PCB^® Series 5400 Multi-Axis Wheel Force Transducer

PCB^® Series 5400 Wheel Force Transducers are designed as rugged one-piece sensors that mount between the vehicle hub and the wheel rim, delivering highly accurate road load data measurement and superior performance in a durable water-resistant package. Possessing superior temperature compensation properties and integral overload stops, these sensors provide a high level of confidence in data acquired during aggressive road events, including heavy braking tests.

Available in a wide variety of sizes for vehicles including passenger cars; light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks; commercial vehicles including tractor trailers, buses, agriculture, and earth-moving equipment; and military vehicles. Passenger car and light truck units use a custom hub adaptor to accommodate a wide range of vehicle sizes while maintaining vehicle geometry. Heavy truck units mount directly to the vehicle hub. All units can be fitted with either slip ring or telemetry signal transmission, and come equipped with on-board signal conditioning and calibration circuitry for each channel of data measurement.

These sensors are also ideal for calibrating and adjusting biaxial wheel test machines; drive-file development of full vehicle and module test systems up to 6 Degrees of Freedom (DOF); and product development of stability control, brake systems, suspension, and tires.

To best meet your needs, Series 5400 units are available in light-weight aluminum, high-strength stainless steel, and titanium. All units accept modified rims, mounting a wide range of tire sizes, wheel diameters, and offsets. Special one-piece, forged high-strength aluminum rims are available for heavy truck applications. A universal hub adaptor is available that allows a single sensor to be used for European, USA, and military heavy vehicles. This one piece sensor design allows for the same sensor to be used for front steer, dual drive, trailer, and tag axles, as well as for various super single rims accommodating extra wide tires.

As with all PCB^® instrumentation, these sensors are complemented with toll-free applications assistance, 24-hour customer service, and are backed by a no-risk policy that guarantees total customer satisfaction or your money refunded.

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Recommended Signal Conditioner for Wheel Force Transducers

PCB^® Model 8175-01A Transducer Interface. Unit (TIU) consists of a power supply and signal conditioning electronics required to convert the six force and moment signals from the Wheel Force Transducer into equivalent signals referenced to the wheel axes. Each TIU accommodates one Wheel Force Transducer.

The TIU provides the signal conditioning that is required to convert the wheel force transducer outputs into DC voltages. These voltages are proportional to the instantaneous forces and moments measured. During operation, the wheel is mounted on a test vehicle and the vehicle is driven along a predetermined course. An analog or digital data recorder then records the output voltages.

A TIU Remote Module permits communications between multiple stacked TIUs when more than one Wheel Force Transducer is used.

• Six 10 VDC analog inputs
• 14-bit A/D resolution
• 8 analog outputs
• 5000 Hz signal bandwidth
• 90 kHz sample rate

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