Wireless Torque sensor for rotary drives
- Plug & Play Design to measure torsion and bending loads
- Integrated angular displacement, velocity, and acceleration measurement
- Compact add-on design that does not require modifications to the existing system
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How Are We Different from Classical Torque Sensors?
FORCEbit offers several key advantages over traditional torque sensors:
- Plug & Play Design: FORCEbit easily retrofits into existing drivetrains without system modifications such as couplings. Its compact form ensures seamless integration.
- Robustness Against Non-Torque Loads: As an add-on device that does not carry load, FORCEbit is inherently less sensitive to non-torque forces than conventional load-bearing torque sensors.
- No Mechanical Filter: Traditional torque sensors often require couplings to handle misalignment and non-torque loads, acting as mechanical filters that dampen higher-order signals. FORCEbit preserves the full load spectrum, capturing critical data with higher fidelity.
How Are We Different from Classical Telemetry Solutions?
FORCEbit outperforms conventional telemetry systems (e.g. strain gauges on the shafts) in reliability, installation, and accuracy:
- Higher Reliability: Each unit is pre-calibrated and validated offline, ensuring potential errors are identified before installation. This guarantees excellent stability and repeatability in operation.
- Simplified Mounting: FORCEbit’s design enables quick, straightforward installation without complex setup of surface preparation or gluing gauges—saving time and reducing integration risk.
- Superior Accuracy: By avoiding shaft-mounted strain gauges, FORCEbit achieves significantly higher precision and consistency across varying operating conditions. The improvement related to strain gauges is visible in the figure.
Considerations
While FORCEbit’s add-on design provides substantial advantages, a few factors should be considered:
- Sensitivity Dependence on Shaft Design: Although more accurate than classical strain gauge systems, FORCEbit’s sensitivity still scales with the shaft’s diameter the same way as classical strain gauges do. This figure shows how increasing the diameter may reduce the strain and measurement sensitivity for a given torque—contact us to discuss your specific application.
- Battery Power Limitations: The wireless system is battery-powered, which limits operating time and introduces a small acquisition delay of a few milliseconds.
Why Do You Need One?
Prototyping and troubleshooting are often expensive and time-consuming. Each iteration can cost significant time and resources. With increasing demands for sustainability, performance, and efficiency in the machine and vehicle industries, it's more critical than ever to optimize your equipment to be faster, lighter, more energy-efficient, and durable.
FORCEbit helps you achieve these goals by providing essential measurements:
- Load Monitoring: Accurately measure torsional and bending loads on rotating shafts, allowing you to assess structural stress and performance limits.
- Angle Monitoring: Track angular position to understand how loading conditions depend on angle, offering deeper insights into your system's dynamic behavior.
FORCEbit is designed to streamline your prototyping and optimization processes, giving you the data you need to push your designs to their limits.
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What the industry has to say about FORCEBIT
"Due to its ease of use, FORCEBIT's sensor is 10 times better than the product we had before"
