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Spray Pattern Pressure Measurement Challenge Distribution of the spray from a nozzle is important, but difficult to quantify. A nozzle manufacturer needs to meet their customer's needs. Selling a too high pressure nozzle might cause damage to property or injure people. Developing a low pressure...

Evaluate Grip Force For Ergonomic & Product Design Challenge In designing packaging for consumer goods, product engineers must design a product that is comfortable and easy to use for a wide demographic population, while keeping raw material and manufacturing costs low. Solution Measuring the amount...

Full Body Pressure Imaging Improves Mattress Design Designing a comfortable mattress is an on-going challenge faced by mattress manufacturers. Design engineers must be able to design a product that is comfortable for a vast population of people, while keeping manufacturing costs low. Tekscan’s Body...

Pressure Mapping For Safety Equipment Evaluation Background: C2i Advanced Technologies provides and manufactures solutions to correct equipment and protection problems faced by firefighters, police officers, first responders, and soldiers. Challenge: When C2i wanted to test whether their latest...

Hip Protectors And Impact Pressure Distribution The I-Scan™ pressure mapping system is an exciting tool for studying impact force distribution and energy dissipation under hip protectors or other protective devices. The system measures the peak pressure, contact area, and pressure distribution under...

Glove Comparisons Using Pressure Distribution Challenge Accurate grip pressure measurements are extremely important for development of ergonomically sound products. Achieving reliable grip measurements is a difficult task. Solution Tekscan's Grip™ system provides detailed pressure profiles, forces...