Calculating torque
July 1st 2007 Replacing a torque meter
with a torque sensor has
significantly changed the
validating process for
bespoke Fireset sprinkler
systems built by Grundfos
Pumps. Huw Lloyd,
engineering manager,
explains the company
turned to Morton Moeller of
Sensor Technic to advise on
a torque meter that would
withstand a tremendous
amount of vibration. It
recommended a TorqSense
unit made by Sensor
Technology. This did not
have to be physically
connected to the Fireset
under test by slip rings,
instead it monitors the
torque via radio waves. A
shaft deforms very slightly
when it rotes, the amount of
deformation being
proportional to the torque.
TorqSense measure the
deformation so that it can
calculate torque. More articles from Sensor Technology Ltd: When two is better than one (1st February 2008) Sensor Technology, the company that developed practical non-contact torque measurement, will once again unveil a major innovation at the MTEC Exhibition. New for 2008 is TorqSense RWT 330/340series, designed for use in applications where space is limited, and provides non-contact measurement of torque, speed, power and position of rotating shafts, such as machine drives, drive shafts for pumps, fans, mixers etc, and in the critical axes of test rigs... From Newsletter Stories | 
