Sensors, Transducers and Detectors Reference Materials

Description: Each installation is unique; consult a structural engineer when in need of very high accuracy, long-term stability, custom applications and specifications, and when using varied R&D environments. In ...

Description: The noise measured by the external metrology (laser) contains the sum of all mechanical and electrical sources - the amplifier noise, the servo noise, the sensor noise, the vibrational noise from ...

Description: The VIS multiphase flowmeter measures real-time flow rates of oil, gas and water in the most difficult multiphase environments that are typical of the oil and gas upstream sector - Measurement made ...

Description: Defense contractors like Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Honeywell, and L3, and their suppliers have found Qualmark's technology to be an essential and cost-effective addition to their ...

Description: Nonlinearity and Hysteresis definitions were developed to characterize performance of common sensors such as scales and load cells. Those definitions have been widely used to characterize ...

Description: Hot rolling processes involve starting with steel slabs 8 to 9 inches thick and up to 36 feet long, then rolling them into strips as thin as 1/16 inch and up to a half mile in length. it is important ...

Description: Pickling is a metal surface treatment used to remove impurities from ferrous metals, copper and aluminum alloys. A solution called pickle liquor, which contains strong acids, is used to remove surface ...

Description: The manufacture of steel products involves a number of complex operations, including melting, casting, heating, and hot and cold rolling. Demands for improved product quality have led steel ...

Description: Several market trends will have positive and in some cases, challenging, effects on TECAT's Test and Measurement business in the Automotive market. ...

Description: An engineering research and development company, providing inventive and distinctive solutions for Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Combustion Analysis, and Pressure/Force Measurement applications, ...

Description: Honeywell Aerospace, a diversified technology and manufacturing leader of aerospace products and services, required a test stand to measure Mobil Jet II and Exxon 2380 synthetic turbine oils ...

Description: Noise curves specify the acoustic ambient noise in an indoor environment. The unoccupied room is measured to produce a single maximum value across the complete sound spectrum. This value is used to ...

Description: Tilt sensors are calibrated by tilting them in a vertical plane and measuring their outputs at known angles. If a sensor is subsequently inclined by the cross-axis angle ß (Figure 1) and again rotated ...

Description: Environmental temperature changes alter the mechanical and electrical characteristics of all instrumentation. Metals expand and contract, and electrical properties such as resistance and capacitance ...

Description: The water municipality at a mid-size city in the Western region of the U.S. serving a population of about 180,000 people needed to address a chlorine disinfection system problem at one of its water ...

Description: Glossary of tiltmeter terms. ...

Description: Angular unit conversion table. ...

Description: These guidelines will help you achieve stable and reliable tiltmeter readings. Jewell Instruments supplies all of the installation accessories you need for an effective monitoring program. ...

Description: These guidelines will help you achieve stable and reliable tiltmeter readings. Jewell Instruments supplies all of the installation accessories you need for an effective monitoring program. ...

Description: Natural gas consumption is far from being constant over the months. Typically Natural Gas (NG) is stored in summer periods, when there is lower demand for it, and is withdrawn in the winter periods, ...

Description: Think of it as a tax or a toll. It's the power that is lost every time electricity is converted from one form to another, and it can really add up. The conversions themselves cannot be avoided, but ...

Description: A major international mining operator extracting precious metals wanted to optimize its froth flotation cell's performance at one of its mines. The flotation cell was experiencing production ...

Description: An independent Midwest refiner recently approved a project to improve the safety of its plant and reduce its costs for nitrogen gas used for tank blanketing. The company operates refineries in ...

Description: The words tiltmeter, inclinometer and clinometer all refer to an inertially referenced device that measures angular rotation with respect to a vertical gravity vector, the most stable of all external ...

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Description: How it Works - Strain Gauge Load Cell ...

Description: How it Works - Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer ...

Description: Inclinometers are a specialized family of instruments used to measure tilt, elevation, and depression and these tools have applications in a wide array of industries from forestry to manufacturing and ...

Description: Why have so many fires and explosions occurred in industrial processes that were believed to have adequate protection against such hazards? ...

Description: Orville and Wilbur Wright may have never found success if not for the inclinometer. Their original aircraft designs were missing a critical piece of innovation that was being used by foresters and ...

Description: In the early 1920's, the US Government contracted Rieker Instruments Company to produce bubble style pitch and roll indicators for the fast emerging aircraft market. ...

Description: Kalitta Mototrsports used TECAT's WISER system to improve vehicle setup prior to races. ...

Description: Despite great efforts by governments worldwide, particulate pollution in the cities is growing. ...

Description: The development of the market for tablets and smartphones has shown the power of novel, attractive industrial design to build strong market positions for OEMs. As the attention widens out to wearable ...

Description: This single page will give you an overview of capacitive sensor operation, application, theory, and resources. Links to more detailed information are also provided. ...

Description: Before deciding on the appropriate diaphragm pressure control valve for your application, it is important to first understand some of the basic uses of these devices. Gaining a better understanding of ...

