Festo Ag & Co

Fetso Corporation

Karl-Heinz F&ouml;rster

Josef Binder

Wolfgang Benecke

Frank J Langro

Oliver Ahrens

Frank Latino

Thomas St&auml;rz

A flow sensor includes a mounting plate, bending plate, and a sensing assembly. The mounting plate is mounted to an internal surface of an air hose. The mounting plate is flexibly coupled to the bending plate, which is displaced in response to the flow of gas. The sensing assembly is positioned on the bending plate and includes a temperature sensor for sensing relatively lower flow rates during a thermal mode, and one or more displacement sensors for sensing relatively higher flow rates during a displacement mode. The temperature sensor outputs a thermal mode signal and the displacement sensors output a displacement mode signal. A flow sensing system includes the flow sensor, processor, memory, and a computer. The processor is responsive to the thermal and displacement mode signals. The computer is coupled to the processor and controls calibration of the flow sensor.

Integral dual technology flow sensor

A circuit board, which includes one or more sensors, is integrated in a fluid control device, such as a valve manifold and a base plate. The fluid control device selectively directs a fluid used to control pneumatic or hydraulic equipment. The sensors are used to measure physical characteristics of the fluid, such as flow rate, pressure, and temperature.

Integrated fluid sensing device

Growing community of inventors

Dresden, Germany

Karl-Heinz Förster

Growing community of inventors

Dresden, Germany

Karl-Heinz F&ouml;rster

Karl-Heinz Förster