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A recent survey of medical device engineers sheds light on the challenges faced by product designers, particularly as they relate to sourcing and integrating components such as sensors. Engineers ranked a list of sensor attributes in order of importance: Accuracy topped the list, followed closely by cost. What does this mean for engineers seeking an accurate, cost-effective, and customizable force sensor?
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Sensor Wireless Inc. has developed a specialized wireless force-sensing product to minimize damage and loss of product during manufacturing. The integration of a thin and flexible custom force sensor into the wireless system accurately and effectively determines forces applied to the bottles and boxes by production line rails, robotic grippers, and adjacent bottles and boxes during production.
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Using tactile force sensors, researchers in Australia have produced a physical therapy training device that guides students in the amount of force necessary to perform manual evaluations. Because the amount of force applied by physical therapists in manual therapy techniques and evaluations is so important, consistency among clinicians is crucial. Using thin and flexible force sensors, researchers were able to develop an inexpensive and user-friendly device that directly measures the force between the therapist and the patient.
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FlexiForce® sensors are piezoresistive force sensors that can be customized for OEM applications. With its paper-thin construction, flexibility, and force sensing ability, the FlexiForce sensor can measure a force between almost any two surfaces and is durable enough to stand up to most environments.
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The FlexiForce Starter Kit is ideal for the FlexiForce® customer who is a novice when it comes to building circuits, as well as the FlexiForce user who prefers the convenience of one-stop shopping. The FlexiForce Starter Kit contains a breadboard, necessary circuit components, a step-by-step manual with detailed instructions and two FREE sample sensors. Buy yours today!
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The new A401 FlexiForce® sensor has a 1-inch diameter sensing area, offering users even more flexibility in obtaining force measurements for research and design, product testing, or prototyping. Like the popular 3/8-inch diameter A201 model, the A401 is paper-thin, flexible, and available off-the-shelf. Tekscan also offers custom shapes and sizes for OEM needs.
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This paper-thin, flexible, low-power linear potentiometer complements the FlexiForce® product line. FlexiPot features linearity of less than ± 2%, excellent repeatability (± 1% of full scale), spatial resolution less than 2% of full scale, and low power consumption. Potential applications include incorporating a position sensor as a user interface in handheld consumer devices, which continue to shrink in size and weight. Watch a free demonstration
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