Jewell Instruments: Case Study: The FAA operates a state-of-the-art, fullscale pavement test facility dedicated solely to airport pavement research. Located at the William J. Hughes Technical Center near Atlantic City, New Jersey, the National...
Jewell Instruments: Strain gauges are electrical devices used to measure the strain on the object to which they are bonded. On a fundamental level, strain gauges consist of a variable resistor whose resistance value changes when a force is applied...
MEGATRON: Force sensors from MEGATRON measure switching and actuating forces via a strain gauge full bridge with maximum accuracy. The electronics specialist now also offers the force transducers with an integrated analogue amplifier. With the new...
Zemic Europe: Zemic force sensors are used more and more in Smart Warehouse Management Systems. Customers expect faster delivery times and technology is developing at a rapid pace. To keep up more companies make use of Smart Warehouse Management...
Zemic Europe: At Zemic Europe we receive an increasing amount of inquiries for strain gauges and force sensors for the use in consumer electronics. As this market segment is relatively new for the traditional weighing market, it motivates us to...
Variohm EuroSensor has launched a new tension/compression gear shift sensor for clutch-free, flat shift, ignition cut and other gearshift applications in professional motorsports. The VGS-T-1000-M8 (1UAB04) combines strain gauge and integrated...
Baumer: Screw-on strain sensors frequently provide a clever alternative to force measurement. Particularly for large forces, they are significantly more cost-efficient than force sensors. In addition, they allow different force ranges to be...
HBK: The drive shaft as a key component of the drive units of plants, machines and commercial vehicles is subjected to high loads, especially when used in harsh environments. Companies perform maintenance work at regular intervals to ensure full...
HBK: Dutch installation specialist, GBM Works is developing a new method to reduce the noise pollution caused by driving foundation piles for wind turbines into the seabed. This method involves fluidising the seabed with water jets, which ensures...
HBM: Installing cylindrical strain gauges - for testing strain, force and vibration measurement in screws and bolts - is much easier with a special new adhesive called EP70. Used for connecting a wide variety of components such as motors,...
ES Systems has developed a series of strain gauge pressure transmitters featuring very good accuracy at a low cost. Each module is based on an all-welded hermetically sealed structure in a single stainless-steel piece. The ESPP-MIT1 is a medium...
HBM To help manufacturers avoid damage or failure of their products, HBK has created a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Test Kit to detect weaknesses during the early stages of development. Built into many items, such as cars, smart phones and...
Baumer: The miniature-format strain sensors DST20 complement the Baumer portfolio by adding a compact and cost-efficient solution for measuring large forces above 10,000 N even in confined spaces. With their dimensions of 28x12x10 mm, the DST20...
HBM is introducing its new KMRplus force washer that efficiently solves force measurement tasks in production environments and is particularly suitable for monitoring tasks. It also assists in reliably performing countless measurement tasks in the...
Sensor Technology: New wireless control technologies are being adopted by manufacturers and users of cranes and other lifting equipment. Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology Ltd explains the advantages and looks at how the field is developing. Most of...
Mantracourt Electronics Ltd: A new in-line strain gauge amplifier from Mantracourt Electronics is set to streamline the calibration of a sensor thanks to its digital potentiometers and extremely simple and intuitive toolkit. Designed to convert...
ETLG Inertial Aerosystems announce a range of strain gauges designed for Asphalt and Concrete structures monitoring. The gauges utilise four active elements of a Wheatstone bridge circuit which compensates for temperature change and customer...
Sensor Technology: Banbury-based Sensor Technology Ltd has a new range of transmitters that can add wireless capabilities to any make of strain gauge. The WSG series transmitters allow any manufacturer’s strain gauge to send readings to...
HBM Test and Measurement (HBM) expands its range of strain gauges with the KFU series, which can be used at extremely high temperatures up to +350 °C. The KFU strain gauges are shipped with 1 m long cables and are protected against high...
BCM Sensor has recently successfully upgraded the materials of the backing layer of its metal foil strain gauge from FIBA to FIBAL: - F: modified phenolic resin, - I: modified polyimide resin, - B: laminated polyetherketone, - A: advanced...
STS AG: Strain gauges are measuring devices that change their electrical resistance through mechanical deformation. They are used in a variety of measuring instruments, which, besides scales and load cells, also includes pressure...
Variohm: As part of its comprehensive range of load cells, strain gauges and force sensors, ZEMIC Europe offers complete weighing kits for straightforward installation on elevators and weighing platforms where safety and overload protection, added...
HBM Test and Measurement has launched a new Strain Measurement online guide, focusing on the selection, installation, data acquisition, and analysis of electrical as well as optical strain gauges. The new portal contains comprehensive information...
HBM: HBM FiberSensing has redesigned its compact FS62 optical weldable strain sensor. This compact sensor is designed with a stainless-steel cover sheet which allows it to be spot-welded to steel structures and materials. It is now available in a...
BCM Sensor: BCM KC-series diaphragm strain gauges developed for compression and/or tension load cells are now available with revised ordering code to facilitate the selection of the right strain gauge parameters for specific applications. One...
BCM Sensor is specialized in customized design and solutions. Recently two types of OEM load pins have been successfully developed – oem5715 single-ended load pin and oem5719 double-ended load pin as shown in the picture. These OEM load...
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
Baumer: The new DSRK strain probe from Baumer is setting new standards in tie bar strain measurement. Retaining the excellent measuring performance of its predecessor, the DSRH with Strain-Mate technology, the DSRK uses the glued strain gauge...
BCM Sensor is proud to present an upgraded design of the CB-pattern stacked rosettes. This design has higher stability than the previous version and has the backing size minimized to 4 x 4 mm (of 1mm gauge length and 120Ω gauge...
BCM Sensor has recently successfully upgraded the backing materials of metal foil strain gauges. Now the options of backing material are FIBA: F: advanced phenolic resin, I: modified polyimide resin, B: laminated polyetherketone, A: laminated...
