Piezo Polymer Coaxial Cable
Piezo cable is another form for piezo polymer sensors. Designed as a coax cable, the piezo polymer is the “dielectric” between the center core and the outer braid. When the cable is compressed or stretched, a charge or voltage is generated proportional to the stress. Piezo cable has a number of advantages in certain applications. Due to its coaxial design, the cable is selfshielded, allowing its use in a high EMI environment. |
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The piezo cable can be spliced to passive coax, using standard coax splice techniques. It is extremely rugged, and will stand up to heavy loads as with truck axle counting. Its linear format makes it ideal for monitoring large areas.
Two versions of the piezo cable are offered, copolymer and spiral. Detailed specification sheets are available on our website: www.meas-spec.com. Continuous lengths of piezo cable is available in a variety of different gages and construction formats. As a standard product, it is offered as a 20 AWG center core with a polyethylene outer jacket.
For technical details and application examples please click on application notes link.