PCB Piezotronics, Inc.
A manufacturer of piezoelectric quartz sensors, accelerometers, and associated electronics for the measurement of dynamic pressure, force, and vibration.
- 800-828-8840
716-684-0001 - 716-684-0987
- info@pcb.com
- 3425 Walden Avenue
Depew, NY 14043-2495
United States of America
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Reusable ICP® Strain Gauge
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This high-resolution dynamic alternative to bond foil strain gauges uses a quartz sensing element in a durable, titanium housing. It has 0.0006 microstrain resolution, 5 volt output, 100k Hz frequency response and 0.5 gram mass for lightweight test articles. The reusable sensor comes with a calibration certificate, attaches to the test specimen in 60 seconds and is removed in 10 seconds.
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Pedal Force Load Cells
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Pedal Effort Sensors are designed to measure load applied to the brake, accelerator, and clutch pedals during acceleration, deceleration, and transmission shift events. The units are compact and light weight, making them easy to install and remove.
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General Purpose Triaxial Piezoelectric Accelerometers
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Triaxial accelerometers provide simultaneous measurements in three orthogonal directions, for analysis of all of the vibrations being experienced by a structure. Each unit incorporates three separate sensing elements that are oriented at right angles with respect to each other.
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MEMS DC Response Accelerometers
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PCB® series 3711F, 3713F, 3741F, and 3743F MEMS DC response sensors are used to measure low frequency motion down to zero hertz. These accelerometers are used in applications such as structural monitoring, aerospace vibration testing, drivability, and gravitational force measurements. Each series includes a full scale measurement range from ± 2g to ± 200g and features low spectral noise with high resolution.
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High Temperature
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PCB® offers specially designed and tested ICP® and charge mode accelerometers for testing in extremely high temperatures.
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Miniature Single Axis Accelerometers
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Miniature piezoelectric accelerometers are required for applications demanding high frequency range, small size, and low weight. Product testing is necessary in today’s competitive marketplace in order to optimize designs, reduce defects, and improve customer acceptance and satisfaction. Shock and vibration testing offers a structured approach for verifying survivability in environmental influences that may be encountered during service and for precipitating incipient failures so they are not encountered by the end-user. PCB® accelerometers are used extensively for monitoring an object’s response to a programmed vibration input and for controlling the vibration profiles during testing.
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Torque Transducers
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The technology behind our torque sensors are strain gages. These gages are arranged into a Wheatstone Bridge circuit, which converts the physical, mechanical force into an electrical signal that can be filtered, displayed, and recorded for further processing. This very accurate radiometric electrical signal is proportional to the applied mechanical force.
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Modal Shakers
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The Modal Shop’s modal shakers are a proven solution in test laboratories around the world. With force ratings from 4.5 to 100 lbf (20 to 440 N), these shakers are suitable for a wide range of modal analysis applications. When performing experimental modal analysis and structural testing, the choice of excitation function and system will make the difference between a good measurement and a poor one. For many applications, an electrodynamic shaker system is the ideal choice. The Modal Shop’s line of modal shakers is designed to be highly portable, rugged and easy to set up in order to facilitate the best testing results. The exciter size allows a diversity of placement locations relative to the test structure, while minimizing any unwanted interaction between the exciter and test structure.
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3-Component Quartz Force Rings And Links
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Three-component dynamic force sensors are offered in both ICP® and charge output configurations for dynamic and quasi-static force measurement applications. Each utilizes an array of precision aligned, quartz sensing crystals. Measurements along the z-axis are proportional to applied compression, tension and impact forces. Measurements along the x and y axes are proportional to shear forces that are imposed upon preloaded crystals by the test fixture.
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ICP Microphone System
HT378B02
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This model includes a 1/2" microphone cartridge, a mated preamplifier with TEDS, and system calibration. Click the following for individual component information.
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Miniature Quartz Force Sensors
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Often the test engineer will try to take low level measurements with a sensors not rated for these low levels. Due to insufficient sensitivity the resulting data may be noisy, hard to analyze or unusable. Using the appropriately sized and ranged PCB Miniature Quartz Force Sensor solves the problem and gives reliable data at a Low Amplitude level. The miniature sensor configuration permits low-amplitude, dynamic compression, tension, and impact force measurements.
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Accelerometers
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A device that measures the vibration, or acceleration of motion, of a structure.
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3-Component Quartz Force Rings
260 Series
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Three-component quartz force ring sensors are capable of simultaneously measuring dynamic force in three orthogonal directions (X, Y, and Z). They contain three sets of quartz plates that are stacked in a preloaded arrangement. Each set responds to the vector component of an applied force acting along its sensitive axis. 3-component ring force sensors must be statically preloaded for optimum performance. Preloading provides the sensing elements with the compressive loading required to allow the proper transmission of shear forces. Versions are available with ranges up to 10k lb (45k N) in the z-axis (perpendicular to the top surface), and up to 4000 lb (18k N) in the x-and y (shear) axes. Both ICP® and charge output styles are available.
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Strain Sensors
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Conventional strain sensors are based on strain gage technology. In order to effectively measure the strain values in a force or load measurement application, a full, 4 element strain gage bridge circuit is utilized. The configuration is known as a Wheatstone Bridge Circuit. A Wheatstone Bridge has a very linear output in it’s midrange. That being considered +100% to -100% of range. Unfortunately, a Wheatstone Bridge becomes non-linear above the upper and lower extremes of range. Therefore, significant errors can result above the end points when attempting to take precision measurements. It is particularly important to take accurate measurements in some R&D or control applications. To avoid the mentioned error issues, PCB manufactures quartz piezoelectric strain sensors that output the same mV/microstrain sensitivity throughout the entire useful range. Thus, accuracy is improved and control requirements are enhanced that may occur at positive extremes of the measurement range. The models RHM240 and model 740B02 series sensors are the strain sensors for these applications.
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Precision Condenser Microphone
377C01
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Performance:Nominal Microphone Diameter:1/4"Open Circuit Sensitivity 2.0 Open Circuit Sensitivity (3 dB)-54 dB re 1 V/PaFrequency Range Inherent Noise<35 Temperature Coefficient of Sensitivity (+14 to +122FHousing Material: Stainless Alloy
Parent
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MTS Systems Corp
A manufacturer of specialized products, including mechanical testing and simulation systems, and industrial position sensors.
Siblings
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Accumetrics Associates, Inc.
The company designs and assembles digital telemetry systems that transmit sensor data from rotating structures using wireless techniques, preserving the integrity of the data even in environments with high levels of electromagnetic interference.
Siblings
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The Modal Shop, Inc.
We strive to provide the experimental testing community with a single source for all modal and test needs.
Children
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Larson Davis, Inc.
A manufacturer of precision acoustic test and vibration measurement instrumentation. A division of PCB Piezotronics.
