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Sensor and Software Specification Sheets Now Available. To facilitate a more detailed understanding of the physical characteristics and functionality of our industrial sensors and software, please visit our website to view or download detailed specification sheets on our X3 PX200 sensors, X3 IX500 sensors and X3 PRO v5.0 software.
XSENSOR Nominated for Export Award. XSENSOR was recently selected as a finalist for the Export Award in the Alberta Business Awards of Distinction. This award is in addition to XSENSOR receiving the Calgary Chamber of Commerce RBC Small Business of the Year Award in October 2006. XSENSOR continues to build a world-class organization and we acknowledge the continued support of our staff, partners and customers around the world in making this happen. To learn more about our recent awards and achievements, click here.
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XSENSOR pressure imaging systems are used by leading industrial clients worldwide (view client list) in the automotive, aerospace and engineering sectors to design, test and measure pressure distribution to improve product design and performance.
 Pressure imaging is also being used in the sports world. Salomon has used XSENSOR pressure imaging systems to record and analyze a skier’s pressure profile. With this information, Salomon has been able to develop a more tolerant cross-country ski design for its racers. Pressure distribution data has enabled them to translate this information to the mass production of skis to ensure that all retail skis perform to international race standards.
In fact, world-class skier Ivan Babikov has recently achieved great success on the World Cup using tolerant mass produced skis by Salomon designed with the use of pressure imaging. To learn more about the Salomon and Ivan Babikov story, read the full article on-line in our recently posted items.
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Using the AutoPick Function
New to the X3 PRO v5.0 software is the ability to form sensor groups around portions of images (or complete images) by simply clicking on an area of the image. A group will be formed based on how the user has defined the spacing criteria. The AutoPick function forms groups by looking for cells that include pressure readings adjacent to each other. The user can also create larger groups such as a sea ratio by defining how many interior gaps (non-pressure reading cells) to include in the defined group. This will allow the user to select portions of an image or entire pressure images.
To use AutoPick:
- In the Sensor Groups window, select AutoPick from the Edit Mode.
- Click on the AutoPick icon and define the interior gap spacing (gap spacing will create a group based on all cells showing pressure within a specified cell radius of cells not reading pressure, thus allowing the user to define the gaps and create groupings accordingly).
 For example, by creating a gap of 5 the group will contain all pressure readings within a 5 cell-gap radius of where the user clicks on the image. This is shown by the blue area in the image at right.
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Hysteresis
Hysteresis is a property of systems (usually physical systems) that do not instantly follow the forces applied to them, but react slowly, or do not return completely to their original state: that is, systems whose states depend on their immediate history. For instance, if you push on a piece of putty it will assume a new shape, and when you remove your hand it will not return to its original shape, or at least not immediately and not entirely. The term derives from an ancient Greek word υστέρησις, meaning deficiency." The term was coined by Sir James Alfred Ewing.
In XSENSOR systems, hysteresis is a source of error that is compensated for during sensing. If a "Modelled Hysteresis" calibration is done (default for PX100 sensors), then the system takes hysteresis effects into account and adjusts the system output to reflect a more accurate pressure image.
Pressure Threshold or Lower Pressure Threshold
A user setting that filters data used for display and statistical calculation purposes. Any data reading below the Pressure Threshold setting will show up as zero (0) for the purposes of the on-screen pressure image as well as the statistical analysis calculations (mean pressure, load, etc.)
The Pressure Threshold setting does not change the actual data stored, nor will it alter data during any Export operations.
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