of the sensor signal. So far, conventional low-pass filters have been used for...

Variohm: The Netherlands based agricultural machinery specialist Van Hees manufacturers its automated BOXFILR system for handling vegetable produce such as potatoes, carrots and onions. For farm warehouse use at harvest time and as a year-round...

SICK AG will be presenting its wide range of laser sensors at Interpack 2017. The sensors detect objects reliably even with large sensing ranges and the tightest of installation conditions, they provide excellent performance and security in a...

Micro-Epsilon: The European Southern Observatory (ESO) based in Garching, Germany, relies on high precision displacement measurement from Micro-Epsilon for a project to build the world’s largest mirror telescope in Chile which also involves...

BERTHOLD Technologies: The Microwave analyzers from Berthold Technologies are widely used in the Food & Beverages industry to control water contents or dry matter of various products - such as sugar, butter, caramel or cheese – just to...

Zemic Europe: Case study: Innovend has started to install the Samsonite Cabin Size Scanner in several stores in City Centre and Airports. The Cabin Size Scanner has been developed by Innovend and helps consumers at Samsonite stores to select the...

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG: The new safety laser scanner PSENscan from Pilz safely monitors up to three separate zones simultaneously, significantly increasing plant productivity. Up to four safety laser scanners can be connected in series in...

Exergen Global, an award-winning thermal solutions provider, announced it is partnering with VDL Group, a leading international industrial manufacturer headquarted in Eindhoven, to provide a custom solution for HP Indigo 10000, 20000, and 30000...

Sierra Instruments announces the release of a new infographic explaining why mass flow controllers based on capillary thermal mass flow technology provide exponentially more accurate mass flow data than volumetric flow devices for industrial gas...