Kistler In Practice: Manufacturing Recorded data permits repeatability, thus allowing the quality of manufactured products to be increased and documented. Precision and accurate process monitoring are of great importance in industrial production. Sensors permit processes to be measured by recording the forces, torques, strains and vibrations in machinery and tools. When this data is analyzed and recorded, the manufacturing processes become repeatable, thus allowing product quality to be monitored, documented and improved. Kistler piezoelectric sensors offer various technical advantages. As well as having a wide measuring range which makes them highly resistant to overload, they are ideal for recording rapid processes and have a practically unlimited service life. Control signals To obtain optimum results, the measuring system must be designed to fit the application. This includes the sensor, cable, charge amplifier and the appropriate indicating and evaluation instruments. Kistler measuring technology permits measurement, monitoring and control of a whole range of manufacturing processes. F Electrical charge [pC/N] Analog signal [V/N] PLC Machine control Force sensor Lw Charge amplifier, Control monitor Analog signal [V/mm] Displacement sensor 1-component load washer 9021A Universally applicable for maximum forces from 7.5 to 1 200 kN. 1-component Press Force Sensor 9343 Ready to install force sensor, three calibrated measuring ranges for 100, 10 and 1 %. Highly sensitive force sensor 9205 Measurement of the smallest tensile and compression forces 0 ... ± 50 N. Miniature force sensor 9211A... Extremely compact design, only 6 mm diameter. Charge meter 5015A... Flexible configuration. The measurands (force, pressure, etc.) are shown in the display. Control Monitor C o M o View® 5863A2 Web server for production monitoring of manufacturing processes. 16 www.kistler.com