British Engineering experts provide ultra-marathon tests for aircraft parts

An aerospace componentry dynamometer test rig that can run continuously for 3,000 hours and longer has been built by Manchester’s Automated Technologies Ltd, to its philosophy of using as many British-made components as possible. Among the key components are a TorqSense transducer, made by Sensor Technology of Banbury, and a variable... Read More

Mark Ingham

Sport and Media vs Science and Engineering

What is in store for British science, engineering, technology and manufacturing in this globlised world as the international economy regains its footing? Mark Ingham of serial innovators Sensor Technology Ltd says we need to learn lessons from other industries as well as other countries. Will you watch the Commonwealth Games... Read More

Apollo Park

Apollo Mission is one small step

The Research and Development department of Sensor Technology Ltd is to relocate from its home of nearly 40 years, a converted water mill, to the purpose-built Apollo Park, which is already home to its manufacturing and sales departments. Sensor Technology produces torque sensors for measuring the power being transmitted by... Read More

TorqSense RWT400 series torque transducer

Chemical engineers talk sense about mixer efficiencies

Manchester University’s School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences is leading world class developments in energy efficiency in the process industries. Researchers have incorporated TorqSense transducers into a test rig that is analysing losses in in-line mixers. Efficient production is fundamentally important to success in the process industries, many of... Read More

Hooked on Enhancements: Helicopter load sensor keeps getting smarter

HeliNav LoadMaster, the intelligent wireless helicopter load sensor has been upgraded with a string of new capabilities. Inclinometers have been added so that it can be used with three-point fixing for large loads; a new receiver wirelessly collects live load data for analysis, interpretation and reporting, and a new display... Read More

Global push on all fronts helps keep UK innovations stabilised

Distributors around the world are signing up to represent an innovative British sensor company as it seeks to expand its export sales and introduce a radical new technology to the helicopter cargo sector. Sensor Technology Ltd of Banbury has always been export-orientated and a key part of its global strategy... Read More

RWT310/320 Rotary Torque Sensor

Measuring shaft torque in challenging environments

Measuring torque on rotating shafts on a test rig is one thing, but the environmental challenges of real world applications can quickly impact on the functionality and reliability of torque transducers, as Mark Ingham of Sensor Technology explains. There are many approaches for measuring torque, from the simple to the... Read More

RWT310/320 Rotary Torque Sensor

Wireless torque sensor cuts out slip rings

Machine designers are expected to make a beeline to Sensor Technology’s stand at the Sensors & Instrumentation Exhibition, NEC, Birmingham 25-26 September 2013 to see a wireless technology for measuring power in drive shafts and other rotating machine elements. The company’s TorqSense Rotary Torque Sensors are unlike traditional slip ring... Read More

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