Torque isn’t just for mechanics — it’s a key player in physics, engineering, and even everyday life. From balancing a seesaw to tightening a bolt, understanding torque helps you control stability and ...

In September, Sensor Developments Inc. (SDI) released the 01251 series of infrared dynamometer torque sensors. While inquiring about this new series, I quizzed Rick West, electronics design engineer ...

Laser Doppler vibrometers (LDVs) measure vibrations in ways that other sensors can't. From large aircraft structures to microscopic MEMS sensors, and vacuum enclosures to red-hot mills, LDVs measure ...

Designers at Binsfeld Engineering Inc., Maple City, Mich., have simplified the task of continuously monitoring rotating shafts in real time. The TorqueTrak Revolution Series system uses noncontact ...

The widely known principle of rotational viscometers is utilized for calculating the viscosity in most laboratory viscometers, by sensing the torque required for rotating a spindle at a constant speed ...

Units of measurement are tricky. Ideally, the best ones will convey not just a cold tally of some length or velocity or whatever, but also suggest a sort of visceral feel of the concept being measured ...