About SensorData Technologies
SensorData Technologies, Inc. is a privately held Michigan manufacturer of strain-gage force and torque transducers, many of them engineered to order. Founded in 1992 and now based in Shelby Township, the company works with test engineers and OEM development teams whose measurement problems don’t fit a catalog part: rotating shafts, tight packaging, fatigue loads over millions of cycles, or forces acting on several axes at once.
What SensorData makes
Force measurement starts with low-profile, fatigue-rated pancake load cells that swing through zero for millions of cycles on durability rigs, plus dual-range cells that mount directly on hydraulic actuators. SensorData cites force capacities from about 250 lb to 1,000,000 lb.
Torque is where the company stands out. Reaction torque sensors handle static and dynamic tests on motors, brakes and fasteners. For rotating shafts, engineers can choose economical slip ring sensors, brushless rotary transformer designs for higher speeds and long duty cycles, or true wireless sensors, including the BT400 and BT4000 series and the newer SYNTH platform, that transmit data by radio from the shaft itself. SensorData says SYNTH can reach more than 500 ft.
Multi-axis sensors measure torque with thrust, or X and Y forces, simultaneously with low crosstalk. Supporting instruments include the I200 AC strain gage conditioner, a bridge simulator and the I400 telemetry module.
Why engineers specify SensorData
- Custom engineering is the core business. The team handles concept, strain-gage design, prototyping, manufacturing and calibration certificates.
- Real custom projects. Examples include automotive wheel torque sensors, a Bluetooth torque/thrust sensor for bottle-capping lines, and a patented real-time conveyor diagnostic system.
- Mounting flexibility. Flange-, shaft-, spline- and pulley-driven torque designs fit a wide range of envelopes.
- Fatigue-rated construction for servo-hydraulic test frames and long durability programs.
- Direct access to engineers. SensorData offers free engineering consultations before a design is committed.
Local support from Vaughn Associates
The Southeast automotive corridor, Huntsville’s aerospace and defense test community, and manufacturing plants across the region all run force and torque measurements that rarely fit an off-the-shelf sensor. Vaughn Associates helps define the load case, speed, mounting envelope and signal path, then coordinates a free application consultation and quote with SensorData’s engineers.
Vaughn covers SensorData in North Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina; Tennessee, Arkansas and North Mississippi; Louisiana and the Gulf Coast; and Florida. We stay involved from the first sketch of the load path through delivery of the finished sensor.
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