1000°C, 2 Tesla, 107 RADS Displacement Sensors

Position Sensors for Extreme Environments from Capacitec

Maintaining the perfect alignment of a particle detector in a gap measuring only 0.050" (1.27mm), at 300°F (149°C) and in a chamber exposed to 2 tesla magnetic field along with 107 RADS of radiation is not a job for your average displacement sensor. Fortunately, Capacitec is not a supplier of average displacement sensors. Our sensors thrive in harsh environments. Capacitec model HPB sensors were indeed installed directly in the chamber of this particle accelerator at CERN where the sensors have performed flawlessly since the late 1980s. Another nasty sensor environment can be found inside a gas turbine engine rotating from 30k to 150k rpm. Recently our gap measurement equipment is used to set gaps between the rotor and stator of a wind turbine.

Extreme Environment Major Applications:

• Wind Turbines (rotor/stator gap)
• Linear inductive motors
• Diesel fuel injectors
• Gas turbine Rotor to Stator gaps
  
• Vibration measurements to 200 kHz
• Turbochargers
• High vacuum and Cryogenic Processes

For more information about Capacitec products, please call 978-772-6033, email sales@capacitec.com, or visit www.capacitec.com.

About Capacitec, Inc.:
Headquartered in Ayer, Massachusetts, USA, with additional operations in Creteil, France, Capacitec is an ISO9001:2008 global technology company, dedicated to advancing the capacitive principle of measurement physics to its highest level in sensor system design. The company's core competencies are the design and manufacture of non-contact capacitive displacement, gap and parallelism sensing systems, which include hardware, data acquisition systems and software. Capacitec specializes in large range, small diameter sensors that operate in severe environments, from cryogenic to +1000°C, under radiation to 10¹⁸ RADS and in strong magnetic fields to 5 Tesla. More than 35 years of successful product line history has demonstrated Capacitec's expertise across all markets, particularly within applications where traditional sensors cannot fit or survive.