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This section provides an overview for digital indicators as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 32 digital indicator manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked digital indicator companies as of December, 2024: 1.J.W. Winco, Inc., 2.Transducer Techniques, LLC, 3.SAE Manufacturing Specialties Corp.
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A digital indicator is an instrument used for displaying measurements, such as those seen in speedometers or fuel gauges in vehicles. Unlike analog indicators, which rely on mechanical amplification to display measurements, digital indicators use encoders or scales to directly read displacements. They provide the ability to set maximum and minimum values within the tip's push-in range and resolution, requiring a display unit to convert displacement into digital readings.
Digital indicators serve similar functions to analog indicators but offer the added advantage of external numerical value outputs. This feature allows for readings to be captured by PCs or other devices, eliminating the need for direct visual inspection of the display, which is particularly beneficial when the indicator is positioned out of view.
Digital indicators consist of three main components: a spindle for linear movement, an encoder for displacement reading, and a display for numerical output. Their design omits the mechanical parts necessary for analog indicators, like racks, pinions, and gears, simplifying the structure. However, electronic components like encoders and circuit boards may be more susceptible to environmental factors such as electrical noise or oil mist, potentially affecting accuracy and functionality.
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Gurley Precision Instruments, Inc. was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in Fulton Street Troy, New York is a manufacturer and designer of measuring instrumentation. The company offers an extensive product range including paper testing instruments, hydrological instruments, and optics and optographics among others. These products have applications in precise measuring of position and speed, open-channel flow meters to measure water velocity and generation of precise patterns on glass and similar substrates.
Based in Bayville, NY, SAE Manufacturing Specialties Corp. is an ISO-certified supplier and manufacturer of industrial equipment, chemicals, components, ordinance, electronics, and systems for industries ranging from aerospace to high tech to law enforcement. Examples of product offerings include raw materials, chemicals, and lubricants for industrial purposes to finished products such as security helmets for law enforcement, and military ordnances. SAE also provides research and development as well as technical support for other companies in similar industries.
The company NOSHOK was founded in the year 1967 and they are located in the United States of America in the state of Ohio in the city of Berea. NOSHOK provides many different products such as pressure gauges, transmitters, transducers, pressure switches, level transmitters, temperature devices, valves, diaphram seals, digital indicators, KING filters, and additional accessories. Many of these products have been introduced by the company over time and they continue to introduce many new products.
J.W. Winco was originally founded as Ganter in 1894 in Germany. Winco specializes in parts manufacturing. Parts offerings the operating parts segment including handles, adjusting, and positioning parts; clamping parts segment featuring tensioning, clamping, switching, and levers; and finally the machine parts segment with indexing, locking, mounting, connecting elements, guides, spindles, rollers, magnets, casters, and wheels. Winco’s complete catalog contains over 75,000 standard parts. Winco is also ISO 9001 certified. Winco offers free CAD downloads and technical documentation for many arts.
Titan Tool Supply was founded in 1952 and operates out of Buffalo, New York. Titan Tool Supply is a supplier of optical instrumentation for research & development, quality control, and other professional industries. Titan Tool Supply’s product lines include borescopes, microscopes, illumination devices, and micro finishing. Titan Tool Supply also offers video systems and magnetics solutions. Titan Tool Supply offers customers a 10-day approval program that allows customers to trial products in their workplace to verify satisfaction before purchase.
Hoffer Flow Controls was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The company is an ISO 9001-certified designer and manufacturer of turbine flowmeters and related process instrumentation used in aviation, oil & gas, power generation, and other industries. The company’s product lines include turbine flow meters, electronics, and cryogenic flow meters. Turbine flow meters are further delineated by application, such as those for industrial turbines, oil & gas turbines, and autoclave turbines. Electronics include pressure flow computers, printers, and signal converters. The company also provides full ISO 17025-certified cryogenic field calibration services.
Tempco is based in Wood Dale, Illinois and has been in business since 1972. Tempco is a manufacturer of many types of heating elements and thermocouples with design variations. Tempco is ISO 9001:2015 certified. Temco’s electric heaters and elements include band heaters, cartridge heaters, cast-in heaters, ceramic fiber heaters, coil and cable heaters, drum heaters, enclosure heaters, flexible heaters, heat trace cable, heated hose and tubing, infrared heaters, process heaters, shroud systems, strip heaters, tank heaters, and tubular heaters. Tempco also sells various application accessories and wiring accessories.
