What is a multi-component force sensor?
Piezoelectric multi-component force sensors measure forces and/or torques along one or more orthogonal axes in space. A distinction is generally made between three different designs:
- Two-component sensors measure compression and tensile forces (+/- Fz) as well as the torque Mz that acts on this spatial axis.
- Three-component sensor detects all forces along the three spatial axes x, y and z: compression and tensile forces (+/- Fz) and well as thrust and shear forces (+/- Fx, Fy)
- The six-component sensors measure all forces (+/- Fz, Fx, Fy) plus all torques (Mz, Mx, My) along any desired spatial axis.
Multi-component sensors are also referred as multi-'axis' sensors.