Abstract: An object displacement sensor specifically adapted for high speed counting of passing nonmagnetic objects is disclosed which has a resonant circuit made up of at least one inductive element 2 and a condensor whose one plate consists of a conductive surface 3 and whose other plate is successively formed by each object 4 passing close to this surface 3. The resonant circuit is connected to a first oscillator 6 which determines the functioning frequency such that the signal issued from the first oscillator 6 is modulated in frequency to the rhythm of the passage of the objects 4.

Abstract: A system for measuring resonance frequencies in turbine and compressor vanes and propeller blades in which a vane or blade is excited at its base by a vibration generator and the phase of the excitation signal coming out of an acoustic transducer placed at the base is compared to that of the signal coming from a displacement transducer placed at the blade tip. The resulting phase error signal serves to pilot a variable-frequency oscillator which itself feeds the vibration generator, the frequency of which is noted by a frequency meter.