2026-05-25 · Product Knowledge
Automotive Body and Press Shops: Clamp Position and Bottom Dead Centre
Fast slaggy duty: clamps and press slides. A magnetostrictive displacement sensor runs 1-10 μm, ±0.002 mm repeatability holding shut height.
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2026-05-24 · Product Knowledge
Water Pumping Stations: Hydraulic Cylinder Stroke and Gate Position Monitoring
Pump-station blades and gates sit damp. This magnetostrictive displacement sensor reads absolute position on power-up, with connectors facing down.
2026-05-24 · Product Knowledge
Glass Machinery: Press Closing Stroke and Tilt-Table Positioning
Press closing sets thickness; tilts need absolute position. A magnetostrictive displacement sensor runs 5-20 μm and shields the rod from cullet.
2026-05-23 · Product Knowledge
Waste Compaction: Hydraulic Cylinder Position and In-Cylinder Installation
Compaction heads crash through leachate. This hydraulic cylinder displacement sensor sits in a deep 12.7 mm bore, rated 350-600 bar, off impact.
2026-05-23 · Product Knowledge
Packaging Machinery: Filling-Piston Stroke and Sealing-Die Positioning
Volume is area times stroke. This magnetostrictive displacement sensor runs dosing and sealing, holds ±0.002 mm repeatability, needs IP69K washdown.
2026-05-23 · Product Knowledge
Medical Equipment: Radiotherapy Couch and Operating Table Position
A couch off isocentre throws the dose. This magnetostrictive displacement sensor aligns the table, with 1-5 μm resolution and ±0.002 mm repeatability.
2026-05-21 · Product Knowledge
Chemical Reactor Agitator Travel: Intrinsically Safe Displacement Monitoring by Zone
Reactor agitator lift and lid share one magnetostrictive displacement sensor. Fix Zone 1, pick Ex ia with a barrier, then match seals to medium.
2026-05-20 · Product Knowledge
Continuous-Casting Mould Oscillation: Closed-Loop Displacement Feedback
Mould oscillation is a waveform. This magnetostrictive displacement sensor needs 0.5-5 ms refresh and ±0.002 mm repeatability to keep amplitude even.
2026-05-20 · Product Knowledge
Textile Machinery: Roller Gap and Dancer-Tension Position
Textile fly wraps the rod. A magnetostrictive displacement sensor covers roller gap and dancer, holding ±0.002 mm repeatability across spindles.
2026-05-19 · Product Knowledge
Agricultural Field Duty: In-Cylinder Sensor on Header and Seeder
Headers and seeders work in mud, washdown, winter storage. Map header lift, reel, down-force cylinders to in-cylinder mounting, IP69K, CANopen.
2026-05-18 · Product Knowledge
Forging Ram Position: Blow-End Control Under Shock and Radiant Heat
Forging hits heat, shock and scale. This magnetostrictive displacement sensor lives in-cylinder, with ±0.002 mm repeatability for forging height.
2026-05-16 · Product Knowledge
Take-Out Robot Three Axes: Strip-Axis Mould-Area Interlock
Take-out robots race a cramped mould. Servo encoders miss belt stretch; a magnetostrictive displacement sensor at the actuator end makes it absolute.