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PHILTEC: Custom Fiberoptic Sensors for Non-contact Measurement of Linear Distance, Displacement and Vibration

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Technical Papers

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Ball Bearing Performance Analysis

Monitoring and Analysis of Rolling Element Bearings Using the Fiber-Optic Bearing Monitor, Presented at the International Instrumentation Symposium, May, 1987.

Bearing Performance Investigations Through Speed Ratio Measurements, ASLE Transactions, April, 1978.

Compressor Engineering

Blade Tip Timing Compressor Blade Vibrations Measured with High Slew Rate Sensor, 2009

Using PV Diagram Synchronized With the Valve Functioning To Increase Efficiency on the Reciprocating Hermetic Compressors, Int’l Compressor Eng’g Conference, 2010

Valve Dynamic Measurements in a VIP Compressor, Int’l Compressor Eng’g Conference, 2000

Earthquake Prediction

Slip-Stick and the Evolution of Frictional Strength, NATURE 2010

Supplementary Information, Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature08676.

Fiber Optic Displacement Sensor Development

Evaluating the Sensitivity of a Fiber-Optic Displacement Sensor, SENSORS, February, 1995.

F-O Displacement Sensors for Dynamic Measurement, SENSORS, September, 1992.

Fretting Wear Testing

A Philtec sensor was the cornerstone to develop a state-of-the-art fretting tribometer for thin steel wires.

MicroNewton Thrusters for Nano- and Microsatellites

Torsional Balance This paper describes the performance of a torsional balance suitable for the study of microNewton thrusters.

Space Telescope Lens Instrumentation

Cryogenic Lens Holder Test Results of High Precision Large Cryogenic Lens Holders – see section 4 for (Philtec) Fiber Optic Distance Sensors

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