The company offers high performance acceleration, inclination (tilt angle), shock/vibration sensors and other industry-specific MEMS-based sensors for rail, military, aerospace and defence, automotive, agricultural machinery, access platforms and off-highway vehicles.
The company can supply OEMs and machine builders with MEMS acceleration, inclination and vibration sensors, in small-to-medium volumes, customised to suit individual requirements, including a variety of connections, output signals and mounting options.
Chris Jones, managing director, Micro-Epsilon UK comments: "Whilst many suppliers of acceleration, inclination and vibration sensors are willing to provide OEMs with standard, catalogue products – or even custom products if order volumes are sufficiently high – Micro-Epsilon UK can supply custom sensors in low-to-medium volumes, which better meets the needs of the OEM and machine building markets in the UK. We can assist customers with upfront design and development support, as well as advice on single system components such as the sensor element, the interface to their own systems and the housing."
The sensor ranges are based on high performance MEMS acceleration sensors that are suitable for harsh environments, providing both high precision and high measurement repeatability. The measuring element itself consists of a pendulum, whose static and dynamic movements are measured using the capacitive measurement method. Made from high purity silicon, the measuring element is hermetically-sealed in glass and silicon, providing long term stability. A symmetrical design compensates for any temperature fluctuations caused by the expansion coefficient of the silicon.
Standard industrial analogue sensors include the AccSENS 5, an industrial sensor that measures acceleration, as well as inclination and vibration; the AccSENS 10 sensor with low thermal drift; the AccIS 100 inclination sensor and the AccSENS 100 acceleration sensor. Application-specific vibration sensors with signal processing have also been developed for safety-critical applications on trains, including derailment protection sensors and curve detection sensors. These provide low failure probability, maximum operating life, high functional safety and meet the highest requirements in terms of system stability.
Custom acceleration and vibration sensors have also been developed for military applications. Typically, these sensors provide high EMC protection, high system stability and low failure probability.