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Pressure measurement systems
News Release from: Sensor Products | Subject: "Tactilus"
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 June 2003
Electronic pressure mapping sensor
Sensor Products introduces "Tactilus", a new electronic tactile force and pressure indicating sensor, for use monitoring force disbursement between any two contacting or mating surfaces in real-time
Tactilus allows an engineer to monitor precisely how force is disbursed between any two contacting or mating surfaces in real-time while the event occurs Any application of test where pressure lies between 0.007 kg/sq.cm to 633 kg/sq.cm (0.01 PSI to 9000 PSI) is a viable candidate for Tactilus technology
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 6 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Tactilus is a valuable aid in machine calibration unit pressure distribution between components of machine assemblies such as gaskets and flanges, clutch and brake plates, frames, shafts, welding heads, teeth of gears, glue and adhesive jigs, roller nips for steel mills, and electronic component packaging.
Other applications are as diverse as ultrasonic welding, explosive forming, indication of uniformity during composite materials fabrication, determination of effective placement of strain gauges, determining drawing pressure in dies, package drop test pressure, and measuring the interface pressure in mechanically attached joints.
In general, any application involving stress between two surfaces can benefit from the system capabilities.
Jeffrey Stark, Senior Technical Manager, says, "Tactilus is a Windows-based system that consists of an electronic sensor element "skin", an interface controller, and software.
The sensor skin is essentially a thin flexible sheet that is densely packed with sensing points or pixels.
These sensing points can be spaced as close as 1 mm apart and can collect data as rapidly as 60,000 times per second.
The Tactilus sensing element is only 18 thou, allowing adaptation over curved surfaces or invasive intolerant environments.
The Tactilus element internal structure is very durable and can be utilised for thousands of tests before replacement is necessary.
The sensor system is pre-calibrated and requires minimal user training prior to operation".
System requirements for Tactilus are Windows 95 (and higher) OS, 16 MB free disk space and 64 MB RAM.
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