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Jim McKinley
Product Publicity
610-889-5234
pr.contact@ametek.com
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FLEXURE GAUGES FROM SOLARTRON METROLOGY PROVIDE HIGH ACCURACY AT HIGH THROUGHPUTS
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Release Date: Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Contact: Mark Asuma (704) 868-4661
BOGNOR REGIS, ENGLAND—Solartron Metrology has introduced two new flexure gauges. The digital and analogue sensors can maintain their exceptional high repeatability and resolution of less than 0.1µm over millions of measurement cycles.
The compact gauges are ideal for post process or in process applications requiring high precision and high volume measurements where the high throughput would shorten the life of conventional pencil probes. There are no sliding parts within the sensor or its parallelogram-shaped frame, ensuring that the gauges are frictionless and virtually free from hysteresis.
The gauges have forward and reverse spring action, and a pneumatically actuated version is available for applications that require automated measurements. The gauges’ novel design utilizes a high number of factory serviceable parts reducing the cost of ownership. The IP65-rated gauges can be mounted with little or no stress through the gauge center line, which allows precision profiling of moving material such as sheet products or rotating shafts and brake discs.
The analogue version with half bridge or LVDT output can be used with most standard amplifiers. The digital gauge interfaces with Solartron’s Orbit® network, which enables even higher linearity over its full 1mm or 2mm measuring range. The Orbit network also allows the gauges to be mixed with other digital transducers in a single measurement system.
Solartron Metrology is a unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading diversified manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annualized sales of $2.9 billion. For more information, contact Solartron Metrology, 915 N. New Hope Road, Suite C, Gastonia, NC 28054. Tel: 800-873-5838. E-mail: usasales@solartronmetrology.com Website: www.solartronmetrology.com
Click here for a hi-res image of the Solartron Metrology flexure gauge
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