White paper helps force sensor selection process

Tekscan has released a white paper entitled 'Force Sensors for Design', to help OEM designers specify force sensors.

OEM engineers face unique challenges in specifying force sensors, also commonly referred to in the industry as force sensitive resistors, or force transducers.

In addition to finding a force transducer with the right performance specifications, challenges include issues such as cost, turnaround time, engineering support from the manufacturer, customisation capabilities, off-the-shelf options for prototyping and/or lower quantities, and more.

Finding a force sensor supplier who meets all of these needs is crucial.

With many available force sensors on the market, from load cells to strain gauges to thin and flexible resistive technology, selecting the right sensor for a particular application can be overwhelming.

In addition, with more and more engineers working across different disciplines in their positions, many product designers find themselves in unfamiliar territory at times.

Tekscan understands the significance of these challenges and has responded with a newly published white paper.

Force Sensors for Design combines an educational background about the various types of force sensing technology on the market with real-life examples of customers who have benefited from thin and flexible, but accurate, sensing technology.

The paper aims to help engineers understand the options and provide the right questions to ask a potential supplier.

The white paper is available for free download from the Tekscan website.

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