Highway engineers and horticulturalists have adapted the latest in helicopter technology to solve a critical safety problem in their own industries, tree viability. Trees can transform a roadside verge, town-scape or recreation space with their beauty and their ability to capture carbon dioxide. But they also present a potential hazard:... Read More
The speed with which sheep shearers can have an animal shorn is a marvel, made possible by ever-developing technology. TorqSense transducers from Sensor Technology are playing an important role in new product development at Gloucestershire-based Lister Shearing, the oldest and one of the most successful suppliers of animal shearing and clipping... Read More
Available in other languages: A smart load sensor developed in the UK by Sensor Technology provides all the information needed to optimise efficiency and increase profitability of a wide range of industrial operations. A new development to be launched at the Sensing Technologies exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC 28-29 September... Read More
A small proportion of the Thames is to be illuminated using power generated by the flow of the river itself, as Kingston University tests prototypes of a new hydroelectric turbine design. The turbine will sit on a pontoon and will provide a floating test and measurement laboratory. On this will be an... Read More
Non-contact torque sensors from Sensor Technology are playing a key role in the development of commercial-scale in-stream tidal turbines produced by Irish company, OpenHydro. The company is using these novel sensors, which are based on surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology, to accurately measure rotational speed and frictional forces in a simulator... Read More
Available in other languages: Total traceability extends to packaging as well as product in the rarefied world of pharmaceuticals. Cap Coder Ltd has adopted a novel torque sensing system as the core of the datalogging capabilities of its bottle sealing machines. When product integrity is paramount, packaging has a key... Read More
The electrical machines laboratory at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has greatly increased in its effectiveness as a teaching resource since TorqSense non-contact torque sensors from Sensor Technology have been fitted to five machine sets. The new sensors replace an existing system of machine monitoring that had proved inaccurate. To provide... Read More
Technology transfer may prove one of the cornerstone engines for growth as the UK emerges from recession over the coming months. Sensor Technology in Oxon are virtually addicted to the habit, so we asked their Tony Ingham how it has shaped the company’s development and what the future holds. Wireless... Read More
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