Macro Sensors, US-based manufacturer of LVDT Linear Position Sensors and Rotary Position Sensors, offers a bi-polar version of its DC-operated LVDT linear position sensors. Operating from ±15 V DC input, the HSD/HSDR 750 Series Hermetically Sealed LVDT Position Sensors offer a precalibrated 0 to ±10 V DC output that is ideal for easy integration with PLCs, digital indicators, A/D converters, computer-based data processors and QC data collection systems. (more…)

In the fast growing market for wind power systems, quality assurance according to international industrial standards has become an important issue. Wind power plants are no longer a niche playground for environmental proponents, but a serious business where cost efficiency, life cycle costs, reliability and availability of the components must be considered. Coordinate measuring machines play a vital role in ensuring the accuracy and quality of components.

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The necessity to measure precisely, together with the development of complex surfaces, or of surfaces that cannot be touched during the process, trigger the development that the use of contactless technologies for detection and measurement is currently living through. Sensors of multiple shapes and sizes, based on different functioning principles, are being launched on the market. (more…)

Today we will see  a revolutionary new white reflectance standard for metrology. This new reflectance standard is a breakthrough in terms of cost, simplicity and unique environmentally friendly disposal process. This new white standard will have broad impact in the fields of photonics, digital photography and color measurement and is available for immediate commercial and research use. (more…)