Industry ... examples of use
| Aerospace | Composite/Material Testing |
| Plastics & Metals | Nips, Presses, Laminations |
| Electronics | Transistor Mounting |
| Medical | Ultrasonic Welding, Heat Sealing |
| Packaging | Heat Sealing |
| Automotive | Gasketing Canning |
| Paper Making | Converting/Paper Making |
is a unique, affordable and easy to use tool that
reveals the distribution and magnitude of pressure between any
contacting, mating or impacting surfaces. Pressurex® is
extremely thin (4 to 8 mils), enabling it to conform to curved
surfaces, and is ideal for invasive intolerant environments and
tight spaces not accessible to electronic transducers.
How It Works
Pressurex® is a mylar film that contains a layer of tiny microcapsules. The application of force upon the film causes the microcapsules to rupture, producing an instantaneous and permanent high resolution "topographical" image of pressure variation across a contact area. Simply place Pressurex® pressure indicating sensor film between any two surfaces that touch, mate or impact. Apply pressure, remove it and immediately the film reveals the pressure distribution profile that occurred between the two surfaces. Even further, the color intensity of Pressurex® is directly related to the amount of pressure applied to it. The greater the pressure, the more intense the color. 7 Sensitivities To Accommodate A Wide Range Of Pressures:
MICRO (Shows relative pressure distribution only) 2 - 20 PSI / 0.14 - 1.4 kg/cm2
ULTRA LOW 28 - 85 PSI / 2 - 6 kg/cm2
SUPER LOW 70 - 350 PSI / 5 - 25 kg/cm2
LOW 350 - 1,400 PSI / 25 - 100 kg/cm2
MEDIUM 1,400 - 7,100 PSI / 100 - 500 kg/cm2
HIGH 7,100 - 16,400 PSI / 500 - 1,300 kg/cm2
SUPER HIGH 18,500 - 43,200 PSI / 1,300 - 3,000 kg/cm2 Specifications:
TEMP. RANGE 41 - 95 deg.F (5 - 35 deg.C) HUMIDITY 20% TO 90% RH GAUGE 4 - 8 mils (100 - 200 micons) SPECIAL RESOLUTION 5 - 15 miccrons SUBSTATE Polyethylene Terephalate (PET) ACCURACY +/- 10% visual +/- 1% utilising optical measure system SHELF LIFE 2 years