Strainsert began in 1960 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Stransert is a designer and manufacturer of sensors used in research, testing, weighing, and control applications used in aerospace, automotive, marine, and other industrial applications including deep sea and Mars rover expeditions. Strainsert is AS9100 certified. Strainsert’s product lines include force sensing pins and bolts, flat load cells, force sensing tension links, and force measurement systems and instruments. Strainsert also offers a full range of calibration, repair, technical, and engineering services.
Transducer Techniques was established in 1979 and is headquartered in Temecula, California. Transducer Techniques designs and manufactures a complete line of load cells, torque sensors, special purpose transducers and related instrumentation that are often used in industries such as process control and factory automation as well as other fields of science and industry. Transducer Techniques product segments include load cells such as button and beam load cells, torque sensors such as reaction and rotary torque sensors, instrumentation with load cell displays and signal condition, accessories, and software.
Ashcroft was founded in 1852 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to create instruments to protect steam-powered industry workers and today is a manufacturer in pressure and temperature measurement instrumentation.Ashcroft serves the chemical, food & beverage, metals & minerals, oil & gas, pharmaceutical & research, power, and water & wastewater markets. Ashcroft products include pressure instruments including pressure gauges, switches, sensors, and isolators; test instruments including calibrators, controllers, testers, and test gauges; and temperature instruments including thermometers, thermowells, RTDs, thermocouples, multipoint temperature sensors, and OEM temperature sensors.
Pyromation began operations in 1962 and operates out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Pyromation is a manufacturer of RTD temperature sensors, thermocouples, and thermowells. Pyromation serves the aerospace, aggregate, chemical, energy and power, food and beverage, heat treating, HVAC, incineration, medical, metal processing, mining, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, plastics, rubber, and waste/water industries. Pyromation’s product lines include thermocouples, RTDs, thermowells, transmitters, connection heads, wire, and accessories. Pyromation also offers application assistance, calibration, training, and custom design services.
Eagle Microsystems has a 50-year history and is based in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Eagle Microsystems is a designer, engineer, and manufacturer of scales and weighing systems in a variety of configurations for water treatment and industrial environments. Eagle Microsystems product categories include cylinder/carboy scales, displays, controllers, analyzers, drum/tank scales, weighing systems, polymer feeders, ton container scales, volumetric dry feeders, and accessories. Eagle Microsystems offers engineering support for weighing systems, offering product development, and custom design and consulting for manufacturers, raw materials providers, and end users.
Rochester Scale Works, a family business since 1967, distributes industrial scales and weighing systems. RSW is based in New York and offers a range of products and services, including scales, balance and weighing systems, and maintenance and repair services. Their scale and weighing products include options like micro & semi-micro lab scales, industrial bench scales and check weighers, and heavy capacity scales like rail, truck and load scales. Rochester Scale Works offers preventive maintenance, reminder notifications, and calibration certificates as a service provider. They serve customers in different industries, including health, labs and pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and manufacturing.
Tacuna Systems was founded in 2011 and centered in Golden, Colorado. Tacuna Systems provides in-house custom designs for signal conditioners, amplifiers, and other strain gauge load cell technology used across numerous industries. Tacuma Systems’s load cell products include load pins, planar beams, tension links, torqure transducers, load cell kits, and load cell calibration services. Additional products include calibration weights, scale parts and accessories, summing junctions, and other hardware, accessories, and wireless components. Tacuna Systems also provides services including load measurement consulting, system calibrations, custom signal conditioning & electronics, and custom scale design.
ARCO Engineering was founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1954. ARCO Engineering, Inc. is a distributor of Pressure, Temperature and Liquid Level instruments, instrument valves, heat trace, comfort heaters, and safety relief valves. ARCO Engineering specializes in products for the natural gas, process, chemical, power, wastewater and OEM markets. ARCO Engineering offers many types of parts including calibration instruments, hand valves, thermocouples, digital meters, drive pressure gauges, respirators, jet pumps, and pressure relief valves.
A&D, founded in 1977 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, stands as a manufacturer and supplier of precision measurement and healthcare equipment. Catering to laboratory, industrial, and medical sectors, the company provides an array of products, including precision balances, blood pressure monitors, weighing scales, medical scales, and moisture analyzers. These instruments find application in diverse settings, aiding in accurate measurements, health monitoring, and quality control across various industries. The company has obtained ISO9001 certification and has merged with HOLON Co., Ltd. to form A&D HOLON Holdings.
