A blog discussing sensors and instrumentation. New products, new technologies, and interesting applications. Types of sensors and instruments discussed include: Analyzers, Color Sensors, Displacement Sensors, Flow Sensors, Industrial Weighing, Instrumentation (Data Acquisition), Load Cells & Instrument Hardware. Machine Controls, Pressure Gauges, Pressure Sensors, Sanitary Sensors, Strain Gages, and Temperature Sensors. Courtesy of AP Corp.
Micro-Epsilon Introduces scanCONTROL AIK Adapter for Cognex® VisionPro® 2D/3D Analysis Software
Induction Heating Systems and Solutions for Industry
Industrial induction heating systems are used for various purposes in manufacturing, like surface hardening, brazing, welding, melting, and forging, among others.
- Automotive industry - for engine parts' surface hardening and brazing fuel lines.
- Aerospace industry - for welding titanium components, heat treating blades and vanes, and brazing aluminum components.
- Metal fabrication industry - for forging, hardening, and welding of steel parts.
- Jewelry industry - for melting gold and silver alloys to make jewelry.
- Energy industry - for heating tubes and pipes in heat exchangers and boilers.
- Medical industry - for sterilizing medical instruments and welding stainless steel components.
- Electronic industry - for soldering and brazing of electronic components and assemblies.
The Importance of Portable Pressure Calibrators for Industrial Instrumentation Technicians
AP Corp is Pleased to Announce Our Appointment as Hi-Technique’s Exclusive Authorized New England Representative
Provide Your Field Technicians A Safer, More Compact, and Efficient Portable Pressure Calibrator
Without the proper equipment, pressure calibration can be challenging.
Supply Chain Reliability for Pressure Sensors
The surfaceCONTROL 3D 2500 Snapshot Sensor for Surface Inspection of Large Objects
surfaceCONTROL 3D Sensor Features:
- Large objects max. 650 x 495 mm
- High measuring range depth up to 300 mm
- Acquisition time from 0.5 s
- Highest precision up to 3.0 μm
- Digital interfaces (via controller 2500): GigE Vision/GenICam
- Digital interfaces (via 2D/3D gateway): Gigabit Ethernet (GigE Vision / GenICam) / USB2.0 / PROFINET / EtherCAT / EtherNet/IP
surfaceCONTROL 3D Sensor Application Examples:
- 3D inspection of geometry, shape detection and surface inspection
- Automation, production and process monitoring as well as quality control
- Non-contact measurement of diffuse reflective surfaces in the Stop&Go process
- Shape, position and surface inspection
Commissioning a Dynisco Pressure Sensor Using the Dynisco 1490 Panel Indicator
- Introduction
- Unpacking and Examining the Pressure Sensor
- Selecting the Cable Assembly
- Unpacking and Wiring the Instrument
- Connecting the Sensor Cable Assembly to the Instrument
- Connecting the Cable Assembly to the Pressure Sensor
- Supplying Power and Setting Parameters on the Instrument
- Calibration of the Pressure Sensor with Instrumentation
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The Druck PACE CM3 Pressure Controller
Sensuron - Distributed Measurement Using Fiber Optic Sensing
Summary of Features for Ambrell's EKOHEAT® with VPA Technology™
Cost Effective, Speedy Force Calibration System from BLH Nobel
The Druck DPI705E Series Handheld Pressure Indicators
DPI705E Series Handheld Pressure Indicator Features
- 48 pressure ranges from ±25 mbar to 1,400 bar (±1.69 psi to 20,000 psi / 2.5 KPa to 140 MPa)
- Total 1 year uncertainty down to 0.05% full scale (FS) over temperature range of -10°C to +50°C
- Integral calibration record with calibration due count-down display
- Rugged, handheld design with backlit high-contrast display
- Leak test, tare, maximum/minimum and filter
- Hazardous Area (Intrinsically safe) version available
- Optional remote plug and play pressure and Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) sensors
- Optional pneumatic and hydraulic hand pumps
Special Offer - Up To 35% Off a Druck DPI620PC or DPI620SPC Package
The Druck DPI 620 is a sophisticated multi-function calibrator and HART/Foundation Fieldbus communicator combined to provide a world-class pressure measurement and generation. For usage in hazardous places, ATEX and IECEx approved intrinsically safe versions are available.
Druck is offering a special promotion. Get 35% off when you purchase a DPI620PC or DPI620SPC package.
A DPI620PC package is defined as one of the following:
- Safe Area - PN DPI620PC-2barg, DPI620PC-7barg, DPI620PC-20barg
- Hazardous Area - PN DPI620SPC-2barg, DPI620SPC-7barg, DPI620SPC-20barg
- HART capability, Safe Area - PN DPI620PC- H-2barg, DPI620PC-H-7barg, DPI620PC-H-20barg
- HART Hazardous Area - PN DPI620SPC-H-2barg, DPI620SPC-H-7barg, DPI620SPC-H-20barg
All include Druck’s latest 4Sight2 software for up to 35% off the combined list price of the individual products.
For more information in New England, contact AP Corp. Call (508) 351-6200 or visit https://a-pcorp.com.
Part Cleaning Demonstration with the Dynisco PolyClean
This video demonstrated how to clean parts, in this case pressure sensors, using the PolyClean fluidized temperature bath.
Dynisco’s PolyClean is a fluidized temperature bath that will clean parts and tooling 2 to 3 times faster and safer than traditional cleaning methods, such as ovens. Dynisco’s fluidized bath system is air¬controlled with advanced PID temperature controller for optimal thermal performance. The system uses aluminum oxide sand (heated up to 1112°F) and air to surround the part or tooling. The “sand” will gently breakdown the polymer without damaging the part or tooling.
