Pressure-Indicating Sensor Film Accurately Evaluates Flaws and Inconsistencies in Seals

In gasket and O-ring seal assemblies, it profiles interfacial contact, showing precisely how surfaces engage and deform under stress to create sealing flaws and inconsistencies. In hydraulics and pneumatics, it improves fluid power by diagnosing current and potential leakage areas in fittings, couplers and connectors.

Pressurex® comes in the form of thin flexible plastic sheet, physically similar in appearance to paper. It detects surface pressure from 2 up to 43,200 PSI (0.14 to 3,000kg/cm2 ). When subjected to pressure, it instantaneously and permanently changes color. This color change is directly proportional to the actual pressure applied. Precise pressure magnitude is easily determined by comparing the resultant color intensity to a color correlation chart (conceptually similar to interpreting Litmus paper).

Pressurex® is used in design and manufacturing as well as in machine and component inspection. It has proven successful in assessing surface contact irregularities in clamps, bolted joints, lamination presses, welding heads, and clutch and brake assemblies, among others.

About Sensor Products

Headquartered in New Jersey and established in 1990, Sensor Products Inc. is a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of tactile pressure sensing solutions. Their customized and off-the-shelf products are installed within all of the Fortune 500 industrial companies as well as thousands of smaller manufacturing firms. Their sensors are used in applications as diverse as tire testing to semiconductor manufacturing and from R&D labs to space missions. Additionally, Sensor Products provides in-house and on-site stress and pressure mapping analysis, as well as a variety of regional technical seminars.