Sensor with extension wires

Citation

(2003), "Sensor with extension wires", Sensor Review, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.2003.08723aad.004

Sensor with extension wires

Sensor with extension wires

Keywords: Temperature, Sensors, Platinum

Platinum temperature sensor from Heraeus Sensor-Nite is equipped with connecting wires.

Wherever platinum temperature sensors with extended blank or insulated connecting wires are needed, customers can save two work steps during further processing by employing the new sensor variant from Heraeus Sensor-Nite, a company of the worldwide active precious metals and technology group Heraeus Holding GmbH. Fabricated with a standard wire length of 170 mm, the temperature sensor called “M-FK 233 CC” can directly be used without the time-consuming and cost-intensive wire extension and subsequent insulation of the contact point. In the temperature measuring range from −40°C to 180°C, the sensor hence offers substantial advantages at a low price (Plate 4). Main applications for the sensor with extension wire are the electronics and automotive industries, medical equipment, the HVAC sector and the white goods industry.

Plate 4 The new M-FK 233 CC is equipped with insulated or blank connecting wires. Sensor body and connecting area are enclosed completely

The new M-FK 233 CC sensor is based on a Pt-1000 elementary sensor, which has two wires directly connected at the sides. The sensor body including the connection area is completely enclosed. The sensor is hence mechanically protected and electrically insulated. It can be used without any additional processing steps for temperature measurement. At the workshop, the sensor is equipped with a silvercoated copper wire with a cross section of 0.14 mm², teflon-insulated, and a length of 170 mm. The addition of further connecting wires is planned for the future.

The M-FK 233 CC sensor exhibits a virtually linear resistance increase with rising temperature, typical for platinum sensors. As a result, the sensor’s characteristic features are high signal range and precision as well as low drift and a short response time. In general, the new tube sensor is suitable for every application range where sophisticated temperature measurement in fluids is required and where, in the long term, practically no measuring signal drift is permitted.

For further information, please contact: Mr John Collier, Heraeus Electro-Nite (UK), 655 Sheffield Road, GB-S41 9ED Chesterfield, Great Britain. Tel: +44/1246454849; Fax: +44/1246453898; E-mail: john.collier@sensor-nite.com