‘Tension Measurement’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release SDI torque pickup has internal digital data link from Sensor Developments, which we summarised at the time by saying "SDI's model 01424 can be utilised with a variety of instrumentation systems to measure rotating torque, including the 90386 USB Sensor Link. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Kistler offers sensitive and robust torque sensors from Kistler Instruments: "Kistler's piezoelectric torque sensors have a wide measuring range and are adaptable to match most configurations, making them suited to manufacturing-process monitoring. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK - take a look at Parker needle valve handles contaminated media which says: "Parker Hannifin has launched a 12.7mm bore instrumentation needle valve for process and instrumentation applications involving viscous and contaminated media. ".

Take a look also at the news release from RDP Electronics, RDP transducers give direct analogue output, as well as IFM PMD camera sees in three dimensions at once from IFM Electronic, and BNS inspects British Energy AGR stations from BNS Nuclear Services.

Latest stories...

SKF systems boost uptime of Isis neutron choppers (November 2009)

SKF rolling bearings and condition monitoring systems are maximising the uptime of precision devices used in the Isis neutron and muon source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

Vishay enters strategic partnership with Schneider (November 2009)

Vishay Intertechnology has announced that Vishay Nobel and Schneider Electric have entered into a strategic partnership through Schneider Electric's Collaborative Automation Partner Program (CAPP).

Delcam adds options for Powerinspect software (October 2009)

Delcam has added two new options for its Powerinspect inspection software.

BOA smart vision complements Vision Appliances (October 2009)

Stemmer Imaging has introduced Dalsa's BOA smart vision system, which complements the existing 'Vision Appliance' (VA) range.

Latest 3CCD cameras deliver higher resolution (October 2009)

JAI has added the AT-140CL and AT-200CL to its 3CCD colour camera series.

Diamond actuators suit aerospace applications (October 2009)

Noliac has announced that an actuator design has been developed for active rotor control through the use of trailing edge flaps.

Ansys software verifies Wimbledon roof design (October 2009)

Ansys has announced that its software was used to verify parts of the design of the retractable roof over Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, London.

NI digital video analyser tests multimedia devices (October 2009)

National Instruments has introduced NI Videomaster 3.0, a PXI-Express-based digital video analyser for validation and production testing of multimedia devices.

The challenges of ultrasonic tension measurement

Neill Brodey, Managing Director of Norbar, explains some of the challenges that have to be overcome in using ultrasonic tension measurement.
Web tension measurement module with low profile

The HTK web tension measurement module from Nobel Systems is designed to measure vertical forces in either direction.