Drahtlose Drehmomentmessung als Grundlage für den Prüfstand von Verteilungsnetzreglern

Available in other languages: Die Fortentwicklung des Stromverteilungsnetzes in Großbritannien ist der Schlüssel zur Nutzung der Möglichkeiten variabler Energiequellen wie Wind-, Gezeiten- und Solarparks sowie zahlreicher anderer dezentraler Energietechnologien. Der Netzanschluss dieser verschiedenen Quellen ist jedoch nicht ganz unproblematisch und Forschungsgegenstand an der Universität Warwick, wo ein Messplatz aufgebaut wurde... Read More

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Innovative medical markers capped to perfection

TorqSense transducers are playing a vital role in packing leading edge medical test kits at Axis-Shield in Dundee, which develops new diagnostic compounds that help with the early identification and management of critical illnesses. Axis-Shield is a world leader in inventing new markers for identifying cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, rheumatoid... Read More

Mass market electric vehicles getting revved up for launch

Saietta Group Ltd is a UK based research and development company which designs motors for light-weight electric vehicle (EV) propulsion. The company’s latest innovation is the ‘S-AC’ which is an ultra-efficient brushless axial-flux AC motor. It boasts extreme efficiency levels at high torques from low speed onwards. S-AC is designed... Read More

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Early move positions sensor maker for high tech success

Export enthusiast Sensor Technology Ltd has made a pre-emptive move to build a strong business base in the Indian city of Chennai, where one of the world’s largest high technology business zones is currently under construction. Called Mahindra World City, the zone already employs over 25,000 people and hosts companies... Read More

Helicopters could bring new technologies to fighting brushfires

This year the UK has seen brushfires rage across large areas of heath and moorland, a problem that may become increasingly common as climate change drives global warming. New techniques and increased levels of expertise will be needed to combat these. Here we look at the potential of some emerging... Read More

Transmitter makes any strain gauge wireless

Banbury-based Sensor Technology Ltd has a new range of transmitters that can add wireless capabilities to any make of strain gauge. The WSG series transmitters allow any manufacturer’s strain gauge to send readings to Sensor Technology’s wide range of displays and readouts, which can be located at a distance from... Read More

Hanover presentation opens up global opportunities

The Hanover Fair has acted as a gateway not only to Germany but to the whole world for British specialist sensor manufacture, Sensor Technology of Banbury. At this year’s event visitors from every continent stopped by the company’s stand, resulting in over 100 new leads, including a dozen immediate quotes... Read More

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Torquing up success at Formula Student

High performance electric cars are being developed across Europe for Formula Student, an engineering education competition like no other. The team from Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal may have a secret weapon in the form of a test bench based upon a wireless torque sensor. Formula Student (FS) aims to... Read More

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