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Tactilus^®, the real-time pressure mapping system from Sensor Products Inc, can be used m a large number of applications

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Tactilus^® from Sensor Products Inc is a real-time pressure mapping system designed to record the pressure distribution between two surfaces, such as disc-to-caliper contact areas, clamping forces at exhaust joints and tire footprints.

The system uses a thin, highly flexible sensor mat that contains a matrix of discrete sensing points positioned beneath its surface, which can collect data at rates of up to 1,000 cycles per second. It is designed to maximize its immunity to noise, temperature and humidity and comes with all the required software.