Table of Contents
WELCOME ................................................................................................................................... 6
ISO .............................................................................................................................................. 6
I
NTRODUCTION
............................................................................................................................ 7
G
ETTING
A
SSISTANCE
.................................................................................................................. 7
OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 8
F
LEXI
F
ORCE
S
ENSORS
................................................................................................................. 8
Standard FlexiForce Sensors .................................................................................................. 8
High-Temperature FlexiForce Sensors .................................................................................. 9
A
PPLICATION
............................................................................................................................... 9
SENSOR LOADING CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................. 10
S
ENSOR
L
OADING
...................................................................................................................... 10
S
ATURATION
.............................................................................................................................. 10
C
ONDITIONING
S
ENSORS
............................................................................................................ 11
CALIBRATION .......................................................................................................................... 12
C
ALIBRATION
G
UIDELINES
........................................................................................................ 12
SENSOR PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS .............................................................. 13
R
EPEATABILITY
......................................................................................................................... 13
L
INEARITY
................................................................................................................................. 13
H
YSTERESIS
............................................................................................................................... 13
D
RIFT
......................................................................................................................................... 13
T
EMPERATURE
S
ENSITIVITY
...................................................................................................... 13
S
ENSOR
L
IFE
/ D
URABILITY
....................................................................................................... 14
SENSOR PROPERTIES ............................................................................................................ 15
S
TANDARD
F
LEXI
F
ORCE
S
ENSOR
(M
ODEL
A201) ..................................................................... 15
H
IGH
-T
EMPERATURE
F
LEXI
F
ORCE
S
ENSOR
(M
ODEL
HT201) ................................................... 15
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