Description: Monitoring relative humidity in a lab can be challenging. Choose the most simple and powerful way by using wireless transmitters. ...

Description: Top 5 conditions and substances your air quality system should be monitoring. ...

Description: Ambient air contains life supporting oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and chemicals that can harm you and your employees. ...

Description: Precision machine shop ordered a new $1M machine. Before taking delivery, they measured the machine's capability including a "spindlecheck" of the rotating spindle. ...

Description: Electrical runout is a commonly used term in the condition monitoring industry. It refers to the apparent displacement of a rotating shaft measured with inductive (eddy current) sensors caused by ...

Description: A white paper analyzing the use of a temperature monitoring system for industries relying on temperature-sensitive equipment, the benefits of these systems, and the best solution to meet a ...

Description: Managing and optimizing production from a dredge requires continuous monitoring of pipeline pressure, vacuum and slurry velocity. The operating conditions are extremely harsh and any sensing ...

Description: Minera Escondida, the world's largest single producer of copper, was faced with a challenge in their heap leaching process in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. ...

Description: Today, the "Big Three" Detroit automobile manufacturers have aggressive R&D programs for hybrid vehicles. These programs, initiated in response to rising fuel costs and increased environmental ...

Description: In a typical piston prover calibration system, the device-undertest is installed in a horizontal position within the calibrator flow tube. A piston driven by compressed air displaces the liquid in the ...

Description: In the aerospace industry, ground testing of fuel systems and components is critical to ensure flight worthiness. Engineers evaluating this equipment require valid flow data to order to understand the ...

Description: The Lufft Ultrasonic Anemometer VENTUS-UMB successfully completed the test at the International Technical Inspection Agency TUEV SUED and now has the Protection Class IP68. This confirms officially ...

Description: In the near future, the cloud height in the Netherlands will be measured by sensors from the German company Lufft from Fellbach (near Stuttgart). ...

Description: Details two methods of capacitive, noncontact thickness measurement of a conductive target: Single Channel (Good), and Dual-Channel (Best). The high resolution of capacitive sensors results in ...

Description: Capacitive sensing technology can measure thickness of nonconductive films such as paper or plastic. The process can be effective and straightforward for large changes in thickness; however, resolving ...

Description: Force is often measured as a deflection of an object of known stiffness. Noncontact methods are ideal for measuring the force-related deflection as they do not load the object with additional mass or ...

Description: NASA is developing the next generation of X-Ray optics which could be used in an orbiting X-Ray Observatory. The "lens" consists of thousands of mirrors positioned to reflect X-rays at a shallow angle ...

Description: Vibration is a complex measurement containing many different parameters. Different measurement technologies have advantages and disadvantages depending on the ultimate vibration measurement goals. ...

Description: Minera Escondida, the world's largest single producer of copper, was faced with a challenge in their heap leaching process in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Finding an accurate, reliable ...

Description: ATEX/IECEx refers to European Directive 94/9/EC, which covers equipment and protective systems for use in areas endangered by potentially explosive atmospheres created by the presence of flammable ...

Description: Water shortages and drought are becoming more common and longer-lasting throughout the world in places as far apart as California and China. Desalination is being hailed as one of the most effective ...

Description: ARWIS systems by Lufft on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (United States). ...

Description: Lufft weather sensors at the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. ...

Description: A majority of archeological sites are climate sensitive; therefore, the surrounding environment must be continuously and reliably monitored. The exhibition organizers have put their trust in Lufft ...

Description: Ultrasonic wind sensors for the DWD's maritime monitoring network come from Lufft. ...

Description: Rotary power sources and absorbers have discrete poles and/or pistons and/or gear meshes, etc. As a result, they develop and absorb torque in a pulsating rather than a smooth manner. Furthermore, a ...

Description: The rapidly expanding use of diesel engines and a-c variable speed drive systems has made it essential for test stand users and designers to acquire a working knowledge of torsional effects. Both ...

Description: An MCRT® torquemeter must be installed properly as an integral part of a drive line network in order to achieve satisfactory operation. Proper installation will: a) transmit the desired torque ...

Description: The DWD (Deutscher Wetterdienst meaning German Weather Service) is convinced, that a large number of cloud height sensors CHM 15k from the company G. Lufft will be used in the future. In a tender ...

Description: ABB instrumentation was an obvious choice when the Swedish pulp producer Vallviks Bruk AB built a new plant for biological water treatment. Vallviks Bruk AB, located about 200 km (125 miles) north of ...

Description: Preventing product loss, lowering waste treatment costs, and reducing system maintenance and energy consumption through organics monitoring in the chemical, refining, food, and wastewater treatment ...

Description: A major refinery in Texas, USA, recently experienced steam condensate contamination and major fouling of a boiler resulting in damage that led to an unplanned shutdown. The financial impact of the ...

Description: Sinochem Sinopec Shanghai Orient Petrochemical Terminal Co., Ltd. (former Shanghai Orient Tank Co., Ltd.) was established in 1989, and is now located in Pudong District of Shanghai. It is a ...

