Sensors

Written by Martin Hummel, product manager for encoders in the Motion Control Sensors division of SICK Stegmann GmbH, Donaueschingen, Germany. The use of intelligent sensors in the field is a key requirement for process digitisation, which is becoming increasingly widespread in factory and logistics automation. In addition to measuring posi-tions and speeds in machines and … Continue reading Smart encoders with IO-Link: the ideal solution for digitised automation systems →

The NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) has held its first information session on the successful adoption of sensor technology and how industry can best link up with research institutions. THe event was the first in the “Successfully Adopting Smart Sensing Technologies” series, and was held at the Western Sydney University Launch Pad at Werrington in … Continue reading Western Sydney University Launch Pad hosts event on sensor technology and industry collaboration →

An Internet of Things (IoT) project bringing together key industry and research partners will research new satellite navigation monitoring sensors for infrastructure design and construction projects. Monitum, a Brisbane company of professional surveyors and geologists, has teamed up with researchers at QUT and the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), in the Mthing project that … Continue reading Research project to explore potentials of IoT sensor technology in infrastructure construction →

Sensor specialist Innovation Sensor Technology IST AG, an Endress+Hauser Group subsidiary, has officially opened an expansion of its plant in Ebnat-Kappel in eastern Switzerland. The facility, built at a cost of nearly 15 million euros (AUD $24 million), now offers double the floor space. Mirko Lehmann, CEO of Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG, Matthias Altendorf, … Continue reading Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG expands its plant in Switzerland →

A Swinburne University research team has been focussing its efforts on groundbreaking work on sensors and nanomaterials and their practical use for health and environmental monitoring. The team is led by Dr Shafiei, a Swinburne Vice-Chancellor’s Women in STEM research fellow. These fellowships have been designed designed to address the under-representation of women in science, … Continue reading Swinburne researchers exploring use of nanomaterials in sensors →

A new system devised by researchers at MIT can monitor the behaviour of all electric devices within a building, ship, or factory, determining which ones are in use at any given time and whether any are showing signs of an imminent failure. The new sensor, whose readings can be monitored on an easy-to-use graphic display … Continue reading Researchers develop cutting-edge sensor system for electrical systems →

A new sensor system, developed by researchers in Germany, is able to carefully control drying processes in industrial ovens and deliver reliable air humidity measurements at high temperatures and in the presence of other background vapours. Professor Andreas Schütze, project manager Tilman Sauerwald, and their research team at Saarland University have developed a sensor system … Continue reading Heat-resistant sensor system developed to monitor industrial ovens at high temperatures →

An international team of researchers are developing an eco-friendly, 3D printable solution for producing wireless Internet of Things (IoT) sensors that can be used and disposed of without contaminating the environment. The research has been published as the cover story in the February issue of the journal Advanced Electronic Materials. Professor Woo Soo Kim from … Continue reading Researchers developing eco-friendly IoT sensors →

A project led by the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has installed a high-resolution monitoring system at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s (ANSTO’s) medical isotope production facility in the Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights. ANSTO is now the second facility in the world to install a stack monitor of … Continue reading Stack monitoring system installed at Sydney medical isotope facility →

RMIT researchers are installing sensors throughout Rye on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsular  to monitor traffic, parking, crowd numbers and even toilet usage to better manage holiday crowds. The collaboration between RMIT, Mornington Peninsula Shire and other partners is to use the sensor technology to explore how future cities might operate. RMIT University’s Associate Professor Flora Salim, … Continue reading RMIT research using sensor technology to trial ‘smart city’ management →

Nearly all of the motor technology that we still use today was invented over a period of seventy years from 1820–1890, with the first commutated DC electric motor invented by British scientist William Sturgeon in 1833. Clearly, production processes — and the resultant demands on equipment — have changed since then and there is a … Continue reading Smart sensors for motors →

Acciona 100% EcoPowered vehicle has become the first electric car to participate in the Finke Desert Race, which was held this weekend in Alice Springs. From the first official viewing of the cars, to the prologue, and during the race itself, the car attracted widespread attention from fans and other competitors. “It was great to … Continue reading Acciona becomes first electric car in Finke desert race →

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have designed tiny optical sensors that open the door to developing a wearable device that allows doctors to medically diagnose people’s health in real time. Associate Professor Antonio Tricoli said the sensors, which are 50 times thinner than a human hair, promised to one day help doctors detect … Continue reading New sensors open door to wearable medical diagnostic device →

Sensirion has released the new ultra-low power humidity sensor SHTC3 for mobile and battery-driven applications. The SHTC3 is a digital humidity and temperature sensor optimized for battery-driven applications and high-volume consumer electronics. The sensor has been designed to overcome conventional limits in size and power consumption in order to fulfill current and future requirements, and … Continue reading Humidity sensor for battery-driven applications →

A tiny fibre-optic probe that can measure temperature while seeing deep inside the body has been developed in South Australia. With an outer diameter of only 130 microns, the width of a single human hair, the probe is the smallest of its kind in the world with the ability to provide real time imaging and … Continue reading Probe the width of a hair to see and measure temperature deep inside the body →

RS Components has announced availability of a development kit from Honeywell that enables the simple evaluation of sensors. The Honeywell SEK001 sensor board does not require the development of code before receiving sensor measurements, enabling developers to start testing and prototyping right away. Designed for sensor demonstration, testing and evaluation purposes, the SEK001 is essentially … Continue reading New pressure sensor evaluation kit →

Emerson’s latest Roxar Downhole Sensor System has been deployed on the Maria field offshore Norway, providing the field’s operator Wintershall with improved well integrity monitoring and offshore safety. The latest deployment of the system – a wireless solution that delivers crucial integrity data and measures online and real-time pressure and temperature information from behind the … Continue reading Sensor system delivers critical data →

A research project, which aims to revolutionise personalised medicine through wearable sensor technologies such as bracelets, will receive up to $10 million as the inaugural winner of The Australian National University (ANU) Grand Challenge Scheme. The five-year project promises to help clinicians detect diseases in people much earlier than is currently possible, and better manage … Continue reading Sensor technologies to help revolutionise medicine →

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 … Continue reading Hybrid sensors for force and pressure measurements →

Hoffmann-Krippner has released the EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group) certified hygienic mounting kit for PiL’s P53 Steel Head ultrasonic sensors. This new, off the shelf, hygienic sensor solution has been designed for the food and beverage sector and chemical and pharmaceutical industries – suitable for any manufacturing/ assembly/ bottling/ packaging system that requires … Continue reading Durable ultrasonic sensors for hygienic requirements →