Rocker Cover Gauging
Rocker Arm Cover Gauging This is an application to determine whether a gasket is located properly in a rocker arm cover. 3 LVDTs were used to measure the outside edges of a plastic rocker arm cover...
View ArticleSpotlight on Vision
Air Filter InspectionIn my previous life I spent about 30-40% of my time doing vision applications. Most of the jobs I did involved using “smart cameras” which are self-contained vision systems where...
View ArticleTransmission Test Stand
Kiesler 5 Speed Transmission Tester This small test stand was built in 2005 for Kiesler Automotive, a custom transmission builder in Maryville, Tennessee. After placing the transmission into the cradle...
View ArticleLeak Tester
Tennex Leak Tester This is another application done with NAS from about 1998. We did a lot of vision, gauging and leak testing applications for Tennex, a Japanese cooperative venture in Murfreesboro,...
View ArticleLVDTs
One of the first applications I wrote about on this blog back in January 2011 was a Rocker Arm Cover gauge that used a number of LVDTs to calculate a plane and its intercept points. In that blog I...
View ArticleMisumi
Despite being an Electrical and Controls engineer I often have to do mechanical design, albeit on a basic level. Whenever I need to fixture something, for instance on a vision application or other...
View ArticleCalibration
Calibration Instruments As I work on my current automotive-related project I have reached the point where the system is operating in Auto Mode and testing a throttle body. There are various tests...
View ArticleMagnetostrictive Sensors
Courtesy of iTarget Sensors Several of my topics in the past have dealt with gauging and measurement. Most of the systems I have worked on in the past used LVDTs, encoders, optical sensors or machine...
View ArticleRocker Cover Gauging
Rocker Arm Cover Gauging This is an application to determine whether a gasket is located properly in a rocker arm cover. 3 LVDTs were used to measure the outside edges of a plastic rocker arm cover...
View ArticleSpotlight on Vision
Air Filter InspectionIn my previous life I spent about 30-40% of my time doing vision applications. Most of the jobs I did involved using “smart cameras” which are self-contained vision systems where...
View ArticleTransmission Test Stand
Kiesler 5 Speed Transmission Tester This small test stand was built in 2005 for Kiesler Automotive, a custom transmission builder in Maryville, Tennessee. After placing the transmission into the cradle...
View ArticleLeak Tester
Tennex Leak Tester This is another application done with NAS from about 1998. We did a lot of vision, gauging and leak testing applications for Tennex, a Japanese cooperative venture in Murfreesboro,...
View ArticleLVDTs
One of the first applications I wrote about on this blog back in January 2011 was a Rocker Arm Cover gauge that used a number of LVDTs to calculate a plane and its intercept points. In that blog I...
View ArticleMisumi
Despite being an Electrical and Controls engineer I often have to do mechanical design, albeit on a basic level. Whenever I need to fixture something, for instance on a vision application or other...
View ArticleCalibration
Calibration Instruments As I work on my current automotive-related project I have reached the point where the system is operating in Auto Mode and testing a throttle body. There are various tests...
View ArticleMagnetostrictive Sensors
Courtesy of iTarget Sensors Several of my topics in the past have dealt with gauging and measurement. Most of the systems I have worked on in the past used LVDTs, encoders, optical sensors or machine...
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