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Reliable encoders for railway vehicles

Reliable encoders for railway vehicles

Baumer: With its BMIV line, Baumer presents an encoder designed for the harsh operation on railway vehicles. Multiple channel outputs allow simultaneous wheelset speed information to multiple systems, also with differing pulse rates. These include...

2008-12-26
MAGRES hermetic – Unsurpassed robustness

MAGRES hermetic – Unsurpassed robustness

Baumer: Operation under extreme conditions is the great strength of the new MAGRES hermetic absolute encoders. They provide permanent IP 68 and 69K protection class and offer the highest levels of shock and vibration resistance values. Thanks to...

2008-12-26
Multitalent for high process reliability

Multitalent for high process reliability

Leuze electronic: The HRTL 96B laser light scanner from Leuze electronic for horizontal positioning, overshoot control, safeguarding the operation of cranes, compartment occupation checks in intralogistics systems. The multitalent is especially...

2008-12-19
Impedance Head Simultaneously Measures Dynamic Force and Acceleration

Impedance Head Simultaneously Measures Dynamic Force ...

Dytran Instruments, Inc. Model 5860B impedance head simultaneously measures dynamic force and acceleration at a point on a structure. The output force and acceleration signals are coupled to a signal analyzer to measure a function called...

2008-12-14
High Performance Variable Capacitance Accelerometers

High Performance Variable Capacitance Accelerometers

Dytran Instruments, Inc. is pleased to introduce a new line of DC accelerometers using variable capacitance technology. This capacitive micromachined accelerometer provides a ±2V differential output for ±2V single ended output with a 2.5 VDC...

2008-12-07
Innova-Sonic® Line of Transit-Time Ultrasonic Flow Meter

Innova-Sonic® Line of Transit-Time Ultrasonic Flow Meter

Sierra Instruments continues its strong tradition of innovation with the release of its improved Innova-Sonic® Ultrasonic Flowmeter product line. Sierra’s Innova-Sonic® flow meters are universal transit-time instruments incorporating the...

2008-12-03
Innova-Sonic® In-Line Ultrasonic Flow Meter with Order-of-Magnitude Improvement to Transit-Time Measurement Technology

Innova-Sonic® In-Line Ultrasonic Flow Meter with ...

Sierra’s new Innova-Sonic® In-Line is targeted to customers as an alternative choice for typical liquid Mag-Meter applications where high performance and affordable pricing are important. The +/- 0.5% of reading accuracy is as good as any...

2008-12-03
PT Ltd New Zealand releases huge range of single point load cells

PT Ltd New Zealand releases huge range of single point ...

PT Ltd New Zealand is please to announce that we have released an unprecedented number of new single point load cells. 9 new models have been added to our single point ranges from the tiny PTASP6-B which starts at a capacity of 300g up to the...

2008-12-02
FUTEK Load Cell with USB Output

FUTEK Load Cell with USB Output

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc is pleased to present its LSB200 S-Beam Jr. Load Cell with a brand new USB Digital Interface with 16 bits resolution. With this improvement, FUTEK has once again shown its innovation by becoming one of the...

2008-11-30
FUTEK Enhances Tension & Compression Load Cell

FUTEK Enhances Tension & Compression Load Cell

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology Inc. is pleased to present the redesigned LCF400 Tension & Compression Load Cell. The new design features structural changes and complete welding which drastically improves this models output symmetry and...

2008-11-30
Hall effect position sensor gives maximum performance in extreme environments

Hall effect position sensor gives maximum performance ..

Penny + Giles has launched an upgrade to its popular SRH280 contactless rotary position sensor. The new SRH280P incorporates a factory programmable Hall effect rotary sensor to provide reliable and accurate rotary measurement in extreme motorsport...

2008-11-30
Photoelectric sensors - Proven Series 14 with new options

Photoelectric sensors - Proven Series 14 with new options

Baumer: The full line of the well established Series 14 photoelectric sensors with its manifold technologies and product versions now appears in a new guise, offering a broad variety of new options. The new, transparent rear housing section allows...

2008-11-26
Magnetic cylinder sensors - Exact detection of piston positions

Magnetic cylinder sensors - Exact detection of piston ...

Baumer: The new, magnetic T and C slot cylinder sensors from Baumer are employed to detect the exact position of pistons in pneumatic cylinders. Many automation technology applications require pneumatic cylinder movements of to be closely...

2008-11-26
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
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