NEWS & EVENTS FROM HIOKI

Join us for a webinar on Jul 30, 2019 at 3:00 PM PDT (6 PM EDT).   Register now!   RGB lasers are forecast to take over as the predominant light source for displays in the future in products like [...]

As we all are aware, energy is neither created or destroyed, it simply undergoes transformation from one type of energy to another. In today’s world of diverse energy sources. Electrical energy has clearly gained in popularity among alternatives because of [...]

Hioki is consistently striving to excel.  It’s evident in our technologies, our products and, of course, in our customer service.  We work hard to provide our customers with a level of customer service they won’t find from other manufacturers.  It’s important [...]

Impedance is a form of resistance that is necessary to resist and react to the flow of current in an AC circuit. Unlike resistors, which when used alone to manage the current flowing through a DC-powered circuit is rather straightforward, components in [...]

Meet Mr. Kuniaki Oba, HIOKI's resident top craftsman and past winner of the "Shinshu Master Craftsman" award presented by the Nagano Prefectural Governor, the first for our company in the category of Electric Instrument Manufacturing.  Mr. Oba is highly recognized in [...]

HIOKI is one of the few manufacturers in the world that designs and produces its own current sensors to pair with power analyzers, power meters and oscilloscopes. Even more remarkable is that our current sensor lineup is comprised of products [...]

Pass-Through Current Sensor Measures 2000 A AC/DC at High Precision, Making them Ideal for Evaluating EV/HEV Inverters that Exhibit Increasingly Large Currents   Hioki is pleased to announce the launch of the AC/DC Current Sensor CT6877, a pass-through current sensor [...]

Automotive Clutch & Its Functionality An automotive clutch is a mechanical device in motor vehicles to engage and disengage the running engine to the wheel during gear shifting [1] without the need to switch off the engine. There are three [...]

Industrial Automation Asia (IAA) recently featured the CM4141 and CM4142 in their product highlights.  Take a look at their comments and get to know what this leading publication has to say about the latest from Hioki.   Line of Clamp [...]

Circuit Breakers Trip Not only for Electrical Reasons Electrical panels contain circuit breakers designed to trip and stop the flow of current to specific circuits and appliances if there is a fault or an overload to the system in order [...]

Hioki is celebrating National Engineer's Week here in the U.S. with 15% off the CM4374 . The CM4374 is the product that delivers for your all your clamp meter requirements.  It’s a 2000A True RMS clamp meter that features stronger [...]

Industrial electrical installations are very complex because they are designed to deliver power to a broad range of mission-critical equipment such as automatic controls, telecom systems, process machinery, HVAC systems, and lighting. It is extremely important that the distribution panels [...]

The PW3198 Power Quality Analyzer can be used to detect periodic instantaneous voltage drops.   Instantaneous voltage drops may be caused by the periodic start and operation of a heater or other equipment with a high inrush current connected to [...]

The Importance of Maintaining the Proper Operation of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Industrial uninterruptible power supply (UPS) equipment helps protect important office equipment and plant machines against damage from sudden power failures, unstable power, or power supplies ridden with harmonics.  They [...]

Many utilities charge industrial and commercial customers a power factor penalty when their equipment draws power that is not put to its full use due to various factors such as non-linear loads or the use of induction motors that inherently [...]

To ensure an operators’ ability to use measuring instruments safely, IEC 61010 classifies the locations in which instruments are used into a series of safety-based measurement categories (ranging from CAT II to CAT IV). Using an instrument that does not [...]

In today’s technology-driven environment, the world is reliant on the functionality and availability of data centers. Data centers enable enterprises to run their businesses online and have information storage. Data centers also connect people regardless of distance through emails, Skype [...]

Wirelessly capture data from an irradiation sensor and a thermocouple to properly plot the I-V curve of solar panels I-V Curves An I-V curve represents the current and voltage characteristics of a photovoltaic string, whereby a faulty panel can be [...]

The Importance of Emergency and Exit Lighting Emergency lighting and illuminated exit signs are an integral part of a building’s safety and evacuation plan. National and local fire protection and safety codes require adequate and reliable illumination for exits, and [...]

October 4, 2018 - Nagano, Japan -- Hioki is pleased to announce that the Memory HiCorder MR6000, Power Analyzer PW3390, AC/DC Current Sensor CT6904, and Lux Meter FT3425, all of which it manufactures and sells, have been recognized with the [...]