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VPX Modules

Are your VPX Modules & backplanes are compatible?

Our valued supplier Acromag has recently released a white paper on: How to tell if your VPX Modules and Backplanes are compatible. Other topics of interest include:  Vita 46, 48 & 65: The next generation VME System Replacement Other sub-topics are: If …

torque sensor sizing

Torque Sensor Sizing Criteria for Servo Motors

Perfect Torque Sensor Sizing Criteria for Servo Motors At the heart of many automated assembly platforms and robots is an electric motor. If the motor is the heart, then the brain is the controller and closed loop control system. However, the …

Torque Auditing

Fastener Torque Auditing and Certification

Fastener Torque Auditing and Certification Talk is on Torque Auditing. Firstly, over torqued screws on devices can compromise the final product. Therefore, to ensure that smartphones meet their torque tolerances. Accurate bolt loading methods are established.  Finally, this helps to help …

Jet Parachute deployment

Jet Parachute Deployment

Application Summary Jet Parachute Deployment Military aircrafts deploy parachutes for rapid decrease of speed upon landing. Utilising Miniature Threaded In Line Load Cells allows test engines to audit the force applied to that parachute or structure of aircraft. Products in Use …

Robotic Catheter Force Measurement

Robotic Catheter Force Measurement

Application Summary of Robotic Catheter Force Measurement Accuracy and sensitivity are extremely critical during intravascular procedures. In this application, FUTEK’s LSB200 Miniature S-Beam Jr. Load Cell gives medical practitioners the accuracy and precision that is necessary for robotic catheter force measurement. …

Miniature Threaded In Line Load Cell

FUTEK Product: Miniature Threaded In Line Load Cell

Watch FUTEK‘s Product Highlight video on their LCM200 a miniature threaded in line load cell. About the LCM200 Miniature Threaded In Line Load Cell FUTEK’s LCM200 is built for endurance or inline tension or compression applications. The standard LCM200 model has a …

Satellite Load Cells

NASA Satellite Load Cells

Application Summary Within NASA’s Suomi NPP Satellite are five weather instruments. Commissioned by Raytheon, FUTEK designed two cryogenic satellite load cells for the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the satellite. Products In Use FUTEK designed two cryogenic satellite load …

data acquisition applications

Data Acquisition Applications Farm Tractors

This data acquisition applications note was provided by our partners DEWESoft. This application note shows how DEWESoft® products provide an effective solution for multi-physics validation of farm tractors. The mobile measurement instruments and easy-to-setup software are used for online field monitoring and …

Bridge monitoring systems

Bridge Monitoring Systems

Distributed Monitoring Solutions or Bridge Monitoring Systems on Large Scale Constructions application note provided by our partner DEWESoft. The DEWESoft® EtherCAT® (ECAT) solutions have already become standard in distributed, industrial monitoring applications. But when we are talking about monitoring the HongKong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, “distributed” …

Wind Tunnel Testing

Wind Tunnel Testing

Application Summary of Wind Tunnel Testing Wind tunnels are used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects referred to as models. A model is mounted onto a stationary tri-axial sensor which provides measurement of the …