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26th July 2010

ACTIVE SENSORS WINNING NEW BUSINESS IN AEROSPACE MARKETS

Active Sensors have reported a tremendous response to their appearance at the 2010 Farnborough Airshow. The worlds most prestigious aerospace companies attend Farnborough to showcase their products and also source potential suppliers of ... more

07th May 2010

ACTIVE SENSORS SHOWCASES LATEST PRODUCTS AT FARNBOROUGH AIRSHOW 2010

Active Sensors, the international designer and manufacturer of aerospace sensing solutions will be exhibiting their latest LVDT and RVDT position sensor products at the Farnborough Airshow in 2010. These position sensors, which are avail... more

01st April 2010

NASA SELECTS ACTIVE SENSORS RVDT’S FOR LATEST BLACKHAWK STEALTH PROJECT

A team of NASA engineers are looking into methods of increasing the militery stealth of the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter through noise reduction tests being carried out this year (2010) at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC... more

31st March 2010

NEW COMPACT 'LOW-PROFILE' ROTARY POSITION SENSOR FOR EXTREME APPLICATIONS

Active Sensors, a designer and manufacturer of precision sensor technology has introduced the NEW compact ‘low-profile’ RH5540 ‘contactless' rotary position sensor.  The RH5540 utilises proven ‘cont... more

19th February 2010

FURTHER APPROVAL FOR ACTIVE SENSORS FROM FORMULA ONE RACE TEAMS

With the start of the 2010 Formula One season imminent, Active Sensors, the 'Number One' supplier of high performance control and measurement position sensors is delivering full technical support to the F1 teams testing at Jere... more

01st December 2009

NEW 'LOW-NOISE', 'LONG-LIFE' LINEAR SENSORS FOR MOTORSPORT

Active Sensors Motorsports  have introduced their latest position sensor innovation, the Motorsport Linear Sensor (MLS) ‘super’ low-noise linear potentiometer designed for suspension measurement in motorsport data acq... more

26th October 2009

IT'S SHOWTIME FOR ACTIVE SENSORS!

The largest motorsport trade shows in Europe and the United States for racing products are fast approaching. The Professional Motorsport World Expo in Germany, the PRI show in Florida followed by Autosport in the UK are attended by thous... more

20th August 2009

MINIATURE CONTACTLESS ROTARY HALL EFFECT SENSOR MEASURES 360 DEGREES

Active Sensors have launched the unique RH100 'two part' miniature rotary Hall Effect sensor designed specifically for industrial and automotive control and measurement systems. When rotated close to the module face, the sha... more

03rd August 2009

HIGH TEMPERATURE LVDT FOR COMPETITION BRAKE CALLIPER AND CLUTCH RELEASE SYSTEMS

A major manufacturer of competition brake calliper and clutch release systems approached Active Sensors to design and manufacture a high temperature LVDT sensor in a miniature 6.0mm body diameter for mounting in the brake calliper and cl... more

24th June 2009

NEW CONTACTLESS LINEAR SENSOR INSTEAD OF LVDT’S AND POTENTIOMETERS FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POWERBOAT TEAM

Victory Team Dubai was set up to compete in the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship. The team is one of the biggest and most successful in powerboat racing history with multiple championship wins to its name. The race teams headquarters... more

01st May 2009

LARGE HADRON COLLIDER SPECIFIES ACTIVE SENSORS LINEAR MEASUREMENT TRANSDUCERS FOR CMS PROJECT

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and is situated in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN's main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infr... more

09th February 2009

MICRO-SLIM 6.0 MM DIAMETER BRAKE CALLIPER LVDT SENSOR

The latest high temperature brake calliper LVDT from Active Sensors now has a micro-slim 6.0mm housing diameter and improved measurement accuracy. The LT0600 is the most compact and accurate, high temperature LVDT sensor available to mea... more

21st January 2009

MINIATURE LVDT SENSOR FOR CLUTCH MEASUREMENT IN MOTORSPORT

A World Rally Championship race team approached Active Sensors to solve a problem they had measuring clutch position on their WRC car. Their current clutch measurement sensor was failing due to the extreme environment of the application,... more

15th January 2009

ACCURATE BRAKE DISC WEAR MONITORING

A major manufacturer of brake calliper systems approached Active Sensors to design and manufacture accurate, high temperatureLVDT sensors with the most compact body size possible to measure brake disc wear for Formula One racing cars. Th... more

12th January 2009

NEW 'HIGH PERFORMANCE' CONTACTLESS ROTARY SENSOR NOW AVAILABLE!

These high performance RH rotary position sensors utilise non-contact Hall Effect technology. They operate from either a 5Vdc regulated or 6 to 30Vdc unregulated supply and are available with single or duel outputs and up to 360° of ... more

01st January 2009

NEW ‘CONTACTLESS’ LINEAR POSITION SENSOR

The XLT (LVIT - Linear Variable Inductive Transducer) is a compact long life linear position sensor housed in a stainless steel body. The sensor is offered with built-in electronics, which dispenses with the need for additional operating... more

07th December 2008

HIGH TEMPERATURE LVDT SENSOR FOR FORMULA 1 RACING CARS

Active Sensors design and manufacture high temperature LVDT sensors to quality standards required for high performance industrial, automotive and aerospace control and measurement systems. Our latest sensor designs survive temperatures e... more

07th November 2008

ROAD CAMBER PROFILING MADE EASY THANKS TO ACTIVE SENSORS

Determining the camber on a road surface has always caused surveyors problems until Active Sensors was approached to help. Working with the machinery designers, Active’s engineers were able to determine their requirements and speci... more

25th October 2008

PERFORMANCE RACING INDUSTRY WELCOMES ACTIVE SENSORS TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA

The largest trade show in the world for racing products welcome Active Sensors for the first time! The PRI show, held annually in Orlando, Florida is attended by 45,000 racing industry entrepreneurs from 50 countries, and showcases the l... more

15th June 2008

AERO WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENT SENSORS

Active Sensors have been chosen to supply sensors to an internationally recognised company involved in the design, manufacture and installation of specialist wind tunnel equipment for aerodynamic research. Due to the limited mounting spa... more

17th May 2008

ACTIVE SENSORS SPECIFIED FOR TANK TESTING BY MIRA

MIRA,a major vehicle-testing organisation has specified Active Sensors CLS19 linear potentiometers for the measurement of chassis movement on military vehicles. The vehicles are not only subject to tarmac tests, but also to a full off ro... more

19th October 2007

MINIATURE LVDT SENSOR WHERE MOUNTING SPACE IS CRITICAL

Active Sensors have developed the smallest and most compact short stroke LVDT for Formula One control & measurement applications. Motorsport design engineers require smaller and lighter sensors to operate in higher temperature enviro... more

22nd July 2007

NOW AVAILABLE! HIGH TEMPERATURE SPEED SENSOR

Active Sensors has launched a range of high temperature speed sensors. Their latest model, the DSS710X is manufactured from aluminium alloy making it lightweight and compact in design. The internal components are fully encapsulated and t... more

15th July 2007

GET DATA LOGGERS SPECIFY ACTIVE SENSORS!

GET is an easy to use, electronic data acquisition system with a difference. Marketed by Italian company Athena Evolution s.r.l. (www.getdata.it), their loggers, dashboards and video-recorders are all equipped with the latest GPS technol... more

01st June 2007

UNDER ROAD 'PIPE' MONITORING SOLUTIONS

Active Sensors was recently approached by an environmental engineering consultancy looking to source a robust sprung loaded displacement sensor to accurately measure the deflection of a pipe carrying electrical cables under the surface o... more

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