Aoip SOLUTIONS IN INSTRUMENTATION Specific Activities

For any specific requirements in instrumentation, our staff will be pleased to support you from the definition of specifications to the delivery of a suitable turn-key measurement solution.

Here are the fields for which AOIP can bring its know-how and skills:

Temperature:Dried food, seeds…Construction materials : concrete, cement…Metal partsChemicalsHumidity:Paper, wood, cement, glue…ChemicalsDried food, seeds…Soils, sandDistance:Thickness variation (metal, glue…)Non-contact distance measurementSurface flatnessWobbling, dynamic displacementProcess signals:Vehicles (CAN bus…)ChemicalsSensor technology

An absolute expertise

Definition of specifications with the customerChoice or design of the system partsChoice or design of the data processing softwareImplementation of the system in the customer environmentTrainingMaintenance of the system

Wide fields of applications

Our expertise applies on various sectors and fields of application:

EnergyPharmacyAircraft industryFood processingEquipment for productionEquipment for test benchAutomotive Examples of systems developed by AOIP

Non-contact measurement of disk brake performance features

Requirements: Performance (braking efficiency, brake life time...) depends on:

Rotation Thickness Variation (RTV)): Not even and steady disk brake thicknessRun out: Axis shift during rotationWobbling: Unveven rotation or movement

Solution:

Two or more capacitive sensorsTwo or more conditioning unitsMulti-channel data acquisition unitReal-time processing and easy-to-customize data management software

Application fields:

Automotive: disk brake manufacturersManufacturers of test bench: ageing test bench, automate non-contact distortion measurementHumidity control inside bulk

Requirements:

High accurate and sensitive humidity measurement inside bulkSystem adapted to field environmentMeasurement allowed up to water saturation

Solution:

Two or more capacitive sensorsTwo or more conditioning unitsMulti-channel data acquisition unitReal-time processing and easy-to-customize data management software

Some solutions already exist on the market to measure humidity, although with some drawbacks:

Infra-red technology: Surface test only
Impedance technology:Little accurate solution due to simple phase test and only suitable for laboratory measurements

Application fields:

Food processing: Producers of dried food, powders...Agriculture: Optimisation of irrigation, seed depth...Plastic industry: Control of solids content of plastic granules...Pharmacy: Research on humidity level optimisation, control of storage conditions, compliance to drug safety standards...Material: Paper, wood, cement, sand, phosphate...Optimisation of compressor and turbine efficiency

Requirements:

High frequency acquisition (up to 300 kHz) of distance valuesVery accurate data acquisition systemDedicated software 

Solution:

Two or more capacitive sensorsTwo or more conditioning unitsMulti-channel data acquisition unitReal-time processing and easy-to-customize data management software 

Application fields:

Energy / Aircraft: Manufacturers of turbines, blades, compressors...Aircraft: Test of turbine design, blade tip clearance, blade tip timing, control of blade safety...