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  2. Magnetic switch - Wikipedia

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    Magnetic switch. Magnetic switch is an electrical switch that makes or breaks contact in the presence of a magnetic field.Applications include situations where it is not desirable or possible for moving elements to make direct contact with the switch, such as in explosive environments, submerged in liquids, and where repetitive contact with a mechanical switch would result in undesired wear.

  3. Zero speed switch - Wikipedia

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    Zero speed switches (ZSS) also known as Speed Actuating Sensing Switches [1] are used to detect whether a rotating shaft is turning (even at very slow speeds) [2] in various machines, conveyors, power plants, and in industries involving the production of cement, sugar, textiles, paper, etc. Zero speed switches mainly use electromechanical, electronic, or magnetic proximity technologies.

  4. Hall effect sensor - Wikipedia

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    Hall sensors are used for proximity sensing, positioning, speed detection, and current sensing applications [1] and are common in industrial and consumer applications. Hundreds of millions of Hall sensor integrated circuits (ICs) are sold each year [ 2 ] by about 50 manufacturers, with the global market around a billion dollars .

  5. Inductive sensor - Wikipedia

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    by assuming that the induced magnetic field B is homogeneous over a section S (the magnetic flux will be expressed =). One form of inductive sensor drives a coil with an oscillator . A metallic object approaching the coil will alter the inductance of the coil, producing a change in frequency or a change in the current in the coil.

  6. Magnetic switchable device - Wikipedia

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    A magnetic switchable device (often called a magnetic base) is a magnetic fixture that uses one or more permanent magnets in a configuration that allows the external field to be turned on or off. They are used in many applications including optics , metalworking , lifting , and robotics, to attach items to metal surfaces in a secure but ...

  7. Magnetic circuit - Wikipedia

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    Magnetic field (green) induced by a current-carrying wire winding (red) in a magnetic circuit consisting of an iron core C forming a closed loop with two air gaps G in it. In an analogy to an electric circuit, the winding acts analogously to an electric battery, providing the magnetizing field , the core pieces act like wires, and the gaps G act like resistors.

  8. Reed switch - Wikipedia

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    The reed switch [i] is an electromechanical switch operated by an applied magnetic field. It was invented in 1922 by professor Valentin Kovalenkov at the Petrograd Electrotechnical University , [ 1 ] and later evolved at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1936 by Walter B. Ellwood into the reed relay.

  9. List of sensors - Wikipedia

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    Speed sensors are machines used to detect the speed of an object, usually a transport vehicle. They include: Wheel speed sensors; Speedometers; Pitometer logs; Pitot tubes; Airspeed indicators; Piezo sensors (e.g. in a road surface) LIDAR; Ground speed radar; Doppler radar; ANPR (where vehicles are timed over a fixed distance)