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Learn how load cells help AMRs and AGVs measure payload weight, detect uneven loading and provide real-time feedback to onboard control systems

How Load Cells Help AMRs and AGVs Detect Overload and Uneven Payloads

An autonomous mobile robot may know exactly where it is—but does it know whether its payload is safe to carry? Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) increasingly move materials through warehouses, factories, hospitals, laboratories and other industrial environments. …

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What NASA’s Artemis Testing Reveals About Aerospace Data Acquisition

Testing a launch vehicle involves much more than measuring vibration during lift-off. Engineers must validate structures, propulsion systems, avionics, electrical power, ground equipment and recovery procedures—often while collecting thousands of synchronised measurements under extreme conditions. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and …

Acromag Wired vs Wireless Remote IO Modules

Wireless vs Wired Remote I/O: Which Is Right?

When Running Ethernet Cable Becomes the Problem: Wireless vs Wired Remote I/O Connecting a sensor, instrument or actuator to a control system sounds straightforward—until the required Ethernet cable must cross a roadway, production line, hazardous area or existing facility. At that …

echnician reviewing wireless vibration measurements from a protected position near an industrial fan.

How Wireless Field Balancing Can Improve Technician Safety

Why distance matters during field balancing Balancing a fan, rotor or other rotating assembly normally involves more than one measurement. The technician records the original vibration, adds a known trial weight, calculates a correction and then checks the result. Depending on …

Rugged computing, data-recording and interface hardware in a defence systems integration environment.

Managing Obsolescence in Mission-Critical Rugged Computing Systems

When support ends but the mission continues A rugged computer can remain central to a vehicle, aircraft or other mission-critical platform long after its original components become difficult to source. The operational requirement may not have changed at all. However, the …

Wireless Torque Sensor System for Dynamic Torque Testing

High-Speed Torque Measurement for NVH Testing

Small torque fluctuations inside a gearbox, electric motor or driveline can create noticeable noise and vibration. Yet engineers often struggle to measure these events because the component may simultaneously transmit thousands of newton metres of torque. A conventional torque sensor may …

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Chemical Tank Level Monitoring

Chemical tank level monitoring gives operators remote visibility of stored liquids across industrial, agricultural and processing facilities. As a result, businesses can improve inventory planning, schedule deliveries and respond sooner when tank levels move outside nominated limits. LevelCon combines compatible industrial …

Calculex RIPR 1402 IRIG 106 Rugged Mission Data Recorder

Rugged Data Recording Solutions for Helicopters and Rotary-Wing Aircraft

Modern military and specialist helicopters can carry sophisticated avionics, sensors, communications equipment and mission systems. Depending on the aircraft and its role, many of these systems generate data that may need to be captured, time-synchronised, processed or securely stored during flight. …

FUTEK IAA100 and IAA200 strain gauge amplifiers

FUTEK Upgrades IAA100 and IAA200 Strain Gauge Analog Amplifiers

FUTEK has upgraded its IAA100 and IAA200 strain gauge analog amplifiers to deliver lower noise, improved stability and greater configuration flexibility for force, load, torque and pressure measurement applications. The IAA100 provides a voltage output for connection to data acquisition systems, …