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Airpax Tackpak-3 Process Module - Digital Process Tachometer, TYPE/DIGITAL 120/24VDC-10W Max Standard NEMA 1 Enclosure 2.7 Ibs Net Weight Simple Type: PLC Process Control Module

TACH-PAK 3 is a single-input industrial tachometer that measures the rate of events. Using various sensors, TACH-PAK 3 can measure events as simple as the speed of a rotating shaft, the rate at which paper passes through a press, or as diverse as the rate at which liquid flows through a pump. A speed sensor placed near a target, such as a rotating gear, generates a repeating electrical pulse. The rate of repetition is proportional to the rate of the event you want to measure and represents the input frequency. TACH-PAK 3 measures this rate in number of pulses per second (hertz). This input signal from the sensor is conditioned, analyzed by a microcomputer and routed to the outputs. TACH-PAK 3’s microcomputer uses a scheme of data acquisition called adaptive period averaging, a unique frequency measuring method in which the number of periods averaged changes with the frequency to obtain optimal accuracy. At input frequencies of 100 Hz and above, the outputs are updated every 30 milliseconds.