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News Release from: Kistler Instruments | Subject: Miniature multi-channel connectors for sensors
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 November 2007
Sensor installation in injection moulds
simplified
Meeting requirements for more sensors to monitor plastics injection moulding dies' cavity pressure and temperature is much simplified by multi-channel connectors and single cable system.
Kistler says that the increasing use of cavity pressure and temperature to monitor and control the injection moulding process is making the installation and cabling of the sensors difficult and prone to error, especially in multi-cavity moulds To minimise the risk of such errors, Kistler has introduced two, miniature multi-channel connectors to group signals from either four or eight sensors, pressure or temperature, into a single cable for connection to the production monitoring system
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new connectors use the Kistler single wire, cut and grip technology to allow the sensors cables to be simply cut to the required length on-site and connected and disconnected quickly and easily, without special tools.
The small size of the connectors, only 26mm deep, is especially important as mounting space on the mould is often severely restricted.
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The new multi-channel connectors and miniature thermocouple amplifier, said Kistler to manufacturingtalk.com, provide a mould sensor cabling system that minimises the risk of connection errors whilst being simple to install, and highly reliable.
* 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 SFr170 million in the 2006 financial year.
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