Flexibility in Manufacturing

Robustness

• Stainless steel construction: Superior repeatability of strain measurement, stable material in hostile environments
• Exotic materials: Readily used in extremely corrosive applications or wherever you want an alternative to stainless steel
• Hermetically sealed for immunity to harshest environments
• All cable entries sealed with glass-to-metal header on EB welders
• CO2 used to obtain low temperatures for sensor testing and development
• Extreme temperature options, from -325 to 425 degrees Fahrenheit
• High immunity to external temperature transients: Double-skin construction of Super TJE protects against short-term temperature, yields an extremely accurate sensor with very stable zero and span output
• High immunity to temperature transients in fluid: Mechanical isolation of gauged element from diaphragm in many sensors ensures prevents fluid temperature transients from affecting pressure measurements
• Submersible options: Submersible cables and hermetically sealed sensors for underwater or in-tank use and any other application requiring complete integrity at high external pressures
• Shock and vibration immunity: Wireless test area exercises instruments to 30,000 g and 125 degrees Celcius shaker tables vibration-test instruments at type testing stage; we monitor conformance throughout product life cycle

Reliability

• Built in, not added on: Superior engineering design and testing ensure inherent reliability; stringent quality control adds confidence
• Among world's best long-term stability: Extremely stable for long-term drift and zero shift
• Type testing for temperature stability, life-time, and reliability
• Heat cycling and infant mortality reduction: Rapid heat cycling of assembled instruments reduces mortality once the product leaves the plant
• Load cells immune to side loading
• Accelerometers designed, tested and calibrated on constant g varying output centrifuge ensure constant senility even at zero Hz
• Top for temperature compensation: Each pressure sensor and load cell tested up to five times with one half the error of highest accuracy competing sensors
• Environmental test chambers ensure tight conformance to specifications over wide temperature ranges
• Fatigue rating: Load cells with lower-stress elements for applications exposing sensors to high numbers of duty cycles; hydraulic test rigs to simulate effects of long fatigue life

Durability

• Overload testing: Exercise of each load cell to at least 150% of range
• Capacities up to 3,000,000 pounds
• Optional mechanical overload stops for load cells and some pressure transducers prevent irreversible damage or catastrophic failure

Accuracy

• On-board microprocessors correct output of differential pressure sensors
• Careful material selection enhances accuracy by determining correct characteristics for your environment
• Every load cell individually tested and calibrated on our own NIST-traceable load stand (uncertainties as low as 0.005%)
• Accurate, highly stable measurement to pressures as low as 10 in. water or 2.5 mb--best in the industry
• Capability to measure low differential pressure (to 200 psi) with high line pressures (to 9,000 psi)
• All electronics designed by our engineers for test and measurement applications; co-calibration of sensors and electronics at your request ensures readiness "straight out of the box."
• Our own fully automated deadweight testing machines ensure highest accuracy and lowest uncertainty

• Manually operated torque calibrator for reaction torque cells and wireless-based rotary sensors, with data capture
• Calibration certificate for every sensor available on our Web site
• Optional internal amplifiers for many load cells ensure high level output for good signal-to-noise ratio
• True Gauge design with dual diaphragm prevents particulates from entering sensor, vent enables referencing to current atmospheric pressure

Advanced Sensor Technologies

• Foil-based technologies for pressure transducers measuring pressures up to 200,000 psi or 15,000 bar; in-house capability for testing up to 40,000 psi, specialist partner for testing up to 200,000 psi
• Foil strain gauge technology enables engineering flexibility in designing sensor for diverse and industry-specific applications
• Bonded foil strain gauges for pressure sensors used in hostile environments
• Miniature sensors, silicon-based, and high g transmitters microbonded and microwired in our clean room
• Micromachined silicon from the Honeywell fabrication plant used to manufacture silicon-technology-based sensors with high sensitivity and high overload capability--robust and durable sensors form many industrial applications