Micro-Measurement has introduced a range of miniature, lightweight hybrid sensors, offering cost-effective force, displacement, pressure, strain and acceleration measurements within high-volume OEM and test applications.
Design of the range incorporates the brand’s own precision-foil strain gauges, adhesively bonded to flat substrates, constructed of either metal, composite, or polymer.
Hybrid sensors are manufactured using high-volume production equipment. The result is a range of strain-gauge based hybrid sensors with consistent batch-to-batch performance characteristics.
Customers may further incorporate an optional miniature signal amplifier, as either a stand-alone component or attached to the sensor. Hybrid sensors may be attached via mounting holes with choice of screws, spot welding, or clamping, thereby eliminating adhesive bonding requirements. The sensors are optionally available with pre-attached lead wires and connectors, for simplified customer handling without soldering requirements.
New hybrid sensors can effectively support a variety of high-volume OEM consumer product, process control, automotive testing, non-critical medical device, educational research, and industrial requirements. Typical consumer product applications include appliances, sporting equipment, hand tools, and lawn and garden equipment. Process control applications include HVAC, liquid-level sensing, motor control, and vibration monitoring. Automotive testing applications include passenger weighing, foot-pedal pressure, seatbelt tension, emergency braking, suspension control, and engine monitoring. Medical applications include pumps, respirators, and other non-critical devices. Industrial applications include elevators, tank monitoring, bearing insertion, safety systems, gas and liquid cylinder pressures, and load monitoring