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Positek launch new subsea pressure transmitter for marine, offshore and submersible applications
Positek Limited has launched a new pressure transmitter specifically aimed at gas and liquid pressure measurement tasks in submerged instruments and equipment used in marine and offshore applications. With its protection rating of IP68 sealed to 10bar/IP69K, the new S401 series brings together the leading UK sensor designer and manufacturer’s extensive application experience in challenging environment sensor technologies with a robust and durable 35 mm diameter, 316 stainless-steel housed construction and a high accuracy piezo resistive sensing element coupled with the latest ASIC circuitry. The new pressure transmitter is available with gauge pressure measurement ranges set to customer requirements from 0.6 to 2000 bar and with a wide choice of…
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Submersible tilt sensor provides high-resolution, large-angle position feedback for harsh-industrial and marine applications
Positek’s non-contacting linear, rotary, and tilt displacement sensor technology is well proven for its durability, long life, and exceptionally reliable operation in industrial, marine, and scientific applications. The leading UK sensor designer and manufacturer has now further expanded its tilt sensor range with the new S613 series that integrates the high-resolution inductive sensing technology in a fully sealed IP68-rated 10-Bar submersible housing design with a large tilt angle measurement capability. With factory setting of the customer’s tilt travel requirement between +/- 7.5° to +/- 80°, the S613’s calibrated angle output, which may be specified in a wide choice of voltage or current output options, has an independent linearity/hysteresis specification of…
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Positek’s displacement sensors comprehensively include ATEX, IECEx and UL intrinsically safe versions
Positek Limited is an ISO9001:2015 designer and manufacturer of precision displacement sensors that feature its own PIPS® inductive position sensing technology. Available in three derived displacement measurement formats for linear, rotary- and tilt-angle position sensing, the comprehensive range covers high-precision linear position measurement up to 1500 mm and angle measurement between 5° and 160°. Positek sensors offer exceptionally long life and superior reliability through characteristically high shock and vibration resistance in a non-contacting and long-life design that scores favourably against, potentiometer, LVDT/RVDT and magneto-strictive sensor technologies. Several years’ experience in supplying its sensors into oil & gas, mining, marine, hydraulics and numerous other harsh industrial and otherwise challenging environment applications…
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Positek’s new S119 series precision linear position sensor is submersible and compact
Positek, the leading UK position sensor designer and manufacturer, has launched a new range of compact and space-efficient linear position feedback sensors aimed at marine, wash-down, harsh industrial, mobile machinery, and similar challenging-environment precision measurement tasks. Based on Positek’s well-proven, non-contacting PIPS® (Positek Inductive Position Sensor) technology, the new S119 features a choice of industry standard output options calibrated to a user-specified travel range up to 350 mm. With a typical independent linearity of ≤ ± 0.25% FSO at 20°C, the fully submersible push rod style sensor includes IP68-10 bar/IP69K environmental protection in a robust 19 mm diameter 316 stainless steel housing with a wide choice of mounting options. Positek’s…
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APPLICATION NOTE: Positek’s customised linear displacement sensors meet fast delivery and high specification for motorway structural monitoring
When a major UK-based structural health monitoring systems company were called in to urgently evaluate problematic expansion joints on a reinforced concrete motorway bridge, they required not just an extremely fast delivered solution for several linear displacement sensors but also a combined accuracy, temperature stability and environmental specification that would be beyond the capabilities of most suppliers. Compounded by such restraints they contacted Positek Limited who pulled out the stops and within a oneweek timescale delivered around forty custom-built sensors featuring a unique differential coil design with electronic temperature compensation and full IP68 protection. Based on Positek’s PIPS™ non-contacting sensor technology – a compelling alternative to LVDT and potentiometric displacement…
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APPLICATION NOTE: Positek’s PIPS™ technology simplifies multi-point displacement measurement for large-scale structural monitoring tasks
Positek’s PIPS™ non-contacting sensor technology, based on a simple, single coil design, delivers highly accurate and repeatable position feedback for linear, rotary and tilt displacement measurement. A wide range of product variants and Positek’s extensive custom design capability combine to provide users with novel and cost-efficient measurement verification solutions across all branches of industry and science. One such application area is for linear displacement tracking as part of the structural monitoring systems that maintain safety in the harsh and extreme environments on bridges and other large construction projects. Whether installed during construction and required for long term health monitoring or for shorter term structural degradation analysis for maintenance or refurbishment,…
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Positek’s PIPS™ technology makes custom modification straightforward for high-temperature automotive position measurement application
Positek Limited, the leading UK displacement transducer manufacturer, recently completed the design and supply of a custom modified version of its PIPS™ equipped P103 series short stroke linear position sensor for a wastegate valve position feedback task on an advanced automotive turbocharger. As part of a motorised control system that regulates and optimises peak engine performance, the compact pushrod style P103 is mounted near the direct flow hot engine exhaust gases where its specially designed thermal shield allows use at elevated temperatures of up to 160 ⁰C at the inductive sensing element whilst the conditioning electronics remain at around 125 ⁰C. Positek´s patented PIPS inductive technology is based upon a…
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High accuracy position feedback for fluid power cylinders: Positek launch new in-cylinder mounted position sensor with integrated electronics
Fulfilling the increased demand for accurate and robust position feedback in hydraulic and pneumatic instrumentation systems, Positek – the leading UK displacement transducer manufacturer – has launched a new line of competitively priced linear position sensors for in-cylinder mounting with fully integrated electronics. Positek’s new P116 series combine its patented LIPS® (Linear Inductive Position Sensor) noncontact inductive technology and novel micro-electronic ASIC circuitry to provide a wide choice of electrical interface options in a compact and easily installed single sensor device that offers outstanding durability and reliability – plus high accuracy and stability over an exceptionally long working life. With calibrated travel and sensor length exactly matched for any cylinder…
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APPLICATION NOTE: Positek’s P103 short stroke linear position sensor with LIPS® technology simplifies bakery machinery measurement
When a UK subsidiary of a multinational food and beverage equipment manufacturer looked to upgrade and simplify an automated dough thickness adjustment option across its range of biscuit baking machinery, they turned to Positek Limited and its P103 series LIPS® short-stroke linear position sensor to provide precise measurement of the gauge roller gap position. The gauge rollers form the dough into a flat sheet of the required thickness in a continuous process before the biscuit shapes are cut out prior to the baking process. The dough sheet thickness control is not only important for consistent quality and material costs but also needs to facilitate different product to be produced, so…
