Sensor Technology to highlight new products at sensors show

Sensor Technology will be showing extensions to its LoadSense range, an updated version of its ORT 230/240 TorqSense range and enhancements to its wireless strain gauge amplifier.

The new ORT sensors are said to have redefined user expectations for optical rotary torque transducers when they were introduced earlier in 2016. These torque sensors are designed for duties requiring low torque and/or high bandwidth, and provide precise, dynamic measurement of rotary and static torque from 10mNm to 100Nm and for bandwidths of up to 50kHz. Their signal processing electronics demonstrate improved resolution, frequency response and faster data handling, yet also benefit from reduced power consumption.

Complementing the ORT sensors, Sensor Technology is also introducing new strain gauge amplifiers, which are wireless and therefore offer advantages in terms of ease of installation, use and reconfiguration.

LoadSense is a strain gauge-based stainless steel tension-type sensor with the capability of wirelessly transmitting its data (via a 2.4GHz radio signal) to a display. Alternatively, it can record data on its inbuilt 32MB memory for subsequent downloading and use/analysis. New this year, the range has been extended up to 30 tonnes.

LoadSense is now found throughout manufacturing, automation, handling and test and measurement, but it was originally developed to measure the load on helicopter cargo hooks and transmit information to the pilot wirelessly (a hard-wired cable would have required a hole to be drilled in the aircraft's body, thereby negating its Certificate of Airworthiness).

The company's Tony Ingham says: "Much of our business is overseas, but the domestic market remains very important for us as the UK is a leader in so many high-tech fields. Sensors & Instrumentation and its predecessor shows have always produced new leads and introductions for us; it is an event we look forward to every year."

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