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Customised Force Sensors
01 November 2012
USA-based force sensor manufacturer, Strainsert Company, has supplied over forty customised sensors that have been deployed across NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, which recently landed its Mars Rover Curiosity mobile laboratory in the Gale Crater area on the Red Planet.
Represented exclusively in the UK by Ixthus Instrumentation, Strainsert designed and manufactured mission critical sensors for various functions including the major spacecraft separations (cruise stage, heat shield, descent stage, ballast masts and rover), as well as the retention of the mobility (wheels), high gain antenna, camera mast, robotic arm and mechanisms retaining two spare drill bits.
Strainsert's standard and customised load cells, load pins and force sensors are used for many other demanding applications in research, testing, weighing and control in the aerospace, military, marine and automotive industries.
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