Product Overview
Norbar 50 lbf-in Static Torque Transducer with Built-In Amplifier, Serial 42224
Condition
Used. The cylindrical body is clean and straight in a brushed silver finish, with light scuffs and a few small handling marks visible around the engraved panel. That panel reads PRODUCT: TORQUE TRANSDUCER, CAPACITY: 50 lbf.in, MODEL No: 50002.ETS, SERIAL No: 42224, Norbar Torque Tools Ltd, Banbury OX16 7XJ, England. The 6-pin circular connector sits on its bracket with all pins present and straight in the photos, and both end faces are shown: a male square drive standing proud on one end, a female square socket recessed in the other. Removed from a recommissioned calibration lab. Untested here, with no calibration certificate and no test data of any kind. What you see in the photos is what ships: the transducer by itself, with no mating cable, plug, readout, or fixture.
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Product Overview
The Norbar 5000-2ETS is a 50 lbf-in static torque transducer with the amplifier built into the body, so it hands back an amplified voltage signal instead of a raw strain-gauge bridge output. The case engraving on this unit spells the model 50002.ETS, and the same panel carries the 50 lbf.in capacity and serial 42224. A 1/4 in male square drive occupies one end face and a 1/4 in female square drive the other, which is what lets the unit sit inline between the tool under test and a fixed reaction point. Inside is a strain-gauge bridge on a heat-treated stainless torsion shaft; outside is a 6-pin connector carrying the amplifier output and the bridge signals. The compact annular body suits bench rigs and inline fixtures. It is a static device, built for calibration work rather than rotation.
Key Features
- Torque capacity: 50 lbf-in, engraved on the case as 50 lbf.in
- Drives: 1/4 in male square drive one end, 1/4 in female square drive the other
- Integrated amplifier: approximately 1.13 V output at full scale
- Bridge excitation: 20 mA regulated
- Overload capacity: 120% working, 150% absolute
- Thermal drift: zero less than 0.01% FS per degree C, span less than 0.03% FS per degree C
- Operating temperature: -10 degrees C to +50 degrees C
- Connector: 6-pin circular, carrying amplifier and bridge signals
- Sensing element: strain-gauge bridge on a heat-treated stainless torsion shaft
- Static use only, intended for calibration tasks and not for rotation
- Engraved model 50002.ETS, serial 42224, Norbar Torque Tools Ltd, Banbury, England
Applications
- Calibration technician checking 1/4 in drive torque screwdrivers on a bench rig against a known reference
- Quality engineer standing up a static torque check station for a line that fastens small screws
- Instrument shop rebuilding a Norbar ETS bench system and hunting a matching 50 lbf-in range channel
- Test lab that needs a low-range static torque channel to sit inline in an existing fixture
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it calibrated, and does a certificate come with it?
No. It ships untested, with no calibration certificate, no calibration data, and no accuracy figure from us. It came out of a calibration lab that was being recommissioned, which tells you where it lived, not what it reads today. Anyone putting it back to work should calibrate it against a known reference first.
What is included, and what will I have to supply?
Exactly the transducer in the photos and nothing else. No mating plug, cable, readout, or reaction fixture is included. Plan on a mating 6-pin connector, an instrument or DAQ input for the amplified output, and whatever bench hardware your rig already uses.
Can I put it on a rotating or powered tool?
No. This is a static transducer, specified for calibration tasks and not for rotation. Keep it in a static setup with a fixed reaction point.
What exactly do the engraved markings say?
The panel on the body reads PRODUCT: TORQUE TRANSDUCER, CAPACITY: 50 lbf.in, MODEL No: 50002.ETS, SERIAL No: 42224, then Norbar Torque Tools Ltd, Banbury OX16 7XJ, England. Several photos put the unit next to an inch ruler if you want to judge the body size for your fixture.
The unit is untested. What am I actually buying here?
You are buying this exact piece, sold on visual inspection only: one Norbar 50 lbf-in static torque transducer, serial 42224, with both square drives and the 6-pin connector intact as photographed. We did not power it up, did not load it, and we make no claim about what it reads. The photos are the spec, and the risk that it needs calibration or service before it earns its keep is yours to take. There is one on the shelf, not a bin of them. This one clears our free-shipping line on its own, and orders leave the Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
Banbury built it, a calibration lab retired it, and the engraving still names it: 50 lbf.in, serial 42224. Bring it back to a reference standard and this little cylinder can go back to sitting in judgment of other people's wrenches.
