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News Release from: PI (Physik Instrumente) | Subject: D-510 family
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 October 2006
Not all capacitive sensors are created
equal
Capacitive displacement gauges perform high-precision, noncontact measurements of geometric quantities against any kind of electrically conductive target.
PI (Physik Instrumente) introduces the D-510 family of PISeca capacitive displacement gauges PISeca capacitance gauges perform high-precision, noncontact measurements of geometric quantities representing displacement, separation, position, length or other linear dimension against any kind of electrically conductive target
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The capacitive gauges are plug and play units.
The cable plugs directly into the sensor head for easy installation or replacement in the field.
Installation is further facilitated by a display in the sensor electronics that indicates the optimum distance between probe and target.
PISeca capacitive sensor systems can be operated in multichannel configurations and combined with nanopositioning actuators for nanometre precise closed-loop motion control applications. Request a free brochure from PI (Physik Instrumente) ...
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