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CUP & VANE WIND SENSORS

Measure wind speed and direction with proven mechanical sensing.

WHAT IT IS

Mechanical wind instruments that combine rotating cups for wind speed with a vane for wind direction.

WHAT IT DOES

Responds to airflow mechanically and converts rotation and vane position into electrical wind measurements.

WHAT IT MEASURES

Horizontal wind speed and wind direction.

WHERE IT IS USED

Weather stations, renewable-energy sites, agriculture, environmental monitoring, industrial facilities and research installations.

Cup & Vane Wind Sensors instruments

11 instruments
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Thies Compact S12100H Cup Anemometer

Thies Compact Anemometer

Compact low-power optoelectronic cup anemometer with integrated regulated heating, providing reliable 0–50 m/s wind-speed measurement for meteorological and wind-energy installations. Typical Applications Meteorological stations Wind-energy monitoring Wind resource assessment Environmental monitoring Compact met masts Automatic weather stations Wind-farm monitoring Industrial weather systems Cold-climate wind measurement Long-term outdoor installations

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Thies Compact POT Wind Vane S22200

Thies Compact POT Wind Vane

Compact potentiometric wind direction sensor with full 360° measurement, ±2° accuracy and optional heating, designed for meteorological and wind-energy monitoring systems. Typical Applications Meteorological stations Wind resource assessment Wind-farm monitoring Conventional met-mast systems Automatic weather stations Environmental monitoring Wind direction measurement Existing analogue DAQ systems Industrial weather monitoring Cold-weather installations

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Thies Compact TMR Wind Vane S22100

Thies Compact TMR Wind Vane

Compact contact-free TMR wind direction sensor with 0.35° resolution, 10-bit digital output and optional regulated heating, designed for wind-energy and meteorological monitoring. Typical Applications Wind resource assessment Meteorological stations Wind-farm monitoring Met-mast installations Automatic weather stations Environmental monitoring Wind direction sector analysis Wind-energy research Remote monitoring stations Cold-climate wind monitoring

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Thies First Class Advanced II Cup Anemometer

Thies First Class Advanced II Anemometer

IEC 61400-12-1 classified optically scanned cup anemometer for precision wind-resource and power-performance measurement, offering a 0.3–75 m/s range, low starting threshold and excellent turbulence behaviour. Typical Applications Wind resource assessment Wind turbine power-curve measurement Meteorological stations Wind-farm monitoring Climate research Site assessment Environmental monitoring Met-mast installations Wind-energy feasibility studies Cold-climate wind monitoring with heated configuration

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Thies First Class Advanced X Intelligent Cup Anemometer

Thies First Class Advanced X Anemometer

Intelligent IEC-classified cup anemometer with wind speed, pressure, inclination, vibration and acceleration measurement, combining frequency output with RS485 Modbus for advanced wind-resource monitoring. Typical Applications Wind resource assessment Wind-turbine power-curve testing Wind-farm monitoring Advanced met-mast installations Wind measurement campaigns Site assessment Meteorological research Sensor condition monitoring Complex-terrain wind measurement Cold-climate monitoring with heated model

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Thies First Class TMR Wind Vane S21110H

Thies First Class TMR Wind Vane

High-precision contact-free TMR wind direction sensor with 0.35° resolution, digital output and regulated heating, designed for professional wind-resource and meteorological monitoring. Typical Applications Wind resource assessment Wind-farm monitoring Wind-turbine performance measurement Meteorological stations Met-mast installations Wind direction sector analysis Environmental monitoring Wind-energy research Cold-climate measurement Long-term unattended wind monitoring

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Vector A100LM PC3 Cup Anemometer

Vector A100LM/PC3 Anemometer

Low-power IEC-classified optoelectronic cup anemometer for precision wind-speed measurement, offering a 0–75 m/s range, 0.2 m/s starting threshold and high-frequency pulse output. Typical Applications Wind resource assessment Wind measurement campaigns Meteorological stations Wind-farm site assessment Remote met masts Wind-turbine performance monitoring Environmental monitoring Research installations Battery-powered measurement stations Solar-powered wind monitoring

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WindSensor P2546D-OPR Cup Anemometer

WindSensor P2546D-OPR Anemometer

MEASNET-calibrated precision cup anemometer for IEC-compliant wind-resource and power-performance measurement, offering a 0–75 m/s range, sub-0.3 m/s starting threshold and low-inertia response. Typical Applications Wind resource assessment Wind-turbine power-performance testing Wind-farm site assessment Meteorological stations Onshore wind measurement Offshore wind measurement Met-mast installations Wind-energy research Long-term wind monitoring Professional measurement campaigns

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Young 27106T CFT Propeller Anemometer

Young CFT Propeller Anemometer 27106T

Precision single-axis propeller anemometer for vertical wind and turbulence measurement, featuring a fast-response CFT helicoid propeller, ±1% accuracy and analogue bidirectional output. Typical Applications Vertical wind-speed measurement Wind turbulence studies Wind-turbine load analysis Meteorological research Boundary-layer measurements Wind-energy research Atmospheric research Experimental met masts Airflow studies Data-logger based environmental monitoring

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