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News Release from: Kistler Instruments | Subject: Mould cavity temperature signals
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 March 2007
Multi-channel cabling carries mould
temperature
Multi-channel cabling now covers mould cavity temperature signals using a miniature thermocouple amplifier - on the mould or machine - with either two or four channels.
Successfully used to allow a single cable to connect multiple injection moulding cavity pressure sensors to the Como Injection process monitoring system, Kistler multi-channel cabling has now been extended to cavity temperature signals The technology is based on a miniature thermocouple amplifier with either two or four channels
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The small size of the amplifier allows direct mounting in the mould for maximum cable and electronics protection.
When required, the amplifier can be mounted on the mould or the machine using a specially designed case.
As with the pressure system, only one cable is required to connect up to four temperature signals from each amplifier to the CoMo Injection process monitoring system.
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* About the Kistler Group - established in Wintherthur (Switzerland) in 1957, Kistler is represented in over 50 countries and has subsidiaries in Germany, France, Italy, UK, Japan, USA, China, Korea and Singapore.
With a staff of more than 800, the Kistler Group is one of the world's leading providers of dynamic measuring instrumentation.
The Kistler Group achieved turnover of SFr 160 million in the 2005 financial year.
Kistler's core competence is the development, production and use of sensors for measuring pressure, force and acceleration.
Kistler's know-how and electronic systems can be used to prepare measuring signals for use in analyzing physical processes, controlling and optimizing industrial processes, improving product quality in manufacturing and improving performance in sports and rehabilitation.
Kistler offers a comprehensive range of sensors and systems for engine development, automotive engineering, plastics and metal processing, installation technology and biomechanics.
Heavy investment in research and development, 15% of staff worldwide are engaged in research and development, has generated a number of innovations using piezoelectric, piezoresistive and capacitive techniques to provide solutions to numerous force, pressure and acceleration measuring problems.
These innovations include the world's first commercial quartz sensor, two-wire constant current technology to integrate sensors with microelectronic circuitry, high-temperature pressure sensors for use up to 400 deg C and three-component force measuring sensors.
With a staff of more than 800, the Kistler Group is one of the world's leading providers of dynamic measuring instrumentation.
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