Advantages, disadvantages and applications of linear variable differential transformer (LVDT)

Advantages:

There are some advantages of linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) which are given below,

• The LVDT has low power consumption.
• It has higher sensitive.
• It has ruggedness.
• It has wide range.
• It has low hysteresis.

Disadvantages:

There are some disadvantages of linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) which are given below,

• It has large primary voltage produce distortion in output.
• Temperature affects the performance.
• Sensitive to stray magnetic field.

Applications:

There are some important applications of linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) which are given below,

• It act as a secondary transducer, it is used to measure force, weight and pressure.
• The LVDT can be used for displacement measurement ranging from fraction of mm to few cm.