What is a Load Cell? Clarifying the Terminology around Measuring Force
You need to measure force for your design project, but you don’t know exactly what to search for. Do you need a strain gauge? A load cell? A force sensor? A load cell sensor? A force sensitive resistor? These terms …
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What are Non-Invasive Sensors?
In society today, technology plays a crucial role in almost all industries as well as in our personal life. In particular, the healthcare and medical sector is where technology is essential. Combining the latest technologies and medical device software development; …
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The Importance of Bubble Sensors
What Are Bubble Sensors And Why Are They Needed? What are Bubble Sensors? SMD Bubble sensors are used to detect the presence of bubbles in almost any fluid and tubing material for medical devices such as dialysis …
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Beginners Guide to Load Cell Sensors
What is a Load Cell? Load cell sensors are a fairly common mechanism used in our everyday life. Take a standard morning routine of stepping on a scale to check your weight as an example. This mechanism utilizes a load …
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Load Cells & Sensors- Why Accuracy Matters
High-quality load cells and sensors are important for applications in many industries. If absolute accuracy is critical for your design, choosing the right load cell is important. Here is a closer look at the critical factors required for accuracy and how load cells operate.
SMD Sensors offers standard load cell sensor designs, available in a wide range of capacities, from milligrams to thousands of pounds — with multiple sensor models offering built-in overload protection through deflection stops. SMD engineers also have the ability to produce custom load cell sensors, these load cell sensors can withstand high temperature, pressure, humidity, etc.
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The Benefits of Non-Invasive Flow Meters for Bioprocessing
Bioprocessing is a broad term encompassing the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of products prepared from or used by biological systems, including food, feed, fuels, biopharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. In other words, bioprocessing is the alteration or application of biologically derived …
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Continuous Ultrasonic Level Sensor Solutions
Custom Non-Invasive and Standard Ultrasonic Level Sensors SMD Sensors is using ultrasonic level sensors to design continuous liquid level detection solutions for tanks and bottles. These sensors mount on the top or bottom of a vessel and, by measuring the amount of …
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Virus Testing Tools Feature Bubble Sensors For Biochemical Applications
Experimental chemists, biologists, and medical scientists often seek to measure the presence of small molecules within their solutions. Doing so allows for testing a wide variety of different medical hypotheses. This important research depends on repeatable and highly accurate medical devices and analytical instruments. As fluid flows through these instruments, there is a potential for bubbles to form in the fluid. Bubbles may be caused by small leaks at connections or from outgassing if the device or instrument applies heat to the fluid.
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Autoclavable Sensors In Life Critical Applications
What does it mean when saying “Autoclavable Sensors”? Autoclavable devices require compatibility with high heat, moisture and often bleach or other high pH fluids. Medical devices that come in contact with human tissues or fluids are considered to be high-risk devices and they require sterilization so they must undergo autoclave processes after each procedure. Hygenic medical devices that require autoclave operations might include surgical staplers, surgical robots, handheld surgical devices, dental tools, medical examination procedures.
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Sensors Make Newborn Health Screenings Possible
Newborn health screenings are important because they assist health professionals with the understanding and identification of potentially treatable conditions as early as possible. Some of the earliest screenings monitor the baby’s blood, hearing, and oximetry. For the 15 million babies born …
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Sensors Help Life Sciences Continue to Innovate
Life sciences is an important subject of study today as it looks closely at living organisms to uncover important data in disease processes and developments. This work helps further the medical industry and push for modern improvements in human health. …
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Urinary Incontinence & The Sensors That Help Treatment
According to the American Urological Association, one-quarter to one-third of men and women in the United States experience urinary incontinence. What Is Urinary Incontinence?: Urinary incontinence means a person cannot prevent urinating. There are 4 types of incontinence: Stress Incontinence …
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