ADVERTORIAL TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
Sivers IMA launches Radar Development Kit
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Change from brass to nickel-electroforming of microstructures
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rass is excellent material for fine machining, but for intensive casting it is too soft and has a short
life-time. Why not change to long-life and resistant nickel shells by electroforming? Electroforming with nickel is the most exact method for replication of metallic microstructures. An electrolytic bath is used to deposit Nickel onto a brass master mould. Once the plated material has been built up to the desired thickness, the electroformed Nickel shell is stripped off the brass master substrate:
• Excellent replication, exactness down to nanometer-scale • High repeatability • Very good process control • Low unit costs
Characteristics of electroformed High-Grade Nickel moulds made by ELEKTROFORM: • 99.9 % Nickel
• Excellent protection against corrosion, wear and tear • Hardness DPH (Vickers) up to 220 • Thickness of High-Grade Nickel mould of 1 mm or more • Ductile, weldable
ELEKTROFORM +49 40 3259 203 - 0
www.elektroform.eu
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ivers IMA, a leading manufacturer of millimeter wave products, today announced its launch of a Radar Development Kit (RDK) an easy-to-use platform for those who need to measure distance or speed of an object. “At Sivers IMA we have a long experience of developing complete Radar sensor solutions and a portfolio of FMCW Radar sensor front-ends. For the RDK that we are now launching, we have taken some of our know-how and developed and packaged hardware and software to simplify for customers that are interested in including radar technology in their products. We believe this could provide them with a faster time to market which will increase the value of their offering”, says Robert Ekström, CEO of Sivers IMA. The RDK from Sivers IMA is built to quickly be up and running out-of-the-box, enabling the customer to start elaborating and optimizing the right parameters of the targeted object within a detection zone. Once the right parameters are set and an application is tailored to the customer needs, Sivers IMA will be capable of manufacturing the final customer solution in volume to support roll-out of the end-user application. Current customer applications include level measurement in silos and tanks, anti-collision in industrial automation and safety in railroad applications. The use of radar is increasing every year. Many industries have already recognized the benefits with
radar when measuring an object’s speed or distance between two points. With its remote sensing, the radar acquires information about an object without direct contact. Radar technology is especially useful in harsh conditions such as dusty, smoky or foggy environments where other technologies struggle.
Sivers IMA (Robert Ekström, CEO) +46 (0)733-552 602
robert.ekstrom@siversima.com
http://siversima.com/
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Hamamatsu new multifunctional photo IC for smartphone applications
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amamatsu Photonics has developed a new multifunctional photo IC, the P12347-01CT, that integrates a colour sensor, proximity sensor and a three-colour (RGB) LED onto a single flip-chip
package. The sensor is designed as a small, inexpensive and versatile device for use in smartphones and other such devices. The P12347-01CT can be used to adjust the display image quality, perform touchscreen on/off
control, indicate incoming calls and also functions as an illuminance sensor; this feature enables image quality to be adjusted in fine detail. The proximity sensor also detects when a face draws near and automatically turns off the touchscreen function and LCD backlight. The small package size of only 5.5 x 1.7 x 1.0 mm enables the P12347-01CT to be incorporated into small electronic devices like smartphones and only requires a small supply voltage for operation, leading to very low current consumption. By combining multiple components and functions into a single package Hamamatsu can offer a complete, low cost and smaller detector solution.
Hamamatsu 01707 294888
info@hamamatsu.co.uk
www.hamamatsu.com
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Tecan’s Infinite® M1000 PRO reader
ecan’s Infinite® M1000 PRO multimode reader has helped liquid analysis specialist Aqsens to develop a portable testing platform for on-site quantitative monitoring of polymeric scale inhibitors in oil field-produced waters. Joonas Siivonen, Application Scientist at
T Aqsens, explained:
“Polymeric scale inhibitors are used to prevent scale build-up during oil production, and the residual levels in the oil field-produced waters must be monitored to ensure treatment is effective and the oil platform can be operated safely.
Using
a patented detection technology combining time- resolved fluorescence (TRF) with chemical modulators, we have developed a portable system – the Aqsens QS platform – to offer a fast, accurate means of monitoring residual scale inhibitors on site.”
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Tecan 044 922 81 11
www.tecan.com
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