Monitran offers Grip Tight vibration sensors
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jul 21, 2009
Monitran has made its general-purpose vibration sensors and accelerometers available as 'Grip Tight' (GT) versions.
With Grip Tight, the fitting or removal of a sensor to/from its GT stud takes seconds - yet the mechanical bond, essential for the transfer of energy, is assured.
Unlike a traditional threaded mounting option, there is no need to screw the sensor onto the stud.
This is a major plus when using sensors with integral cables, which would otherwise have their cables twisted when tightening the sensor onto the stud.
The Grip Tight method also completely removes the risk of sheering the stud-to-machine bond, be it screw or adhesive.
A GT-bodied sensor has no hexagonal base, as a spanner is not required for mounting the sensor to its stud.
Instead, tightening a grub screw draws the base of the sensor down onto its GT-stud.
James Holland, engineering co-ordinator for Monitran, said: 'Grip Tight has all the ease-of-use of a magnetic mount but affords the permanency and mechanical stability of a screw mount.' Sensors available with the new GT body include Monitran's MTN/1100 range, which features isolated AC outputs and is ideal for vibration analysis; and the MTN/1185 range, which has DC outputs and is ideal for machine protection.
Grip Tight is suitable for applications where the vibration sensor is not necessarily going to be a permanent fixture.
For example, the sensor may be taken from machine to machine as part of a regular vibration-based condition-monitoring routine.
As standard, the GT studs are available as M6 or M8 male or female threads, but can be made-to-order with most stud-to-machine mounting methods.
Also as standard, the grub screw in the sensor body will be a 4mm thread and sensors will be supplied with Allan keys.
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