by Jerry Philips | Dec 11, 2018 | Aerospace, Cryogenic environments, cryogenic turbopumps, Fiberoptic Sensors, High pressure environments, Liquid Oxygen, Non-Contact Sensing, space cryogenics, Space Launch Vehicles, Uncategorized
Philtec builds custom displacement sensor systems to meet application requirements, which often include extreme environments. This month we delivered 8 sensors having 200 KHz bandwidth (sensor speed). The probe tips are threaded and connectorized so they may be...
by Jerry Philips | Dec 6, 2018 | 90° Probes, Displacement Sensor, High Temperature, Hot Targets, Non-Contact Sensing, Right Angle Probes, Uncategorized
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK “I wanted to let you know the sensors worked as designed during our tests. I may follow up with Chris on a few specific questions as we begin to sift through all of our data. Thank you again for your professionalism and for all your...
by Jerry Philips | May 4, 2018 | Fiberoptic Sensors, High pressure environments, Non-Contact Sensing
There are three options for sealing the leak path thru the fibers under pressure: 1. Epoxy filled tips 2. Sapphire Windows epoxied into tip counterbores 3. Sapphire Windows brazed into tip counterbores The best solution for an application depends upon several factors...
by Jerry Philips | Feb 23, 2018 | Auto Glass Shape Gaging, Fiberoptic Sensors, Non-Contact Sensing, Quality Control, turnkey solution
Philtec has partnered with the Italian company Technosens to provide the complete turnkey solution for automatic production lines. The method used is to compare a production piece glass shape to the shape of a master frame as shown here. The production line glass is...
by Jerry Philips | Feb 15, 2018 | Fiberoptic Sensors, Non-Contact Sensing, Probe Misalignment, Target Tilt
Sensor probes are to be generally mounted normal (perpendicular) to a target surface. With some applications, such as displacement of a cantilever beam, the target surface rotates as deflects. In other applications, due to installation constraints, the probe can not...
by Jerry Philips | Mar 15, 2017 | Auto Glass Shape Gaging, Fiberoptic Sensors, multiplexing sensors, Non-Contact Sensing, Quality Control
The shape of curved glass windows in automated production lines is typically measured using LVDT contact sensors. When the glass is very thin and light, normal pressure of the LVDT probes tend to move the glass from the holding fixture and corrupt the measurement....
