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Sensor introduces the Pressurex Zero sensor film
Sensor Products has extended its tactile pressure-indicating sensor film range with Pressurex Zero.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 October 2008
Sensor releases electronic nip analysis system
Sensor Products has introduced Mini Sigma-Nip, an electronic nip analysis system that measures roller profiles and diagnoses and helps correct roll alignment.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 October 2008
Thin film provides pressure readings
Futek used Pressurex to help redesign several of its clamps to incorporate silicone die springs to regulate the pressure more precisely.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 April 2008
Sensors add new freedom to pressure mapping
Sensor Products has expanded its Tactilus line of dynamic electronic pressure mapping systems with the introduction of its Free Form sensor systems.
News from Engineeringtalk, 14 June 2006
Next-generation technology detects more pressure
Tactilus electronic pressure measurement systems make pressure profiling simple and efficient for engineers, thus saving time and preventing costly mistakes and waste.
News from Engineeringtalk, 2 May 2006
Sensors can be used independently or in a matrix
Free form sensor systems consist of up to 16 individual sensing points that can detect pressures up to 4.21kg/cm2 coupled with simple electronics and a USB interface.
News from Engineeringtalk, 26 April 2006
Optical option for testing film
Pressure indicating sensor film from Sensor Products is a nondestructive testing tool that maps and measures pressure distribution and magnitude between mating, contacting or impacting surfaces.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 December 2005
Film puts the finger on brake pad squeal
Researchers at the University of Liverpool in the UK are using Pressurex film to help brake manufacturers reduce squeal.
News from Engineeringtalk, 23 November 2005
Film sensors confirm animal feed safety
Canada-based Green Prairie International needed a way to measure the pressure magnitude in the compression chamber of its hay presses.
News from Engineeringtalk, 15 September 2005
Sensor film provides feedback in packaging design
Pressurex sensor film can aid manufacturers with their R and D, design and quality control processes to allow for the most persuasive and imaginative packaging possible.
News from Engineeringtalk, 3 August 2005
Novel sensor has designs on gun safety
Sensor Products has developed a unique sensor specifically for the New Jersey Institute of Technology's highly publicised Smart Gun project.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 May 2005
Pressure film finds automotive applications
OEMs and after-market manufacturers and distributors employ Pressurex film in a variety of automotive applications.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 May 2005
Upgrade for tyre tread footprint profiling system
Sensor Products has developed a next-generation version of its Tactilus tyre tread footprint profiling system.
News from Engineeringtalk, 14 April 2005
Software maintains joint quality
A novel fastener/joint design software package helps a leading HVAC manufacturer with Six Sigma process validation.
News from Engineeringtalk, 21 September 2004
System provides dynamic analysis of nip width
The F-Nip flying dynamic electronic nip analysis system is a novel real-time nip analysis tool.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 May 2004
Stress-indicating film handles higher pressures
Pressurex TPSF is a unique tactile pressure sensor film that enables the accurate, efficient, and cost effective measurement of contact pressure, from 14kPa to 298MPa (28 to 43,200lb/in2).
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 January 2004
Pressure-activated paper checks nip rollers
EZ-Nip is an easy and efficient troubleshooting tool that can quickly be put to the task of detecting uneven nip rollers in web-based conveyance machinery.
News from Engineeringtalk, 12 January 2004
Film aids quality control of membrane filters
Tactile pressure measurement has evolved from an art to a science over the last few decades.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 December 2003
Seminar on web handling and converting
Sensor Products is organising a two-day technical seminar on web handling and converting in association with Finishing Technologies.
News from Engineeringtalk, 25 August 2003
Novel technique shows surface stress distribution
Until relatively recently, obtaining data on normal surface stress distribution and predicting stress distribution uniformity was, at best, a process of multiple iterations of trial and error.
News from Engineeringtalk, 3 July 2003
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