SensorsONE Ltd., founded in the UK, in 2006 is a manufacturer of measurement instruments and sensors. The company’s product portfolio includes temperature sensors, pressure sensors, proximity sensors that detect the presence or absence of objects without direct contact, level sensors that enable precise monitoring of liquid levels in tanks and containers and motion sensors that detect movement and acceleration. The company serves industries such as Oil and Gas, Aerospace and Defense, Automotive and Transportation, Construction, and Power Generation.
Marposs S.p.A. is headquartered in Bentivoglio, Italy. The company serves industries such asa aerospace, semiconductors, machine tooling, and biomedical as a manufacturer and as a service provider. The company’s products vary by industry but include tools for gauging, profiling, and monitoring, as well as data management systems and machines for testing and automation. The company’s services include after sales service, customer training, original spare parts, retrofit and upgrade of existing machinery, and project management consulting services.
SREE KARUVIYIYAL is an Indian custom manufacturer of testing and measurement instruments that was established in 2017 in Tamil Nadu, India. The company's specialized product portfolio includes displacement sensors for measuring distances between positioned objects, extensometers for measuring strain or deformation under load, and load cells for converting mechanical stress into electrical systems to measure force or weight. The company’s products are used mainly by its clients in the engineering, construction, and industrial manufacturing sectors.
Burster Präzisionsmesstechnik GmbH & Co KG is a manufacturer of sensors & precision measurement products established in 1961 and based in Gernsbach, Germany. The company produces a wide range of sensors, calibration equipment, and testing devices. Its products include force and displacement monitoring systems, universal calibrators for in-field QA operations, and potentiometric angle of rotation sensors. The company also offers contract manufacturing, OEM, and product modification services. It chiefly serves clients in the automation, chemical processing, and industrial facility engineering sectors.
ELESA (UK) LTD is a manufacturer that specializes in design, production, and distribution premium plastic and metal parts for industrial applications. The company is situated at United Kingdom and established in 2002. Their product portfolio include a broad selection of products, which includes handles, knobs, clamp solutions, level feet, hinges, and more, with a strong emphasis on innovation and client satisfaction. The company provide services to many different businesses and have a solid clientele. Environmental responsibility is of the great importance, and sustainable approaches are used.
MPI was founded in 1999 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. MPI is a designer, engineer, and manufacturer for heaters, sensors, controllers, relays, and other related products. MPI’s product categories include cartridge heaters, band heaters, strip heaters, coil & cable heaters, melt pressure products, drum heaters, heated hose, heater accessories, tubular heaters, immersion/process heaters, silicone/flexible heaters, thermocouples, RTDs, temperature controllers, linear transducers, cast-in heaters, mercury contractor relays, Watlow thermocouples/RTDs, and other products including various controllers and accessories.
Fluidwell Bv. is a Dutch ATEX and IECEx-certified manufacturer of process industry electronics that was established in Veghel, Noord-Brabant, in 1993. The company produces level measurement products such as level transmitters, pressure measurement products such as pressure alarms, and panel mounted instruments such as flow calculators. It also offers explosion-proof instruments for process control applications, including flow rate indicators and data loggers. The company’s products are commonly used in the petrochemical, oil and gas, and wastewater treatment industries.
Bongshin Loadcell CO. Ltd, established in 1985 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, is a manufacturer of strain gauge-based Load cells, digital indicators, and crane scales. The company's main offerings encompass tension meters, digital indicators, and weighing systems. It offers timely responses to inquiries, aiding clients in making informed business decisions. Exported to 38 countries, including the USA, EU, and Japan, its products bear approvals such as "OIML," "NTEP," and "CE," signifying adherence to international standards. The company emphasizes improving product quality and ensuring competitive pricing through cost-efficient practices.
Tejax Engineering Co. is an American manufacturer of analog and digital position indicators that was established in 1972. Based in Warren, Rhode Island, the company offers various position indicators that assist in managing distances between rollers, gate widths, and valve placement, as well as help regulate and position drive components. These are primarily used in design, engineering, architecture, and construction projects. Tejax Engineering also offers custom dial faces and contract manufacturing options for clients with niche specifications.
