What are the types of pressure transducers?

What are the types of pressure transducers?

Types of pressure transducers

• Strain gauge pressure transducer.
• Capacitance pressure transducer.
• Potentiometric pressure transducer.
• Resonant wire pressure transducer.
• Inductive pressure transducer.
• Piezoelectric pressure transducer.

What does the pressure transducer do in HPLC?

Products/Services for HPLC Pressure Transducers. Pressure transmitters translate low-level electrical outputs from pressure sensing devices to higher-level signals that are suitable for transmission and processing.

What is inside a pressure transducer?

A pressure transducer consists of two main parts: an elastic material which will deform when exposed to a pressurized medium and an electrical device which detects the deformation and converts it into a usable electrical signal.

How do you test a transducer?

The first thing you can do to check if your transducer is working is to turn it on and touch its surface. You should be able to feel the sound pulses as vibrations, and often you can also hear them as clicking sounds.

What are the different types of transducers?

Types of Transducer

• Temperature transducers (e.g. a thermocouple)
• Pressure transducers (e.g. a diaphragm)
• Displacement transducers (e.g. LVDT)
• Oscillator transducer.
• Flow transducers.
• Inductive Transducer.

What is strain gauge transducer?

Strain Gauge is a passive transducer that converts a mechanical elongation or displacement produced due to a force into its corresponding change in resistance R, inductance L, or capacitance C. A strain gauge is basically used to measure the strain in a work piece.

What is the symbol for a pressure transducer?

The P in the pressure transducers obviously stands for “pressure,” and it shares the “analog” curve symbol in the opposing corner. This symbol isn’t a “U” shape as shown on the high response valve symbol but is instead upside down.