SPM Vibration 16096 – Isolation Foot for Vibration Transducers

The isolation foot 16096 is most often used when the grounding condition influences a measurement and there is a need to open up the grounding of a transducer. The isolation foot is mounted on a smooth, flat and clean surface on the machine. The mounting hole should be threaded M8. In addition to provide an electrical isolation it will also provide a thermal isolation of the transducer from the measuring surface, especially useful when the surface has high temperature changes. This can reduce any negative effects that the hot surface may have on the performance of the transducer. The isolation foot will also act as a mechanical filter which means that it will change the sensitivity of the transducer for the higher frequencies. If accuracy is very important one should avoid using an isolation foot for 10 kHz measurement for this reason.