For more information about Dynisco in New England and Upstate New York contact AP Corp. Call (508) 351-6200 or visit https://a-pcorp.com.
Webinar: Components of a Successful Noise Monitoring Program - June 16, 2021
AP Corp. is pleased to provide details for an upcoming webinar presented by OHD (Occupational Health Dynamics) and SVANTEK on implementing and operating a successful sound monitoring program.
In this 1-hour webinar, OHD's Certified Industrial Hygienist, Dr. Stephanie Lynch, will go over regulations, best practices, common downfalls, and much more when successfully building and enhancing your companies noise monitoring program.
Stephanie Lynch is a Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist and has over 15 years of Occupational Safety and Industrial Hygiene experience. Her doctoral dissertation research involved the collection of personal noise dosimetry and whole-body vibration measurements. Her research carries into the real world in manufacturing and military applications.
SVANTEK is the leading brand of sound and vibration meters for occupational health and safety, environmental noise, human vibration, and building vibration.
To register, visit this link (https://info.ohdusa.com/noisemonitoringwebinar).
Dynisco Polyclean Fluidized Baths
Cost-Effective, Fast, and Safe Way to Clean Various Plastic Processing Components
The Dynisco PolyClean Fluidized Temperature Baths come in three models and offer a cost-effective, fast, and safe way to clean various plastic processing components. PolyClean Fluidized Temperature Baths are applied in any polymer manufacturing or laboratory facility that needs minimal operator interaction and a low risk of harm to essential design requirements of a part during the cleaning process.
The PolyClean 6L Fluidized Temperature Bath is ideal for cleaning small tooling from laboratory extruders or injection molding machines.
The PolyClean 12L cleans extrusion tooling and other forms of hardware, forms parts, calibrates and tests various sensors and systems, heat treats metals and heats reactors, coils, flasks, and containers.
The 26L PolyClean has similar functions and benefits to the PolyClean 12L, but its 26" deep basket allows it to clean larger components than the PolyClean 12L
For more information in New England and Upstate New York, contact AP Corp by calling (508) 351-6200 or visiting https://a-pcorp.com.Now Representing Sensuron - Ultrafine Distributed and Continuous Strain & Temperature Sensing
AP Corp is pleased to announce its selection as Sensuron's New England and Upstate New York Authorized Representative.
ABOUT SENSURON
Starting as an informal partnership with NASA and a formal licensing agreement in 2011, Sensuron began developing off-the-shelf fiber optic sensing systems and then designing cutting-edge fiber optic sensing platforms that allowed companies to consolidate their testing and measurement solutions. Sensuron is now a leading global provider of distributed strain and temperature sensing platforms for applications across industries and is now expanding to liquid-level and 2D deflection.
Sensuron's fiber optic sensing technology enables engineers to perform structural testing, design optimization, structural health monitoring, thermal mapping, and shape sensing with an efficient, robust, and simple-to-use tool.
AP Corp is proud to be representing Sensuron in all of New England and Upstate New York. For more information call (508) 351-6200 or visit this web page.
AP Corp.One Tara Boulevard
Suite 200
Nashua, NH 03062
www.a-pcorp.com
508-351-6200 (office)
Combat the Hazards of Plastics Screw and Barrel Wear
Industrial-grade screw and barrel wear cuts throughput speeds, producing scrap before shutting down. For the first time, technology is making progress in unraveling the mystery of screw and barrel wear.
There has been a lot of injection molding machine innovation in the past year. And now, Glycon Corp. has the technology to test wear within the plasticating device. Glycon is in the first phase of rolling this technology out in the industry. It will concentrate on extrusion and blow molding.
With this capability, they have developed the technology to calculate the rate of wear and predict future wear. This data determines the most cost-effective time to replace these components.
Glycon has been working on measuring wear since 1986 gained their first patent as Great Lakes Feedscrews. The company expanded the invention to include measuring barrel wear and was awarded additional patents in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2019.
Wear and tear challenges are well documented over the years, and plastic processors know the symptoms. Many machine operators compensate by making changes to the screw speed or temperature settings. The problem is, both of these changes would ultimately result in lower efficiency and higher scrap rates.
The new system called EMT (short for Electronic Measurement and Tracking), includes Glycon's flite-scan eddy-current sensors mounted in one or more positions within a SmartBarrel. These barrels also have SmartPorts, another innovative technology offered by Glycon.
Measurements will be conducted routinely at the processor's plant by field technicians using a Flite-Scan sensor. Several eddy-current sensors were tried over the years. Multiple sensor manufacturers were collaborated with, but all ran into failure at high temperatures in the plasticating units.
Micro-Epsilon, a leading manufacturer of sensors that measure displacement, distance, position, vibration, dimension and thickness, was the eventual choice because their sensors proved much more robust and provided reliable readings up to 600 F.
The EMT system is not only to analyze the data to determine the optimum time to replace or repair worn screws or barrels to optimize productivity but also to relate the wear to:
- Materials of screw/barrel construction.
- Screw/barrel alignment.
- Polymers being processed.
- Impact of abrasive fillers.
- Performance related to wear, including production rates, cycle times, energy consumption, melting rates, head pressures and melt temperatures.
The Glycon EMT system's advantages are that it provides precise measurement of the wear on the OD of the feedscrew and the barrel's ID and its simplicity and cost-effectiveness. It allows maintenance personnel to plan to measure intervals and to schedule changeouts at convenient times based upon wear-rate data rather than 'running to failure' and having to run inefficiently or not at all.
For more information about the new Glycon technology in New England and Upstate New York, contact AP Corp. Call them at (508) 351-6200 or visit their website at https://a-pcorp.com.