From MTS Sensors
Sensors based upon magnetostriction have been used in a wide variety of industrial applications for over 25 years since their invention at a company called Temposonics in the 1970's. The sensor's unique properties enable sensors to be built with measuring lengths from 1 cm to over 10 meters, with an accuracy on the order of microns. Over 1 million are in use today in industrial applications ranging from saw mills, injection molding and casting to petrochemical and pharmaceutical level control to off-road construction and agricultural machine control (see Figure 1).
Recently, the cost of this type of sensor has been reduced through automation, which has allowed its deployment in higher volume, lower cost commercial and light industrial applications such as medical instruments, tools, and recreational equipment. The new product based upon this reduction, called the C-Series sensor, is modular in nature.
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