Thin-film sensor is star Performer under pressure

A Parker Hannifin - Filter Division product story

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 18, 2002

The Performer range of ASIC transducers and transmitters from Parker Filter Division Europe uses the very latest in thin-film sensor technology.

The Performer range of ASIC transducers and transmitters from Parker Filter Division Europe uses the very latest in thin-film sensor technology.

Developed at the company's dedicated Condition Monitoring Centre, in Thetford, the new Performer range features robust stainless-steel construction and uses simple-to-install micro electrical connection.

They offer high stability, with very low drift throughout six pressure ranges - 0 to 20, 60, 100, 250, 400 and 700bar - plus a fully compensated temperature range of -40 to +125C.

Power supply ranges are 9-35V DC for transducers and 11-35V DC for transmitters.

Typical applications for the new Performer transducers and transmitters include: fork-lift trucks, for braking and load systems; truck-mounted cranes, for load safety systems; earth-moving machinery, for hydraulic gearbox control; racing cars, for gearbox, fuel, cooling and suspension systems; water supply systems, for pressurised systems for both industrial and high-rise usage; forestry machinery, for felling and logging systems; and paper-mills, for speed control and weighing systems.

(This was Engineeringtalk's Top Story on 15 March 2002).