Description: When tilted around the central axis , fluid will flow more in to one side of the recipient, as it seeks level. The pair of electrodes submersed in a higher quantity of fluid will produce a higher ...

Description: Water level monitoring is an important parameter in many municipal, environmental and process applications. In each case, the measurement technique and the hardware required must be carefully chosen ...

Description: This TechNote reviews concepts and theory of capacitive sensing to help in optimizing capacitive sensor performance. It also defines capacitive sensing terms as used throughout Lion Precision ...

Description: Noncontact sensors using capacitive and eddy-current technologies each represent a unique blend of advantages and disadvantages for a variety of applications. This comparison of the two technologies' ...

Description: Virtually all capacitive and eddy-current sensor applications are fundamentally a measure of displacement (position change) of an object. This Application Note details the specifics of making such a ...

Description: Vibration is a complex measurement containing many different parameters. Different measurement technologies have advantages and disadvantages depending on the ultimate vibration measurement goals. ...

Description: Shaft runout is a common measurement especially for condition monitoring. Capacitive and eddy-current sensors provide useful non-contact measurement solutions with distinct advantages and ...

Description: Z-height measurement, or any high-resolution, high-accuracy noncontact measurement of critical position in one axis, is a common need in many industries. Many engineers have struggled with trying to ...

Description: Thermal oxidizers are used to destroy the VOC's present in many industrial ventilation, process exhaust and waste air streams. As their use increases, so does a unique opportunity to be safe, save ...

Description: In August of 2014 CAS DataLoggers provided the automated temperature monitoring system for Longhini Sausage Co. Inc. in Connecticut, a family-owned business serving the Southern Connecticut area for ...

Description: Some Accsense Monitoring users have encountered a Power over Ethernet issue concerning Accsense A2-05 Ethernet Temperature Dataloggers. To quickly resolve this and other issues, CAS DataLoggers has ...

Description: There are technologies available that will measure % LFL levels that require no fuel. On a first approach this may seem like a nice solution, as there are no utilities needed and the safety ...

Description: Measuring the calorific value of mixed gaseous fuels can be difficult. These complex mixtures of combustible and non-combustible gases and vapors can vary in concentration or composition over time due ...

Description: Flare stacks are often used to dispose of the waste products from batch chemical processes. Their waste streams may contain many components such as ethylene, propylene, natural gas, mineral spirits, ...

Description: While flame ionization is the appropriate sensor technology for measuring total hydrocarbon levels in the parts-per-million (PPM) range, not all FIDs are the same. Many FIDs offered to process ...

Description: Gregorio Ciarlo, Federico Callero and Maurizio Simonelli, ABB SpA, Italy, discuss the application of predictive emission monitoring systems in applications when fuel characteristics are variable or in ...

Description: Halloween is a time for ghosts, goblins & ghoul...but a really frightening thought would be having an unreliable monitoring system! Here are the essential requirements for a reliable solvent vapor ...

Description: Fully Heated Assembly - Keeping all sample wetted parts of the sampling system and analyzer at a high temperature will ensure that all combustible vapors are properly measured, eliminating inaccurate ...

Description: We've discussed the characteristics of an analyzer and the trends found in a flare stack application, but how about WHY you should install a monitoring system. Here are the top reasons you should have ...

Description: Flare stacks are often used to dispose of the waste products from batch chemical processes. Their waste streams may contain many components such as ethylene, propylene, natural gas, mineral spirits, ...

Description: Do you work in the printing industry? If so, you should take a proactive approach towards monitoring the humidity levels in your workplace. Allowing airborne water vapor (or lack thereof) to remain ...

Description: Workplaces and other indoor environments with a low relative humidity (RH) are prone to a scientific phenomenon known as electrostatic discharge (ESD). ESD is defined as the sudden flow of electricity ...

Description: This article describes considerations and the implementation of retrofitting a fully-automated procedure, for testing a public address system, into a safety-critical environment (a nuclear power ...

Description: The UVX luminescence sensor verifies the placement of glue on various packaging materials in a high-speed process to improve quality and throughput while maintaining packaging integrity. ...

Description: The UVX luminescence sensor detects the presence of luminescent tracers used in tamper-evident shrink films to ensure this mandatory component is present on every container during high-speed packaging ...

Description: BillerudKorsnäs' machines for manufacturing of packaging paper, consumer board and container board are running with Pressductor PillowBlock load cells providing accurate wire and web tension ...

Description: The T&D Thermo App from T&D Corporation can be used to accomplish a variety of functions with the TR-7wf Series of Wi-Fi enabled Wireless Data Loggers. This convenient App is available for free ...

Description: With the recent growth in demand and production of liquefied natural gas (LNG), there has been an increase in trade and the need to transport it globally via LNG tanker ships. This increase in LNG ...

Description: As the costs of fuels and consumables (natural gas, hydrogen, oxygen, etc.) continue to rise, the ability to accurately measure the amount used in a process becomes significant in controlling costs ...