Pressure Mapping

At Interface, we understand that standard catalogue sensors cannot always fulfil your exact requirements. When an out-of-the-box force transducer, load cell, or pressure sensor falls short, our UK-based technical application engineering team bridges the gap. We specialise in the rapid concept design, validation, and precision manufacture of Custom Engineered Measurement Solutions. From minor physical thread adaptations to complete ground-up sensor system blueprints, we deliver rugged, metrology-grade hardware tailored precisely to your application footprint.

With over 30 years of expertise in force, torque, and pressure measurement, our engineering team delivers the specialised knowledge and technical skill to solve your most complex instrumentation challenges. Our expertise covers all major engineering sectors, including aerospace test stand configurations, specialised subsea oilfield exploration tools, low-magnetic medical imaging instruments, and high-volume automotive OEM sensor integrations.

Please contact our application engineers to discuss your requirements on 01344 776666 or by email: info@interface.uk.com.

The XSensor Dynamic Horse Saddle Pressure Mapping System represents a major advancement in equestrian science, designed to capture real-time force distribution between a saddle and a horse's back. This thin, wireless sensor mat provides objective data to replace subjective fitting assessments. It enables master saddle makers, professional coaches, veterinarians, and equine physiotherapists to analyse load distribution under true working conditions. The system tracks pressure shifts across a walk, trot, and full gallop, helping to prevent asymmetric loading, muscle atrophy, and long-term tissue injuries. 

Utilising XSensor's premium Capacitive Pressure Imaging Technology, the matrix provides high-resolution data that does not suffer from calibration decay over time. The sensor pad is wrapped in a lightweight, waterproof, and durable urethane fabric cover, making it easy to clean after exposure to horse sweat, dust, and outdoor conditions. Its ultra-thin, conformable profile features a custom mechanical cut-out designed specifically to accommodate a horse’s withers. This shape ensures it contours smoothly underneath standard English or Western saddles without slipping or altering the true mechanical fit of the tack.

Crash and impact testing allows the automotive industry to visualise the pressure distribution of whiplash, airbags, seatbelts, head restraints and other impacts on the human body or any other test subject. Informed testing enables safer vehicle designs. Designers and engineers can now measure and minimise the elevated body surface pressures created between occupant and seat backs, head restraints, seat belts and airbags during rear or frontal impacts. Until recently, this impact pressure data has been difficult to obtain. The XSensor was developed to bridge this gap. The XSensor is a high-speed pressure mapping system that collects data at speeds of between 2,000 and 5,000 frames per second, giving designers and engineers the ability to gather critical impact pressure information in a range of different impact scenarios. Whiplash impacts, seat belt and airbag pressure, can all be monitored with the XSensor. Sensor mats are designed to perform, multiple times in the high speed, high impact evronment of crash sledge testing Register to down load XSensor's E-book High Speed Impact Systems Or see how the US Insureance Institute for Highway Safety changes a key test protocal due to XSensor's high speed impact system https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/iihs-alters-scoring-criteria-for-updated-moderate-overlap-front-crash-test

• Thousands of sensor points for high spatial resolution
• Data recording at up to 5,000 frames per second
• Hi-speed pressure imaging of airbag, seat belts, rear impacts etc
• Flexible, conformable sensors that are less than 1mm thick
• Sensors are available in a choice of sizes, pressure ranges and spatial resolution.

XSensors dynamic, high-speed Tire Pressure Mapping System allows test engineers to capture tire footprint data, visualising the tire contact area with vehicles being driven over the sensor at speeds of up to 140km p/h. The XSensor technology capture tire footprint images at over 450 frames per second at high resolution, meaning that engineers can now capture accurate tire footprint images in completely dynamic environments.

• Capture tire footprint images at up to 140km/h
• High-resolution sensor with over 65,500 sensor points
• Images captured at over 450 frames per second
• Compare tire interface pressures at different speeds, camber angles and inflation pressures
• Enables evaluation of suspension dynamics.

The XSensor IX500:256.256.22 High-Resolution Tyre Pressure Mapping Sensor stands as the industry benchmark for ultra-precise tyre tread footprint analysis and dynamic vehicle safety testing. Engineered specifically for automotive manufacturers, premium tyre design laboratories, high-performance motorsport teams, and aerospace landing gear validation bays, this ultra-precise capacitive array captures tyre contact patches with unparalleled accuracy. This sensor allows engineers to accurately calculate and monitor exactly how a tyres footprint shifts under varying vehicle weights, environmental conditions, and inflation pressures.

Constructed using state-of-the-art Capacitive Pressure Imaging Technology mounted onto a rugged, heavy-duty backing layer, the IX500:256.256.22 is structurally optimized to survive continuous tyre compression loading without physical warping. Unlike traditional resistive sensor films that suffer from swift calibration decay, this high-pressure matrix provides exceptional long-term calibration stability, yielding highly repeatable measurements without requiring re-calibration between testing intervals.

