Kaman Introduces New Rack-Mount Displacement Measuring System

By DE Editors

Kaman Precision Products has announced the KDM-8206 measuring system in a 19-inch, modularized rack format. Users can easily add channels to the system by installing modular PC backplane boards into empty rack or bench-top enclosure slots.

Designed for making high-precision multi-channel displacement, run-out,  and position measurements, the KDM-8206 is ideal for high-sensor-count test and development applications in industrial, laboratory, and production facilities.  The 3U-by-7T Eurocard measuring module features auto-synchronization of multiple channels.

The KDM-8206 module contains the inductive bridge and signal conditioning circuits that produce the measurement output, a linear voltage proportional to the physical displacement of the target relative to the sensor.  With both coarse and fine calibration controls, the system achieves resolution to 10 microinches or better or 0.01 percent of full scale. 

Kaman offers three types of enclosures for the KDM-8206 measuring channel: 12-channel full rack, 9-channel mid-rack, and 6-channel half-rack.  All Kaman-supplied racks feature 110/220 VAC, 50/60 Hz input power supply, BNC coaxial output connectors for measuring channel voltage outputs, two-position terminal blocks for measuring channel current outputs, and twin BNC connectors for sensor inputs.   Optional are meters, rack-to-rack synchronization, and true differential output.

For more information, visit Kaman Precision Products.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.