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23.03.2011
Safety in Cranes needs Force Measurement
The thin film sensors are manufactured by a combination of Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD), Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD), and lithography. Due to the atomic bonding between the electrically conductive sensing layer and the substrate the sensor is very robust, and shows a good long-term stability and very little creep. Even redundant sensors can be designed in a compact form enabling the use also in applications with limited space. Tecsis offers a big and diverse range of force transducers with a maximum load of up to 6 MN. Various geometries allow to integrating the transducers directly into the application.
The company also addresses the challenges arising as a result to the new safety standard EN ISO 13849-1. Customers can obtain all relevant key parameters, which are needed for the realisation of application in conformance with the new standard. The redundant force transducers enable applications, which fulfil performance level e according to EN ISO 13849-1. Necessary safety related steps like calculations, FEM analysis and tests are all done in-house at Tecsis.
