Guide bearing with multiple pressure measurement points, system for measuring the viscosity or reynolds number of a fluid, with a pole guided by the bearing, application to monitoring in bioproduction

Abstract

Guide bearing with multiple pressure measurement points, System for measuring the viscosity or the Reynolds number of a fluid, with a rod guided by the bearing, Application to monitoring in bio-production. A guide bearing of central axis (X), including a ring, intended to be mounted tightly in a holding structure, the inner surface of which is designed for assembling with a clearance fit, and preferably guiding in translation along the axis X, a tube intended to constitute a measurement rod; an angulation element formed integrally or fixed inside the inner surface of the ring by protruding into it, so as to form an angulation axis of the tube relative to the axis X; a plurality of pressure sensors each designed to measure a point of pressure exerted by a contact point of the tube in one of its angular positions, the pressure sensors being distributed along the inner surface of the ring, on either side of the angulation element.

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