{"id":13092,"date":"2022-06-03T06:57:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T04:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wika.com\/en\/?p=13092"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:55:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T09:55:37","slug":"extreme-conditions-force-transducers-for-space-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wika.com\/en\/applications\/extreme-conditions-force-transducers-for-space-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme conditions: Force transducers for space travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

In space, temperatures, pressures and forces are different from those in the environments we are familiar with. This means that measurement technology \u201cup there\u201d is exposed to specific stresses. WIKA has now developed, tested and supplied special force transducers for space travel. These are customer-specific load pins that have now proven themselves on a flight into space.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Space travel has long been commercialised, and concepts for space tourism are taking shape. In the development departments of the space industry, plans are maturing for new generations of launch vehicles and other transporters for multiple, and thus resource-saving, missions. To bring passengers, crew and vehicles safely back to earth, sophisticated technology, reliable in every situation, is indispensable.<\/p>\n

A central role is played by the flight control system, which ensures the correct orientation of the spacecraft for safe missions into space and back. Load pins are critical components for this. They must measure precisely the forces acting on the flight control surfaces of the spacecraft. Conventional load pins are not up to this task \u2212 the criteria for spacecraft force transducers are too demanding for them.<\/p>\n

Requirements for force transducers in space travel<\/h2>\n

In the search for load pins suitable for space, an aerospace company had initially enquired with another manufacturer. But this supplier was not able to meet the extraordinary requirements. The load pins would have to:<\/p>\n