Transducer

A transducer is a generic name that is a device which is usually electronic that coverts a physical attribute to a measurement signal.

PCM offer three types of transducer:

1. Pressure – measures gas or liquid pressure. Pressure is an expression of the force required to stop a fluid from expanding. The transducer generates a signal from the pressure imposed upon it.
2. Torque – measures the torque (or twisting motion) on a static or rotating system. The static torque element has little movement and therefore more economic to manufacture and purchase. Rotary or dynamic torque is more complicated as the signal needs to be transferred using slip rings, wireless telemetry or rotary transformers / inductance technology so that the strain gauged shaft can continuously rotate.
3. Displacement – measures distance. The dsplacement transducers that PCM offer are slightly different to standard units. They have a strain gauge / wheatstone bridge. The benefit here is that if the customer has existing electronics that uses strain gauge / load cell technology, they can them with these sensors.

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