The resistor value itself will not get you the output. The relative change in resistance is what is needed.
Assuming we are talking about a diffused resistor, the resistor geometery and orientation, crystal orientation, doping concentration/depth, and strain distribution and direction among...
As jsummerfield noted, an absolute pressure transducer most commanly has a sealed referenced chamber that makes for a true PSIA reading. The reference chamber is most often a vacuum on the back side of the measuring diaphragm and should not be affected by ambient conditions within the accuracy...
Flat and Corrugated Diaphragm Diaphragm Design Handbook by Mario Di Giovanni
This book includes a couple of chapters on bellows and presents simplified algebriac equations useful for optimizing designs.
I suppose there may be other candidates such as laser welding, but most of the small bellows welding I've seen is done with electron beam welding.
Wengate is one manufacturer and systems are very expensve.
Has anyone heard of fittings called "Fas-Test"?
My understanding is that they accept NPT threads but seal on the face of the fittings instead of the threads.
I'm not looking for any reliability info, just who might have sold/made these items.
Thanks,
Mark
Would dropping a cyrogenic pressure sensor in the tank work?
We have standard models down to 0-15PSIA that are around $1500.00 .
Lower ranges or PSIG units would require additional charges.
If you would like additional information, you can call 740-965-9340.
Most stock sensors under $20 have a sensor that is exposed to the media and attached with RTV. The RTV is probably not good for the application.
One low cost possiblility may be a small silicon pressure sensor mounted on a flex circuit sold by keller. Not very accurate and you must create a way...
This may not be of any use, but this is about the thickness of your average strain gage which is also made of polymide.
Maybe your material is suitable to have a strain sensitive foil printed on it or you could have a custom strain gage made to insert in place of the current membrane.
Also...
It's a little out dated, but the book "dimensional Instability" by Marschall from 1977 is a good primer.
2024-T6 is often employed for low capacity sensors.
There's couple charts for microyield behavior of of this alloy I could provide if you interested.
What kind of alloys have you...
Swagelok is a good safe reference for this. Check out the following link:
http://www.swagelok.com/downloads/webcatalogs/MS-01-147.pdf
Obviously the max rating will depend on the application, forces on the connection, connection material, safety factors, etc.
NPT threads are capable of sealing...
I assume you might be trying something like calibrating your test equipment/amplifier. Here the characteristics of the circuit that provides the signal may be important.
In this case you may want somehting like a strain gage simultor. BLH sells a couple of models.
Cheaper methods such as...
If load cells are not holding up, the simple answer might be to use a larger capacity load.
If after finding one large enough to take the impact, you are runnning out of resolution, you can order load cells with higher output strain gages such as platnium tungsten or bonded silicon. (be sure...
I'm not sure it would be appropriate to your application, but 3M scotch makes a VHB foam tape with double sided adhesive in various thickness.
It's amazingly strong and reliable. When applid properly, the adhesive will not lift from the surface. The only reliable way we found to remove it from...
It's not correct to compute "Force needed for moving upwards" by multiplying by percent of the slope. You realy need to use trigonometry. However, in this case the answer works out to be pretty close. ( Consider a 100% slope which is only 45 degrees. 100*9.82*1.00 =982, but in reality...
Force (in Newtons)=100kg* .8m/s^2=80N
-To convert into Torque, you need to take into account radius of wheel.
-This doesn't take into account the slope, however. To accelerate this fast uphill, you have to take into account the compenent of gravity pulling you down the hill.
See how far you...
www.omegadyne.com and www.omega.com covers the widest range of transducers and transducer technologies. However, for higher volume low cost OEM applications, you may have to look elsewhere. You can find a pretty complete list on the thomas register web site.