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Your project is about ready to go into production when the applications guys tell you they really need just one more pressure sensor, with maybe some sort of guard to protect that critical cable. No big deal-except for a few little details: You've got no room in the existing design to squeeze in a standard sensor, let alone a guard; redesigning the surrounding machinery to accommodate the new elements would take months and cost thousands; and the specs won't let you switch to a smaller but less accurate sensor.
You could retire to an unused
conference room to bang your head against the
wall. Or you could check out the custom design
services at Honeywell Sensotec.
We've custom-engineered solutions for applications ranging from pressure sensors to monitor snow accumulation in the mountains to load cells that measure the stress on race car suspensions. In fact, more than half of our business consists of custom sensors designed for special uses, often for customers who need just one or two pieces.
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We do all the design, engineering, prototyping, and production on site in a facility designed to handle specials efficiently. And we make sure you get excellent technical support through every step of the process-starting with site visits, if necessary, to make sure that our engineers understand exactly what you need to do.
All this at reasonable cost and delivery time that could be as little as 8 weeks. And think of the money you'll save on aspirin.
See http://www.sensotec.com/customengineering.asp for more information on our custom design capabilities.
Industrial Resistance Welding:
WM500 Nut Monitoring and Control System Prevents Bad Welds, Quickly Pays for Itself
Bad welds can damage your reputation and cost you money-big money, especially in the automotive industry. They've got a zero tolerance policy for error: Send them a single bad weld and they'll send the whole batch of parts back to you for rechecking (at your expense, of course). And they may also fine you upwards of $2,000 for every minute that your bad weld made their line sit idle.
To help keep automotive suppliers productive and profitable,
our nut detection system doesn't merely detect bad welds;
it prevents them by measuring stack-up height. If that
height is wrong (for example, two nuts drop instead
of one, no nuts drop, or a nut drops upside down or
tilted), the system withholds the output signal that
initiates the weld. Operator attention is then required
to fix the problem and restart the machine.
That operator, by the way, is free
to manage other processes while the WM500 system monitors
every single weld cycle. More than a human operator
could check without succumbing to fatigue or inattention.
The system consists of only three components:
an LVDT, the WM500 weld meter, and cabling. The LVDT
essentially acts as an electronic ruler by measuring
the height of the parts stack to be welded. The WM500
powers the LVDT and interprets the signals it sends
back from the weld machine by comparing it against your
manually entered setpoint. One cable runs from the LVDT
to the WM500; another runs from the WM500 to the weld
machine controller to enable easy use of the system
with your already-existing welding setup.
If the set-down height in your setup is large enough, the WM500 system will measure that as well. And it works with both piloted and unpiloted weld nuts.
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