Multimeter

HALL-EFFECT TRANSDUCERS
Types of Mechanical Transducers
1. Pressure Transducer: Bellows, Bourdon Tube

The mechanical transducers are the mechanical elements that

are used for converting one form of energy into other form that
can be measured easily. There are number of mechanical
transducers, some of the commonly used ones are described
below:

1) Bellows: These are the elastic elements that convert the air
pressure into displacement, and it is commonly used for the
measurement of pressure.

2) Bourdon tube: This elastic tube converts air pressure to the

rotary motion of the pointer used to indicate the pressure.

3) Spring: The spring tend to expand when force is applied to

them, thus they are used for the measurement of force.
4) Proving rings: Like the springs the proving rings also
convert applied force to the displacement.
5) Diaphragm: It converts applied pressure to the
displacement.
6) Manometer: The manometer converts the applied pressure
into variable displacement of the liquid within it enabling to
measure the pressure.
7) Thermocouple: Thermocouple is the devise that produces
electric current when one of its end is heated. The current
produce by the devise can be measured, which can be
calibrated against the temperature enabling us to measure the
temperature of the body.
8) Bimetals: These are the bimetallic strips comprising of two
different metals having different coefficient of thermal
expansion, joint together. When the strip is heated one metal
expands lesser while the other metal expands more leading to
the deflection of the bimetallic strip, which is converted into the
rotary motion of the pointer that indicates the temperature.
9) Hydropneumatic transducers: These include devices like
orifice, venturi, pitot tube, vanes and turbines that are used for
measurement of pressure, velocity, flow rate and force of water.