The Tactilus® line of dynamic electronic pressure-mapping systems from Sensor Products allows the measurement of contact pressures between any two surfaces.
Potential applications include quality control monitoring of uniform pressures across sealing dies in heat seal and sealing machinery, and characterisation of nip impression pressures in the nip between rollers in converting machinery.
In short, the Tactilus® system reveals critical pressure irregularities that can compromise package integrity.
The technology is a matrix-based tactile surface sensor that works by the principle of piezoresistance.
Each Tactilus® sensor is carefully assembled to exacting tolerances and individually calibrated and serialised.
The Tactilus® system comes equipped with all components necessary to collect data for comprehensive analysis, including sensor element, electronics controller and Windows-based Tactilus® software.
The modular architecture of Tactilus® means it is portable and easily modified through the installation of Tactilus® Free Form individual sensing points.
The software enables direct pressure readings without the need for calibration and pressure-versus-time tracking, which allows not only a reading of pressure but actual real-time analysis of two contacting surfaces.
Tactilus® employs sophisticated mathematical algorithms that intelligently separate signal from noise.
The Tactilus® sensor system is robust enough to endure thousands of uses with consistent repeatability, and is highly resistant to electromagnetic noise, temperature, and humidity fluctuations.
Running on a standard laptop computer, the software allows users to customize data display and manipulate it in a variety of formats.
The systems are available for lease or purchase.
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About Sensor Products Inc. (USA) Headquartered in New Jersey and established in 1990, Sensor Products Inc. is a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of tactile pressure sensing solutions.
Its customised and off-the-shelf products are installed within all of the Fortune 500 industrial companies as well as thousands of smaller manufacturing firms.
Their sensors are used in applications as diverse as tire testing to semiconductor manufacturing and from R&D labs to space missions.
Additionally, Sensor Products provides in-house and on-site stress and pressure mapping analysis, as well as a variety of regional technical seminars.
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