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News Release from: Kistler Instruments | Subject: Type 6182B miniature mould pressure sensor
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 May 2007
Mould pressure sensor can work in small
cavities
With a front diameter is only 2.5mm a sensor is suitable for monitoring small plastics parts moulding in multi-cavity moulds and has single wire technology for quick and easy installation.
Kistler Instruments has introduced a special version of its Type 6182B miniature mould pressure sensor for use when moulding plastics material reinforced with glass-fibre and other abrasive materials The Type 6182BCE has a chromium plated front face but is otherwise identical to the standard product including single wire technology for quick and easy installation in multi-cavity moulds
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sensitivity is 2.5 pC/bar over the operating range of 0 to 2000 bar in the melt temperature range up to 450 deg C.
The operating temperature range is 0 to 200 deg C and the front diameter is only 2.5mm making the sensor suitable for small parts moulding in multi-cavity moulds.
* About 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 170 million in the 2006 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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