by Jerry Philips | Sep 24, 2015 | Fiberoptic Sensors, Non-Contact Sensing, Quality Control, turbine blade tip clearance, Wireless Sensors
Gas and steam turbine manufacturers of fossil power plants have long used hand-held feeler gages to measure turbine blade tip clearances and inspect the roundness of the TBC linings at access ports provided for that purpose. With new construction and at overhaul,...
by Jerry Philips | Mar 15, 2015 | Fiberoptic Sensors, Miniaturized Sensors, multiplexing sensors, Non-Contact Sensing, USB Powered Sensors
Introducing our smallest and most powerful digital sensor series with USB output: the MicroDMS series (µDMS). Powered via any standard USB port, or multiplexed via any standard USB hub, this new sensor series boasts a maximum data sample rate of 16,000 samples per...
by Jerry Philips | Mar 28, 2014 | Fiberoptic Sensors, Non-Contact Sensing
Philtec adds the model D240 sensor having an overall operating range of 75 mm.
by Jerry Philips | Dec 17, 2013 | Non-Contact Sensing, Quality Control, Thread Inspection
The Problem: Inspection of the integrity of small internal threads such as M10. The Solution: Very small fiberoptic probes can be made having two diametrically opposed sensors. The probe can be used to scan the length of internally threaded holes as the probe is...
