Index of GUEMISA's technical content: guides for choosing and connecting sensors, real-world use cases by industry, technical documentation in PDF format, and ordering information. Each title links to its corresponding page.
Technical guides
All technical guides, grouped by theme.
Choose the sensor
- How to measure the position of a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder
- Potentiometric, magnetostrictive or LVDT: which one to choose
- Linear position sensor with 4-20 mA output for PLC: how to choose it
- Non-contact angular position (Hall) sensors for mobile machinery: how to choose them
- Thread displacement sensor: when to use it and how to choose the stroke
Connect and install
- How to connect a linear potentiometer to a PLC: ratiometric vs. 4-20 mA
- What IP rating does a position sensor need for outdoor use or when subject to washing?
Tests and laboratory
- LVDT for laboratory testing: accuracy, stroke and conditioner
- Load cells for test benches: types, ranges and mounting
Use cases
All use cases: real-world measurement applications in industry.
- Structural inspection and monitoring with Dimetix laser sensors: bridges, tunnels and slopes • Civil Works
- Cutting length control and positioning with laser sensors in the metal industry • Cutting and machining industries
- How an encoder works
- Dimetix DLS-C 15: replacement by DPE-10-500
- Torque and power measurement at the power take-off (PTO) of tractors: method, sensors and validation · Agriculture
- Non-contact measurement in steel mills and metallurgy with Dimetix laser sensors · Metallurgy
- Bridge monitoring with laser sensors: deflection, deformation and displacement • Civil Works
- Pesacam SAP-4610W: Wireless Weighing System for Vehicles with Pneumatic Suspension • Transport of goods
- Use of electrical conductivity for measuring nutrients in slurries · Agriculture
Technical documentation in PDF format
All PDF documentsTutorials, technical tables, catalogs, and case studies.
B&C Electronics
- B&C Electronics Catalog: Liquid Analyzers, Probes and Sensors
- B&C Electronics Liquid Analyzers: Controllers and Sensors
Pesacam truck scale
DIMETIX AG
- Dimetix laser sensors in cutting and machining: length measurement
- Dimetix laser sensors in metallurgy: steel ingots, presses and bars
- Level measurement in silos with the Dimetix EDS-C laser sensor
- Dimetix FLS-C: Laser distance measurement in dynamic positioning
- Dimetix laser sensors in civil engineering: bridges, tunnels and slopes
- How a laser distance meter measures: time of flight
- Laser technology: stimulated emission, types of lasers and safety
- Dimetix: Comparison table of 8 laser distance sensors
DPF Sensors
- CO2, VOC and humidity sensors DPF Sensors: model catalog
- DPF Sensors humidity and temperature sensors: overview by model
- Load cells and strain gauges: types and operation
- Humidity sensors: types, principles and applications
Monitran
Nesa
Novotechnik
- Novotechnik General Catalogue: Linear and Angular Position Sensors
- Novotechnik linear and rotary sensors for automotive applications
- Technical definitions of potentiometers: linearity, RGV and hysteresis
- Novotechnik position sensors with IO-Link interface
- Position sensors for valves and actuators: Novotechnik series
Schreiber Messtechnik
- Schreiber Messtechnik LVDT Sensor Catalog: SM20 to SM62 Series
- LVDT: What is a differential transformer and how does it work?
NCTE Torque Sensors
- NCTE Torque Sensors: Magnetostrictive Series Catalog
- Non-contact torque measurement on NCTE motor test benches
- NCTE 2200-75-A4 torque sensors on an automotive screw fastening machine
- NCTE contactless magnetostrictive torque sensor: principle and data
- NCTE 7300 torque sensor for tractor power take-off: 3,000 Nm, IP65
Teltonika GPS
General documentation
- Types of vibration in machines: causes, frequencies and correction
- Vibration analysis and predictive maintenance in machines
- Linear and angular displacement sensors: general catalog
- Installation of conductive level sensors: electrodes and cables
- Controlling the water in a swimming pool: parameters and maintenance
- Beaufort wind scale: table in knots, m/s, km/h and mph
- How to specify a measuring instrument: error and tolerance
- Table of emissivity of metals and non-metals for infrared thermometers
- Glossary of electrical terms: units and basic concepts
- TST-1x, YCA360 and CSA-xx inclinometers for the solar and wind energy sector
- Measurement of solar radiation: magnitudes, pyranometers and pyrheliometers
- Absolute vacuum measurement: types of vacuum gauges and principles
- Tolerance of Pt100 probes class A and B according to DIN EN 60751
- Electrometric pH measurement: electrodes, calibration and accuracy
- Water conductivity: principle, measurement with a cell and calibration
- Water turbidity: what it is, units and measurement methods
- Dissolved oxygen in water: what it is, levels and how it is measured
- Incremental encoder: operating principle and signals A, B, Z
- Position and displacement sensors: principles and types
- Conversion tables for physical units: length, pressure, and energy
- Pressure unit conversion table: Atm, psi, bar and kPa
- Pt100 Table: Resistance as a function of temperature
- Selection of fixed infrared sensors: PyroMini and Pyro range
- Notes on sensors: presence, position, distance, and temperature
Order references
- Order references • Search engine for all brands
- ELCIS Order References • Encoders and transducers, with search function
- Novotechnik order references • Sensors, conditioners and accessories, with search engine