Sensors and Transducers

To prevent the misalignment of welded aluminium parts, a manufacturer of valves wanted to automate the process. An inductive proximity sensor would be used to ensure the presence and position of an aluminium tube, but it needed to be able to withstand the electromagnetic interference created by the exceptionally high …

Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. The company employs temperature vacuum swing adsorption (TVSA) to segregate CO2, before regenerating the adsorbent by ‘swinging’ to a vacuum. Soletair’s …

Under a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, the sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT will equip submarines of the Norwegian “Ula” class with new periscopes and optronic mast systems. The contract value is more than EUR 40 million. With the upgrade order, HENSOLDT is ensuring an extension of the service …

Danisense, the leader in high-accuracy current sense transducers for demanding applications, has recently broken ground and started work on the extension of their headquarters in Taastrup, Denmark. Remarks Loic Moreau, Sales & Marketing Director at Danisense: “Thanks to our significant growth over the last couple of years, we have simply …

Precision sensor supplier Micro-Epsilon has introduced a non-contact laser distance sensor that measures distances up to 270m with a resolution of 1mm. The sensor measures reliably even on difficult surfaces such as dark, structured or weakly reflecting objects. Without any special adaptations to the target, the sensor has an impressive …

PCB Piezotronics (PCB) is introducing our new Endevco Model 74-2K triaxial piezoresistive accelerometer. It is an extension of our Endevco Model 74 line, which already includes 74-20K and 74-60K. The Endevco Model 74 Triaxial Piezoresistive Accelerometer has gas damping internal to the MEMS sensing element to attenuate resonance in a …

Nanusens, a fabless semiconductor company supplying novel MEMS sensors built inside CMOS, has announced the first IP license agreement for its MEMS-in-ASICs technology with Azoteq, a pioneer in high volume sensor fusion ICs used in industrial and consumer applications. Nanusens technology enables its MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) IP sensor …

How do you prove your facilities are compliant? Gathering data, reports and logs from every inch of the manufacturing shop floor can take time, and it might not be as comprehensive as one might wish. Here, Richard Mount, Director of Sales at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, …

One of the most desirable trends in electronics system design is to push as much functionality as possible into a single device. To achieve that, it is favourable to use an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) over an off-the-shelf IC. To ensure ASICs retain their edge over their standardised counterparts, …

ION Science is delighted to announce that its world-leading MiniPID 2 sensor has been nominated in the sensor category of the 2023 Instrumentation Excellence Awards, and voting is now open to anyone at https://instrumentationawards.co.uk/vote-2023/. “We are thrilled to be nominated,” explains ION Science Group Managing Director, Duncan Johns. “Not only …