New FSL low-profile force sensor offers improved specifications

Citation

(2000), "New FSL low-profile force sensor offers improved specifications", Industrial Robot, Vol. 27 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2000.04927ead.008

New FSL low-profile force sensor offers improved specifications

New FSL low-profile force sensor offers improved specifications

Keywords Microsensors, Sensors, Silicone, Honeywell

The new, improved FSL Series low-profile force sensor from the Sensing and Control Business of Honeywell is a cost-effective, instrument-grade, precision force-sensing product. The sensor combines high accuracy (a typical sensitivity shift over the specified temperature range of +/- 0.006mV/gram) with robust performance characteristics (see Plate 7). Miniature packaging provides application versatility.

Plate 7 Honeywell's FSL Series low-profile force sensor is a cost-effective, instrument grade, precision force-sensing product. Miniature packaging and robust performance characteristics provide application versatility

Typical applications include medical equipment control (kidney dialysis machines, drug delivery systems, haematology equipment, and medical instrumentation); ultra-low displacement sensing in robotic end-effectors, process control equipment, inspection controls, and wire bonding equipment; and high-precision force sensing, such as variable tension control, materials testing, and liquid-level measurement.

The FSL Series force sensor features a proven sensing technology that utilizes a specialized piezoresistive micro-machined silicon-sensing element. The low-power, unamplified, non-compensated Wheatstone bridge circuit design provides inherently stable mV outputs over the 500 gram force range. Operating temperature range is –40 to +70 degrees C (-40 to +158 degrees F). The product meets IEC 801-2 testing requirements.