• Vergangener Event, On Demand
• Original Datum: 23. März, 2021

Webinar: How Fiber Optic And Electromechanical Position Sensors Play A Critical Role In Industrial, Medical, And Other Harsh Environment Applications

Duration: 1 Hour

Summary

Position Transducers play a critical role in a multitude of industrial, communications, infrastructure, and aerospace applications. Depending on the needs of the application, position feedback can be either continuous or discrete in nature. Sensing technology includes encoders, resolvers, potentiometers, rotary limit switches as well as geared combinations -also either fiber optic or electromechanical versions.

This webinar will present case studies on mission critical applications where the different sensor types and technologies are applied. We will look at a range of industrial, medical, infrastructure, transportation, defense, and aerospace applications to understand their individual challenges and what position sensor type and technology was chosen.

Attendees will:

• Learn principles of encoder, resolver, potentiometric and cam switch position sensors
• Compare benefits and limitations of fiber optic versus electromechanical technologies
• Understand how manufacturers are using fiber optic and/or electromechanical sensors to address some mission critical needs
• Learn how to engineer position sensors into an application

Speaker

Dennis Horwitz Dennis Horwitz, Technical Sales Manager, Micronor LLC

Dennis Horwitz received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from the University of California at Los Angles and has more than 40 years’ experience in fiber optic research and development, product development, standards development, sales, and marketing of fiber optic test equipment, sensors and components. Horwitz was co-founder of three successful fiber optic start-ups: Photodyne Inc. (1979–1990, acquired by 3M); Rifocs Corp. (1990–2003, acquired by Textron); and Micronor Inc. (2003-2020, acquired by Photon Control). With photons flowing through his veins, Dennis continues as Technical Sales Manager for Photon’s Micronor LLC and helping to expand their business beyond Photon’s core semiconductor market - specifically into the industrial, power, and medical markets.