109 press releases : Detection, Measurement: Acoustics, Vibrations, Radiation, Light...

Sensor specialist and networking provider Balluff has added two innovations to the line of vision sensors. Just in time for MOTEK a free software update is available from their homepage www.balluff.de which upgrades the proven BVS-E sensor to a BVS-E Standard type. The other addition is the BVS-E Advanced model, a vision sensor in the premium segment. Compared with the Standard version it offers ad...

Sensor specialist and networking provider Balluff has re-engineered their BOS 18M red light sensor with background sup-pression, introducing the 2nd generation while retaining the series designation. This sensor in a rugged metal housing uses the newest LED technology, offers an especially bright spot and op-erates at a switching frequency of 500 Hz. The device stands out with an unusually gener...

Sunnyvale, CA – Rad-icon Imaging Corporation, the leading provider of high-performance CMOS image sensors and cameras for the digital radiography market worldwide, today announced the general availability of the SkiaGraph10 EV, a further addition to its product line of Very Large Area (VLA) digital CMOS x-ray cameras. The high-performance SkiaGraph10 EV camera features 25% more active area than its...

Chatsworth, CA – September 29, 2009 – Dytran Instruments, Inc. has just released a new miniature triaxial accelerometer designed for modal analysis testing. The 3273M2 features a robust, laser welded titanium design which includes ceramic sensing elements coupled to ultra low noise JFET electronics. With a low end frequency response of ±15-10% down to 0.88 Hz, the 3273M2 accelerometer offers ex...

The U. S. Department of Defense announced last month that Aeroflex won a 5-year, $40.5 million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to supply Ground Radio Maintenance Automatic Test Systems (GRMATS). Aeroflex will supply its 7200 Configurable Automated Test Set (CATS). The 7200 is used for testing software-defined radios, including military tactical radios and other high technology devices. “With...

Aeroflex, the leading global provider of Long Term Evolution (LTE) test equipment today announced it has added new LTE measurement capabilities to its flexible, modular PXI 3000 platform. This latest addition enables production test engineers to achieve faster time to volume for RF components and LTE user equipment. The new solution leverages itself on Aeroflex’s track record in LTE testing for R&D...

Germantown, MD –– Wilcoxon Research, a Meggitt group company and a leading supplier of quality accelerometers and sensor networks, has improved the performance of several popular 4-20 mA vibration sensors to operate in high temperature environments up to 105° C (221° F). Sensors with the new, higher temperature rating have a velocity or acceleration 4-20 mA output based upon RMS or Peak. The 4-...

SD has just introduced a brand new Modal Analysis product based on the extremely popular STAR System and the SD-produced GraphTool™ Graphical User’s Interface. This combination adds a whole new colorful dimension to real-time Modal animation, Frequency Response Function viewing and cursor operations. This enhanced graphical flexibility now permits Structural Dynamics Modification to be perf...

For over three years now, the Messen-Steuern-Regeln Division (measuring and control instruments) of KELLER HCW GmbH has been developing business relations in India. MSR’s product range features non-contact temperature measurement instruments, so-called ‚pyrometers’, which detect temperatures from -50 °C bis 3000 °C. These pyrometers are successfully distributed in India. To meet the increasing ...

USB Balancer is a portable and cost-effective instrument developed for the balancing of any rotary element. This device is especially suitable to be used on tool machines with dedicated software for the balancing of the spindles and from now on also for grinders. • portable triaxial instrument for a simple and quick balancing of a rotary element, suitable to be used in the most difficult industria...

Chatsworth, CA – August 26, 2009 – Dytran Instruments, Inc. is pleased to introduce a new ultra high temperature accelerometer. Model 3218C is a charge mode accelerometer designed to measure vibration of surfaces at temperatures up to +900° F. This accelerometer utilizes ultra stable crystal material in its self-generating seismic element. Model 3218C is packaged in a hermetically sealed stain...

Novi, Michigan - PCB Automotive Sensors, a division of PCB Piezotronics, is proud to announce that the new Automotive Sensors Solution Catalog is now available. This catalogue contains over 120 pages of specifications on sensors specifically used in automotive and ground vehicle applications including: accelerometers, force, load, microphone, torque, wheel force, sound level meters, and more. A...

NEW LIGHT SENSOR BRACKET FROM ONSET SIMPLIFIES CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BOURNE, MA, June 29, 2009 — Onset the world’s leading supplier of data loggers, today introduced a new bracket that makes it fast and convenient to mount the company’s light sensors in order to calculate Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values. NDVI is the standard measure of the density o...

NDIR gas analyzers frequently work according to the quotient method, where the test channel signal that depends on the concentration is based on a reference channel. Dual channel detectors like the LIM-252 from InfraTec (www.infratec-infrared.com) are needed to measure gases. Often, in an optical bench it is necessary to measure two gases at the same time (e.g. CO2 and methane with a reference). Us...

Chatsworth, CA – August 17, 2009 – Dytran Instruments is pleased to announce the release of a new IEPE triaxial accelerometer designed for modal analysis applications. Model 3293A is a lightweight, high sensitivity accelerometer that contains three miniature ceramic shear mode accelerometer elements mounted to a single support and welded into a titanium housing. With a low end frequency respons...

Wilcoxon Research, a Meggitt Group company and a leading supplier of quality vibration sensors and sensor networks, has added to it’s product line three new accelerometers with M12 connectors, an established sensor connector that is used throughout the world and is common in the process industries. Several compatible M12 connector-cable assemblies are also now available. “Our M12 accelerometers...

Wilcoxon Research, a Meggitt Group company and a leading supplier of quality vibration sensors and sensor networks, announces the release of six new Class I Zone 2 accelerometers and three compatible cable-connector assemblies suitable for installation in a Class I Zone 2 environment. The six sensors which received the Class I Zone 2 certification all have a sensitivity of 100 mV/g, and a tight ...

Edinburgh Instruments presents the Nanotaurus. A new fluorescence lifetime laboratory utilising the Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) technique for picosecond resolution of assay based lifetime measurements. - Greater discrimination for biological assays - Fewer false positives - Independent of sample volume and concentration Features: Assay based lifetime measurements wi...

Chatsworth, CA – July 22, 2009 – Dytran Instruments, Inc. is pleased to introduce a new miniature triaxial accelerometer, utilizing the latest in quartz shear technology, coupled with 2-wire internal IEPE electronics. Model 3023A9 contains three miniature quartz laminar shear mode accelerometer elements mounted to a single support and welded into a titanium housing. The three elements are mount...

Cygnus CygScope R and RD are simple to use and highly sensitive. They are designed to identify leaks and locate even the smallest leakage through detecting ultrasound produced by escaping air or gas from steam traps, compressed air and vacuum systems. A range of probes is available to either scan large industrial areas for leaks or pinpoint a leak in a specific valve or fitting. The economic...