The diaphragm pressure gauges have been widely used in the harsh environments. The architecture of the diaphragm pressure gauge is much simple, compared other sensor types such as Bourdon tube and bellow pressure sensor, and simple means reliable. That’s why the diaphragm pressure gauge have many features that you concern but Bourdon tube and bellow sensor cannot meet. The diaphragm pressure gauge has great resistance to pressure pulsation and vibration. Users don’t break the gauges as measuring unstable pressure source which pulsation might occur, besides, the fluctuation of the dial pointer caused by unstable pressure source or mechanical vibration will not happen. The 2017 patented design, diaphragm + piston sensor, use a piston to transmit pressure which can protect the diaphragm from 200% exceeded pressure.
The key components of the diaphragm gauge are an elastic diaphragm and a screw. As the measuring pressure deform the elastic diaphragm, the screw transforms deformation into the spiral movement of the dial pointer. Sound simple, but making a diaphragm with good mechanical properties is difficult! That’s why other pressure gauge companies still produce Bourdon tube gauges for you.
The pressure sensing mechanism of a Bourdon tube is complex and not straightforward. The connection from the tube to the dial pointer is made by many small components like gears. That makes pressure gauges as weak as mechanical clocks. Your Bourdon tube pressure gauges supplier might tell you that pressure gauges are precision instruments so that you have to protect them carefully. If you use your Bourdon tube pressure gauges to measure an unstable pressure source and break your gauges, the supplier might tell you that you are using the gauges in an improper way. However, that was preventable by choosing MOPAN’s diaphragm pressure gauges.
The tire gauges use a diaphragm as a sensor that has been recognized by many world-class companies have become the Harley-Davidson official authorized accessories and are used by many vehicle companies, such as BMW.