The XSensor IX510:128.128.10 sensor is a flexible tyre sensor with a urethane cover for use in and away from the lab. The tough, bendable design enables this sensor to conform to irregular surfaces found outside the laboratory. This sensor is particularly suited to sub-soil tyre footprint pressure mapping applications

• Bendable designs conform to uneven surfaces
• 16,384 sensor points for high resolution images
• Faster data collection for low speed dynamic testing
• Quick and easy setup for use away the laboratory

The XSensor IX510:3.64.05 Flexible Tyre Bead Pressure Mapping Sensor is a highly specialized, pioneering tool designed to measure and map the exact interface forces between a tyre's bead and the wheel rim flange. Historically, capturing contact data within this tightly restricted, high-pressure boundary was nearly impossible without altering the true seating alignment of the tyre assembly. The IX510:3.64.05 solves this challenge, serving as a high-resolution, ultra-conformable sensor array capable of profiling real-time pressure distribution precisely across both the heel and toe of a tyre's bead line.

It is an essential asset for premium automotive manufacturers, motorsport racing groups, commercial aerospace landing gear design teams, and heavy-equipment wheel rim developers. The matrix is precision-calibrated to a high-capacity boundary of 512 PSI (35.3 bar). This tracking window allows tyre design and test engineers to isolate problematic load concentrations, detect bead seat unseating risks during extreme lateral cornering, evaluate rim seal integrity, and optimize initial tyre bead seating pressures.

The XSensor IX510:64.64.04 Stance Pad Pressure Mapping Sensor represents the pinnacle of high-resolution plantar pressure imaging and clinical gait analysis. Engineered specifically for biomechanics laboratories, human performance centres, and elite clinical environments, this thin, portable stance pad tracks the intricate dynamics of foot balance and gait symmetry. While conventional multi-point floor systems lack the grid density required to capture micro-level changes during quick movements, the IX510 matrix provides complete data integrity for both static standing postures and highly dynamic heel-strike impacts.

Constructed with a heavy-duty, protective top cover and an ultra-rigid backing layer, this durable pad withstands intense running trials, aggressive pivots, and high-frequency athletic testing without structural shift or calibration decay. Relying on state-of-the-art capacitive pressure imaging technology, the sensor delivers exceptional repeatability, virtually zero signal drift, and negligible hysteresis across prolonged use.

The XSensor LX100 Series Flexible Pressure Mapping Sensors represent the industry benchmark for high-resolution interface pressure imaging between complex or irregular surfaces. Engineered with advanced capacitive sensing elements, these sheet-like, highly conformable sensor mats adapt seamlessly to irregular shapes without wrinkling or compromising data resolution. They are the premier choice globally for automotive and aerospace seating ergonomics, ingress/egress validation, mattress design research. 

Unlike resistive foil technologies that suffer from signal drift and measurement decay, the LX100 series relies on a state-of-the-art capacitive infrastructure that provides exceptional repeatability, low hysteresis, and virtually zero creep. This design ensures extreme long-term calibration stability, with accelerated lifecycle tests proving the sensors remain within ±2% of their original ISO 17025 laboratory calibration for up to five years.

XSensor's LX205 series of pressure mapping sensors are designed for applications where the LX100 or LX210 sensors are to large or when even higher spatial resolution is required. The LX205's offer high quality images and fast data acquisition These sensors are designed to work with XSensor's X3 pressure mapping system. They can be supplied as part of a new system or added to an existing system.

• High spatial resolution at 2.54mm
• Highly detailed images
• Fast data acquisition
• Use both in and away from the lab
• Flexible design, conforms well to irregular surfaces

XSensor's LX210 series pressure mapping sensor are, an update to the popular LX200. The new LX210 has all of the performance characteristics customers have come to expect from XSENSORS high-pressure sensors, but is now available in light-weight construction that makes the LX210 thinner and more conformable than ever

• High data sampling rates
• Low creep and low hysteresis means high accuracy
• Thin, flexible design conforms well to irregular shapes
• Stable calibration for repeatable, reliable results
• Ideal for comfort or ingress / egress studies

XSensor Pro Seat System - the LX100 & LX210 - is the most advanced and accurate interface pressure-mapping sensor in the product range, designed as a conformable and durable sensor for measuring interface pressure values. It is ideal for assessing automotive and aerospace seat designs, ingress/egress testing, and manufacturing quality, thanks to its high repeatability, low hysteresis, and low creep characteristics. Combined with XSensor's Pro V9 software, seating designers and engineers have a powerful tool to design, develop, assess and compare seating products.

• Systems can be supplied with one or more sensors
• XSensor's LX sensors offer high-quality pressure mapping images
• Easy to use Pro V9 software offers simple data capture
• Seat overlay, analysis and exporting tools for easy reporting
• Durable, flexible sensors offer repeatable measurement.