Sensor Review: Volume 25 Issue 1

Fibre in the wind

To review the manufacture of specialty optical fibres used in sensors.Design/methodology/approach – Describes speciality optical fibres that use fibre Bragg gratings and time…

The vision solution to direct part mark identification

To discuss the application of direct part marking identification (DPMI) using 2D matrix codes, the use of which is increasing in industries as diverse as automotive and medical…

Old and new at Automatica exhibition

A review of selected vision exhibits and innovations at a new biennial international trade fair in Germany, which essentially replaces the traditional substantial vision presence…

Endevco Corporation

To provide corporate and technical details of the US‐based Endevco Corporation. This company is a leading manufacturer of sensors and systems for measuring vibration, shock and…

Liquid flow sensor for nano‐ and micro‐flow ranges

To present a new generation of liquid flow sensors that is capable of meeting the requirements as imposed by the life science, analysis, biotech and other markets…

UK start‐up poised to take the fibre optic sensor market by storm

To describe a new optical fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensor system, based on a novel time division multiplexing technique, which is being commercialised by UK start‐up Insensys…

Korean researchers break fibre optic sensor distance record

To describe a new technique, developed in Korea, which extends the operational length of fibre Bragg grating strain and temperature sensors to approximately 50 km. It is based on…

New optical airspeed sensor poised to cut airline costs

To describe a new laser‐based, optical airspeed sensor development project. Dubbed laser air speed sensor instrument (LASSI), the sensor aims to overcome certain operational…

Micromachined sensor design for optical‐fiber flow measurement

Owing to the technology growth, especially in Microsystems technology and Nanotechnology, new products will provide new ways to sense variables that are crucial for product…

A primary standard piston prover for measurement of very small gas flows: an update

A prototype gas prover was constructed to serve as the Italian primary standard for gas flow rates in the range 0.1 ml/min to 2 l/min. The new prover is used to calibrate…

Reducing uncertainty in low flows for bench‐top wind tunnels

Bench‐top wind tunnels are used extensively by the US Air Force for calibrating anemometers. As anemometers have improved, the need for reduced uncertainties in the bench‐top wind…

3D scanning by multiple fan beam X‐ray sources and sensors

Computer tomography (CT) for 3D reconstruction entails a huge number of coplanar fan‐beam projections for each of a large number of 2D slice images, and excessive radiation…

Review of luminescent based fibre optic temperature sensors

There are various temperature measuring systems presented in the literature and on the market today. Over the past number of years a range of luminescent‐based optical fibre…

Development of the orifice plate with a cone swirler flow conditioner

The sensitivity of orifice plate metering to poorly conditioned and swirling flows are subjects of concerns to flow meter users and manufacturers. The distortions caused by pipe…

DENSO and Mobileye to start joint development for image sensing and processing technology

Reducing disturbances

Note from the publisher

Cognex spots the difference

Patented enhancements deliver faster heat flux sensors

Versatile mounting options for ultra-miniature level sensors

Hydrogen leak detector is compact, robust and sensitive

BAE Systems orders X-ray inspection system from Contax

The confusing world of flow sensing

Web sites

CALVAL - an industrial flow - calibration instrument

Capacitive Proximity sensors break all the rules

Novel Sensors and Sensing

Light curtain becomes more discriminating

Graphic interface brings advanced connectivity to infrared sensors

Diary

Patent abstracts

DVT to acquire MTI Machine Vision