Weldlogic was started in 1978 and is headquartered in Newbury Park, California. The company serves both domestic and international customers globally in the medical, sensor, aircraft, military, and oil industries as an engineer and manufacturer of welding systems and roll-forming systems. In addition to welding systems and roll forming systems, the company offers various custom systems, tube manufacturing cells, welding power supplies, and laser welding systems. The company offers process validation via pretesting systems and guarantees that the quality and specifications of every system delivered meet or exceed customer requirements.
Comadan A/S, established in 1986 in Silkeborg, Denmark, is a manufacturer and supplier of automation and control solutions. The company's comprehensive product range includes advanced industrial control systems, data acquisition solutions, and custom automation software. These offerings find applications in various industries such as manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure, enabling efficient and optimized operations. Comadan's core philosophy centers around delivering cutting-edge technology that enhances productivity and sustainability. The company's emphasis on brilliance is reflected in their ISO 9001 certification, demonstrating its devotion to maintaining quality standards.
MOD-TRONIC Instruments Limited was established in 1972 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. MTis a distributor of industrial sensors, transducers, heaters, controls, and instrumentation, primarily made in the USA as well as Japan, Switzerland, and Germany. MT’s customers are primarily in the aerospace, building automation, manufacturing, medical, military, oil and gas, and water treatment industries but also serves individuals. MT offers an above industry standard 5-year warranty and technical support on every product sold.
RDP Group began in 1966 and is located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands in the UK, and Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the United States. RDP is a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of LVDT displacement transducers, amplifiers, load cells, and pressure sensors for use in manufacturing, power plants, and underwater applications. RDP is ISO 9001:2015 certified. RDP products include LVDT displacement transducers, amplifiers such as rail mounting amplifiers and DC-powered strain gauge transducer amplifiers, digital panel meters and multi-channel signal conditioning, and force sensors such as compression load cells and tension load cells.
Dalian Bocon Science & Technology Co. Ltd., founded in 2005 and headquartered in Dalian, China, is a temperature sensor designer, manufacturer, and B2B supplier. The company's first product line was application-specific temperature sensors, but its portfolio has expanded to include various lines and types of heat meter temperature sensors. Its main products include temperature transmitters, multi loop controllers, and other related instruments used in household refrigerators and laptop power supplies, as well as for industrial equipment. The company offers full original equipment and original design manufacturing services, as well as accepting wholesale orders.
MICROTECH is a Fletcher, North Carolina, United States based company Established in 1994 that specializes in the manufacturing and supply of electronic components. The primary range of products offered by the company includes microcontrollers, sensors, and embedded systems. The modernizations implemented by MICROTECH are of significant importance in several industries, such as automotive, consumer electronics, and industrial automation. MICROTECH's components are well regarded for their dependability and utilization of modern technology. These attributes subsidize to the progress of electronics by enabling smooth integration and augmenting functionality across many applications.
QPT Innovative Technik Handels GmbH is a German distributor of industrial measurement products that was established in 1979 in Feldkirchen, Munich. The company primarily stocks inductive probes, as well as various precision instruments for measuring texture, hardness, and roundness. It also offers accessories such as probe tips or cables, along with a range of on-site calibration services. The company’s products are mainly used by clients in the aerospace, medical, and mechanical engineering industries.
Ranking as of December 2024
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.W. Winco, Inc. |
12.2%
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| 2 | Transducer Techniques, LLC |
7.3%
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| 3 | Titan Tool Supply, Inc. |
7.3%
|
| 4 | RDP Electronics Ltd |
7.3%
|
| 5 | Weldlogic, Inc. |
4.9%
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| 6 | SAE Manufacturing Specialties Corp |
4.9%
|
| 7 | Hoffer Flow Controls, Inc. |
4.9%
|
| 8 | NOSHOK, Inc. |
4.9%
|
| 9 | Morheat Inc. |
4.9%
|
| 10 | BONGSHIN LOADCELL CO., LTD. |
2.4%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the digital indicator page as of December 2024. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
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United States of America
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15 | 55.6% |
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United Kingdom
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3 | 11.1% |
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Germany
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2 | 7.4% |
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Canada
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2 | 7.4% |
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Japan
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1 | 3.7% |
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Italy
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1 | 3.7% |
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India
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1 | 3.7% |
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Denmark
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1 | 3.7% |
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Ukraine
|
1 | 3.7% |
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