MTI Application Note: How to Achieve <1um Accuracy When Measuring Roller Gap

How to Achieve <1um Accuracy When Measuring Roller Gap Roller Gap Measurement with MTI Digital Accumeasure Capacitive Probes Many roll-to-roll finishing processes typically use a calender, or series of hard pressure rollers, to deliver smooth, high-quality products of plastic, textile, or paper (Fig 1). Ensuring a consistent material thickness, however, depends on the ability [...]

MTI Case-In-Point: Gap Monitor Keeps Wind Turbines Running

Gap Monitor Keeps Wind Turbines Running System helps operators minimize downtime and protect against catastrophic failure   Introduction Wind turbine production has been steadily increasing to meet growing demand for renewable energy.  As power outputs and the number of installations climb, maintenance becomes ever more critical. Operators want to minimize downtime and [...]

MTI Whitepaper: Easy Roller Gap Measurement Ensures Calendering Success

Easy Roller Gap Measurement Ensures Calendering Success Many roll-to-roll finishing processes typically use a calender, or series of hard pressure rollers, to deliver smooth, high-quality products of plastic, textile, or paper (Fig 1). Ensuring a consistent material thickness, however, depends on the ability to monitor, and maintain, a precise gap between rollers. This application [...]

A Comprehensive Guide to Non-Contact Sensors and Their Applications

A Comprehensive Guide to Non-Contact Sensors and Their ApplicationsSensors, both contact and non-contact, are crucial devices that allow the monitoring, detection, and reaction to conditions in an environment or within a process or piece of equipment. While myriad types of sensors exist and are designed to monitor varying conditions, all of them can be characterized [...]

MTI’s Wireless Gap Measurement Probe System Is Ideal for Rotating Machinery

The Accumeasure capacitance probe system offers major improvement over conventional eddy current probes; network up to four probes per system to  deliver rich geometrical in-situ measurements in a variety of industry standard formats. Albany, NY—June 28, 2022—MTI Instruments, a US-based manufacturer of advanced test and measurement equipment, announces the introduction of [...]

Press Release: MTI’s Wireless Gap Measurement Probe System Is Ideal for Rotating Machinery

The Accumeasure capacitance probe system offers major improvement over conventional eddy current probes; network of up to four probes delivers rich geometrical in-situ measurement   Albany, NY—June 28, 2022—MTI Instruments, a US-based manufacturer of advanced test and measurement equipment, announces the introduction of its Accumeasure Wireless Gap Measurement Probe System. [...]

How Capacitive Measurement Can Help Reduce Packaging Waste

Product packaging is often made of lightweight polymeric foams or plastic sheets and films. These materials are relatively inexpensive, but manufacturers still want to minimize waste and maximize yields. Across high volumes of low-cost materials, even a small per-unit savings can become significant, especially as the price of petroleum  – a key ingredient in [...]

Non-Contact Displacement Sensors for Detection and Measurement

Non-contact sensors detect or measure a physical property without making direct contact with the target, the object that is being monitored or measured. They are used to measure physical properties such as thickness, proximity, displacement, or distance. To obtain readings, non-contact displacement sensors emit a form of energy and may use capacitance, fiber optic, [...]

Advantages of Measuring Semiconductor Thin Film Thickness with Capacitance

Semiconductor Thin Films: Measuring Thickness with Capacitance In the semiconductor industry, thin films are deposited onto silicon and other wafer materials one atomic layer at a time. The thickness of these extremely thin coatings is important because thin-film thickness affects the wafer’s electrical, optical, and mechanical properties. With semiconductors, either conductive metallic films or [...]

Contact vs. Non-Contact Measurement and Linear Displacement Sensors

Contact vs. Non-Contact Measurement and Linear Displacement Sensors Linear displacement sensors are used to measure the distance between two points or two plane surfaces. They use various technologies, but there are two basic types: contact and non-contact. As their names suggest, contact sensors make physical contact with the object that is being measured and [...]

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