Specification Guides

Specification Guides explain a range of products and services across the industrial world.
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Acoustic and Audio Equipment (6 Guides)

Sensors and instruments for measuring and transmitting sound levels and frequency.

Density and Specific Gravity Sensing (1 Guide)

Any method used to determine density and specific gravity including hydrometers, digital instruments, pycnometers, etc.

Encoders and Resolvers (6 Guides)

Motion feedback devices providing position and velocity information to closed-loop control systems.

Flow Sensing (13 Guides)

Flow measurement instruments are used to determine flow rate by monitoring the amount of media passing during a specific time. Devices within this category can monitor liquids, gases or solids, and measure in units of mass, velocity or volume.

Force Sensing (5 Guides)

Instruments, sensors and equipment for measuring static or dynamic force or torque.

Gas Sensing (1 Guide)

Any method used to measure the amount of a specific gas or gases in a given environment including both sensors and instruments.

Humidity and Moisture Sensing (2 Guides)

Instruments, sensors, indicators or controllers for measuring humidity, moisture content and weather conditions.

Level Sensing (8 Guides)

Devices used to detect or measure level of liquids, gases or solids, within pipes or tanks, or to detect the interfaces between different materials.

Orientation Position Sensing (7 Guides)

Sensors and instruments used to detect rotary position, angular position, tilt, or inclination relative to the horizon or a linear position.

Pressure Sensing (9 Guides)

Instruments and sensors for measuring or controlling the pressure applied to a surface from a liquid, bulk material or discrete component.

Proximity or Presence Sensing (9 Guides)

Sensors and Instruments for proximity sensing, including capacitive, photoelectric, inductive, Hall effect, ultrasonic, and other technologies.

Rotary Position Sensing (4 Guides)

Devices and instruments for sensing and measurement of angular motion, speed, and position; includes encoders, resolvers, synchros and similar devices.

Safety Sensors and Switches (4 Guides)

Safety sensors and switches are used in machines and other industrial applications to safeguard equipment and prevent personal injury.

Security Sensors and Systems (5 Guides)

Security sensors and systems are used for access control, burglary, smoke or heat detection, and video monitoring or surveillance.

Tilt Sensing (3 Guides)

Sensors or instruments that detect inclination relative to the horizon, rotary position, angular rates or linear acceleration.

Torque Sensing (1 Guide)

Instruments and controllers that measure, monitor or adjust torque in shafts, cables, fibers, rods and other components.

Vacuum Sensing (2 Guides)

Instruments, sensors and test equipment for measuring sub-atmospheric pressures, controlling vacuum levels, detecting vacuum chamber leaks or analyzing gas compositions in vacuum systems.

Velocity Sensing (2 Guides)

Instruments and controllers that measure, monitor or adjust velocity or speed in shafts, moving webs and other components.

Vibration and Acceleration Sensing (5 Guides)

Instruments, sensors and equipment for producing, controlling or measuring vibratory or oscillatory motion.

Vision and Color Sensing (2 Guides)

CCD, CMOS or other image capturing sensors that form the heart of a digital camera or imaging system.

Weather Sensing (7 Guides)

Instruments or sensors designed to measure one or multiple components of weather; including wind speed and direction, rain/snow fall, solar radiation, temperature, pressure and humidity.