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Citation
(2000), "New FSL low-profile force sensor offers improved specifications", Industrial Robot, Vol. 27 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2000.04927ead.008
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2000, MCB UP Limited
New FSL low-profile force sensor offers improved specifications
New FSL low-profile force sensor offers improved specifications
Keywords Microsensors, Sensors, Silicone, Honeywell
The new, improved FSL Series low-profile force sensor from the Sensing and Control Business of Honeywell is a cost-effective, instrument-grade, precision force-sensing product. The sensor combines high accuracy (a typical sensitivity shift over the specified temperature range of +/- 0.006mV/gram) with robust performance characteristics (see Plate 7). Miniature packaging provides application versatility.
Plate 7 Honeywell's
FSL Series low-profile force sensor is a cost-effective, instrument grade,
precision force-sensing product. Miniature packaging and robust performance
characteristics provide application versatility
Typical applications include medical equipment control (kidney dialysis machines, drug delivery systems, haematology equipment, and medical instrumentation); ultra-low displacement sensing in robotic end-effectors, process control equipment, inspection controls, and wire bonding equipment; and high-precision force sensing, such as variable tension control, materials testing, and liquid-level measurement.
The FSL Series force sensor features a proven sensing technology that utilizes a specialized piezoresistive micro-machined silicon-sensing element. The low-power, unamplified, non-compensated Wheatstone bridge circuit design provides inherently stable mV outputs over the 500 gram force range. Operating temperature range is –40 to +70 degrees C (-40 to +158 degrees F). The product meets IEC 801-2 testing requirements.