sensor technology Articles
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Providing the Key to Learning
The electrical machines laboratory at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has greatly increased in its effectiveness as a teaching resource since TorqSense non-contact torque sensors from Sensor Technology have been fitted to five machine sets. The new sensors replace an existing system of machine monitoring that had proved inaccurate. ...
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An interview with He (Brian) Peng - Area Sales Manager China
An interview with He (Brian) Peng, Area Sales Manager of Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG in China, regarding the recent opening of the IST AG Shanghai Application Support Center and about the business during the last months. It has been only few months since you moved from the US office in Las Vegas to the new site in Shanghai. What is the main business benefit from this change of location? ...
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An interview with our young sports talents
Lea Mettler and Marco Giger are not only apprentices at Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG - they are also young sports talents who complete their commercial training in addition to the high pressure of competitive sports. They spend many of their weekends all over the Alps in Switzerland and abroad, competing in the alpine ski disciplines (giant-) slalom as well as the speed disciplines super G ...
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ANDalyze DNA sensor Technology
Video describing the use of DNA as a sensor for detecting heavy metal ions in ...
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Pay as you sense
Equipment rentals are increasingly helping companies overcome the hurdle of finding investment capital to fund development and verification projects. The current phase of the economic cycle, recovery from a slowdown, is always difficult and frustrating, as Mark Ingham of Sensor Technology identifies: "Companies are seeing their markets improve, but don't have the reserves to finance all the ...
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Technology transfer is more important than innovation
Innovation, we are told, is the key to a successful manufacturing economy. Invent and patent something and you will make money on every one made - if it is mass produced you get an on-going income. Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology Ltd looks at his experience over two decades and tries to draw some general principles that may help Britain in its new ambition to rebuild the manufacturing base. We ...
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Impact of information technologies on manufacturing
The article defines and describes the impacts of Information Technologies on manufacturing, where manufacturing is understood as the process of producing the product capabilities according to customer needs, covering all the steps in the value adding chain. The first impact describes changes in society and industry with a focus on employment and industrial relations. The second impact is on ...
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How to choose the right sensor technology RTD or thermocouple
Over the years there have been purported advantages for using a T/C but most of these are of little relevance for industrial process applications. Although some T/Cs made with heavy gauge wire are quite rugged with a high tolerance for vibration, in general, an RTD properly selected and installed in a properly designed thermowell is suitable for challenging high velocity steam or liquid ...
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Mobile sensors about to conquer Lithuania – successful MARWIS test
Lithuania is divided into 10 regions (districts): Alytus, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Marijampolė, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Tauragė, Telšiai, Utena and Vilnius. All of these should be equipped with our latest mobile road sensor technology to support winter services and make their jobs more environmentally friendly. A region is already taking part: From beginning 2016 on, ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Dynamic rotary torque measurement using surface acoustic waves
The subject of torque measurement has previously been addressed extensively. Most of the existing transducers either rely on low voltage analogue systems (e.g. conventional resistive strain gauge) or complicated mechanical assemblies by physically assessing displacement, i.e. optical systems. This paper identifies a new, potentially low cost, non-contact, frequency domain strain torque sensor1 ...
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Application notes - viscosity measurement
Most laboratory viscometers employ the well-known principle of rotational viscometers to measure viscosity by sensing the torque required to rotate a spindle at a constant speed while it is immersed in the sample fluid. This is because the torque, generally measured using the reaction torque on the motor, is proportional to the viscous drag on the immersed spindle and thus the viscosity of the ...
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Damage identification based on vibration data
Structural damage identification, localisation and quantification is receiving attention world over. Developments in sensor technology, modal testing brought out immense technical advancements in modal–based damage detection methods. Advances in modal–based damage detection methods over the last few decades produced new techniques for examining vibration data for identification of structural ...
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Innovative Sensor Technology Temperature Sensors in Deep Space
Since the early space explorations by German scientist more than 70 years ago, there is a rising demand for further exploration and experiments in this area. In the meantime, the first shots of Earth were taken, animals were sent into space for survival test and the first full circulation of our Planet by a satellite, the unmanned, soviet Sputnik 1, was conducted successfully. On April 12th ...
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Progress in sensor technology - progress in process control - Part II: results from a simulation benchmark study
Abstract: To show the impact of sensor behaviour on the control result, four strategies for aeration control are tested using different sensor characteristics. It is demonstrated, on the one hand, how an increasing response time will limit the achievable control quality and, on the other hand, how a given sensor characteristic can be taken into account for the controller design. The presented ...
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Global demand for automation is expected to be very strong
According to Japan Economic News on October 18, the International Federation of Robots (IFR) said at a news conference in Tokyo on October 18 that global sales of industrial robots are expected to maintain an average annual growth rate of about 14% by 2021. It is estimated that the sales volume in 2021 will reach 630 thousand units, which will increase to more than 1.5 times in 2017. Despite ...
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Torque about improving handling accuracy
Dry bulk handling is en route to becoming a precision science with a level of control previously undreamt of, thanks to 20 years of research and development into digital non-contact torque monitoring. Dry bulk handling is following many other industrial processes that have been redeveloped from a ‘black art’ to a highly accurate and controlled procedure. A generation ago much of industry was ...
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Automatic, semi-automatic and manual validation of urban drainage data
Advances in sensor technology and the possibility of automated long distance data transmission have made continuous measurements the preferable way of monitoring urban drainage processes. Usually, the collected data have to be processed by an expert in order to detect and mark the wrong data, remove them and replace them with interpolated data. In general, the first step in detecting the wrong, ...
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Onboard Digital Recorders Improve Flight Vibration Tests
This article discusses a new approach to acquiring random vibration environment data during aircraft flight tests, and for using these data to improve random vibration test specifications. Traditionally, flight vibration data have been acquired using telemetry systems or tape recorders, which have many disadvantages. Recently, engineers at Eglin AFB have used state-of-the-art digital recorders ...
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Advanced sensor technology delivering safety and consistency
Safety and consistency delivered by advanced sensor technology Semiconductors have changed the way we live and continue to play a key role in our future. As the number of production facilities increase, so the potential for harmful emissions also rises. Sensor technology supports the semiconductor industry by enabling consistency and uniformity, while at the same time protecting those working ...
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Smart Parking Sensor Technology - Case Study
Our smart parking sensor technology helps to reduce air pollution and save drivers time. Applying advanced, yet simple to install technology, drivers can be directed to available car parking spaces. The Challenge. Vehicles are a big contributor to carbon emissions and as cities and towns get busier, finding a parking spot can be highly polluting and time consuming. Governments ...
By Vortex
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