To support customers in their applications and to provide quality assurance, measuring instruments from WIKA undergo comprehensive in-house testing throughout their development cycle and beyond. This commitment to rigorous, impartial testing enables us to fulfil our …
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Extreme conditions: MH-4 pressure sensor for mobile working machines
Arndt W. Jahns | Applications, Pressure, ProductsMobile working machines are often used in the harshest and most remote areas of the world, from frozen tundra to scorching-hot desert. Thus they are exposed to extreme and, moreover, constantly changing operating conditions. Some of the machinery even runs non-stop. …
Development of an OEM pressure sensor for mobile working machines
Arndt W. Jahns | Applications, Pressure, ProductsDue to their diverse scope of tasks, OEMs have a wide range of requirements and needs for their applications. Manufacturers of mobile working machines have a particular expectation of the properties that a pressure sensor should possess. WIKA has been guided by this in …
MTTF and MTTFD – What is the difference?
Arndt W. Jahns | Know-howThe MTTF value is a term from the field of risk analysis & risk evaluation. The exact meaning is m ean t ime t o f ailure or simply the mean life of a component. The MTTF has gained particular relevance due to EN ISO 13849-1. In accordance with this standard, …