Pressure Sensitive Film gets products to market faster, improves product security and keeps total applied costs down

Reggie Hall — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:11:07 -0500

Traditional mindset regarding pressure-sensitive films are changing as new technologies create opportunities in today's home, mobile, government, and enterprise electronics product markets. The solution set seems limitless with advances in polymers and chemistry, combined with the creative minds in the pressure-sensitive film industry....

Watching Trends in Google Searches on Motors

Jared Rader — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:11:43 -0500

It looks like curiosity about dc motors (as measured by Google searches using that term), exceeded that for ac or brushless motors. Searches for dc motors, though, seem to be on a five-year slide.

How to Drive Resistive Tactile Sensors

Josh Rader — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:44:26 -0500

Authored by:
Mark Lowe
Tekscan Inc.
Boston, Mass.

Edited by Leland Teschler
Leland.teschler@penton.com

Key points:
• Thin-film force sensors can be super thin and created in a range of shapes and sizes.
• Resistive thin-film sensors can be turned to work over a range of forces depending on the drive levels powering the sensor, but only within certain limits.

Variable-Reluctance Sensors

Josh Rader — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:48:38 -0500

Automobiles today contain a growing number of position and speed sensors that look at rotation. From transmission input and output shafts, crankshafts, and even individual tire speeds, these sensors provide signals to control transmission shift points, cruise controls, limited-slip or traction controls, and antilock-braking systems.

Flexible, Silicone-Enclosed Cables Include Fiberglass Mounting Plate That Lets Users Attach it With Any Fasteners to Any Surface

Jared Rader — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:21:42 -0500

To simplify the task of adding wires or cabling to a device or structure, engineers at Cicoil Corp., Valencia, Calif. (www.cicoil.com), have added a fiberglass-reinforced mounting ribbon to its flat cable to create Strip- Mount.

OSRAM SYLVANIA Adds SUREHEAT® MAX HT 900°C Air Heaters to Product Line.

Reggie Hall — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:23:25 -0500

Engineers at ifm efector inc., Exton, Pa., (ifm.com) have developed a solid-state sensor that engineers can add to robots, pick-and-place equipment, machine vision, and a host of other applications to generate 3D images embedded with dimensional data in real time.

Advanced Color Sensors Using Color Space

Josh Rader — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:56:11 -0500

Advanced color sensors detect and sort products by color in factory-automation applications for quality-control purposes. These sensors identify and distinguish between multiple colors, hues, saturations, brightness, and other parameters using a technique called color space.

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