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Top 5 Automation Insights Posts from 2017
Kick off the New Year by taking a look at the top 5 Automation Insight blog posts from last year. #5. Make sure your RFID system is future-proof by answering 3 questions With the recent widespread adoption of RFID technology … Continue reading
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IO-Link Measurement Sensors Solve Application Challenges
In industrial distance and position measurement applications, one size definitely does not fit all. Depending on the application, the position or distance to be measured can range from just a few millimeters up to dozens of meters. No single industrial … Continue reading
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Posted in All posts, Analog Position Sensors, Linear Position and Distance Measurement
Tagged inductive distance sensors, inductive linear position sensors, IO-Link, linear position sensors, magnetic linear encoders, magnetostrictive, measurement, position measurement, sensor, Short Range
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In-Cylinder Position Sensing in Electrically Conductive Hydraulic Fluids
The standard for hydraulic fluid in the industry is mineral oil, which is a dielectric medium that does not conduct electricity. Yet environmental concerns have led to the search for alternatives that are less harmful in case of leaks and … Continue reading
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Position and Level Measurement for Clean Energy
A few years ago, a new gas station opened in our neighborhood situated at the edge of town. Some new customers started showing up with camouflage painted cars, especially early in the morning or late at night. They always seemed … Continue reading
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External Position Feedback for Hydraulic Cylinders
The classic linear position feedback solution for hydraulic cylinders is the rod-style magnetostrictive sensor installed from the back end of the cylinder. The cylinder rod is gun-drilled to accept the length of the sensor probe, and a target magnet is … Continue reading
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Difficulties Faced in Externally Mounted Magnetic Transducer Applications
In a previous blog post, we looked at the basic operating principle of magnetostriction and how it is applied in a linear position transducer. In this post we’re going to take a more in-depth look at this popular sensing technique … Continue reading
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Level Sensing in Machine Tools
Certainly the main focus in machine tools is on metal cutting or metal forming processes. To achieve optimum results in cutting processes coolants and lubricants are applied. In both metal cutting and metal forming processes hydraulic equipment is used (as hydraulics create high forces in compact designs). … Continue reading
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A superior non-contact sensing principle
Magnetostriction is a property of ferromagnetic (iron-based, magnetizeable) materials that causes them to change their shape or dimensions in the presence of a magnetic field. In addition to numerous other practical uses, this magnetostrictive effect is ideally suited for use … Continue reading
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Tagged linear position sensor, linear position sensors, magnetostriction, magnetostrictive, waveguide
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Blaise Pascal – The Ultimate Powerlifter
Our modern technological society owes a lot to the scientific work and inspiration of a 17th-century French mathematician and physicist, Blaise Pascal. Pascal was a pioneer in the fields of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, which deal with the subject of fluid … Continue reading
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Hydraulic Cylinder Position Feedback, Revisited
In a previous Sensortech post entitled “Hydraulic Cylinder Position Feedback“, we discussed the basic concept of hydraulic cylinder position feedback. In case you might have missed that post, here it is for an encore appearance. Magnetostrictive linear position transducers are commonly … Continue reading
