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News Release from: Kistler Instruments | Subject: Kistler Type 9215
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 June 2005
Ultra-miniaturised force sensors
The new Kistler Type 9215 piezoelectric force sensor for tensile and compression forces ranging down to a few millinewtons is exceptionally compact
The new Kistler Type 9215 piezoelectric force sensor for tensile and compression forces ranging down to a few millinewtons is exceptionally compact With a front, external diameter of only 5 mm, the Type 9215 is the smallest sensor in its class, complementing the 10 mm external diameter Type 9203 force sensors
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 26 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Type 9215 is very robust, offering extremely high rigidly against lateral forces and a measuring range from 20 to 200 N with two calibrated measuring ranges (100% and 10%).
The sensor body has an M5 x 0.5 external thread and the force is transmitted via an M2 threaded hole at the front of the sensor.
The very small size makes the sensor ideally suited for use in constricted spaces.
It facilitates the product testing of switches, push buttons, connectors and springs and for highly sensitive force measurement in research and development, for example in micromanipulators.
The Type 9215, miniature measuring platforms and sensor arrays can be reduced to grid spacing as small as 7.5 mm.
Typically, this permits the testing of mobile phone keypads to be carried out in just one test station.
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