wireless telemetry, testing services, engineering services
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• Temperature • Pressure • Strain • Proximity/Displacement • Acceleration • Flow • Rotation • Vibration • Piston Friction • Any moving machinery components • Any environment
Wireless Telemetry
• Dynamometer facilities • Calibration facilities • Road-test capability • On-site representatives • On-site custom installation • Analysis services
Testing Services
Engineering Services
• Mechanical • Engine power cylinder • Signal/data analysis • Electronics • Electrical • Electromagnetics • Electromechanical • Computer/software
IRT Customer List
• Caterpillar Corporation • Cummins Engine Company (USA and
Europe) • John Deere Corporation • Navistar • Dresser-Waukesha Engine Division • Detroit Diesel Corporation • General Motors Corporation (USA and
Europe) • Ford Motor Company (USA and
Europe) • Ford Motor Racing • Chrysler Corporation • Roush Industries • Roush –Yates Racing Engines • Mercury Marine • Harley-Davidson Motor Company • Polaris Industries • Tecumseh • Briggs and Stratton • Kohler Company • Renault
• Mahle Industries • AVL Corporation (USA And Europe) • Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc. • Allison Transmission • Lubrizol Corporation • General Electric - Transportation
Division • Argonne National Laboratories • Homeland Security • Michigan Technological University • University of Michigan • University of Wisconsin • Cleveland Cliffs Mining • Polysius Corporation • GenOn Energy • Eta Gen • Superior Controls • Hendricks Motor Sports • Cagnazzi Racing • KB Racing • S & S Cycle • Anheuser -Busch
• Microwave RF (1800-2600 MHz) DOUBLE FM
– Pistons – Connecting Rods – Valves – Chains – Turbines – Torque Converters – Kilns
• Analog -Toughest Environments-Highest Cost
• IR (Infrared) Telemetry (optical, line-of-sight)
– End of Shaft/Crankshafts – Small, High speed – Two Stroke Pistons
• Digital or Analog (DOUBLE FM) • Mid-to-Low Range Cost
• Inductive Coupling (Near Field)
– Rotating Shafts – Torque Converters – Kilns
• Digital • Low Cost
IRT Data Transmission Techniques & Applications
PISTON MOUNTED PICK UP COIL
BLOCK MOUNTED
STATIONARY EXCITER COIL
DRILL PATH FOR THERMOCOUPLES
MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER
THERMOCOUPLE WIRES
Inductively Powered Microwave Piston Temperature Measurement
MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER
INDUCTIVE POWER CONVERTER
INDUCTIVE PICK UP COIL
Piston Mounted Microwave Telemetry Components
INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY
MICROWAVE RECEIVER
REAL TIME PISTON
TEMPERATURE DISPLAY
HIGH SPEED USB LINK TO
COMPUTER
DATA ACQUISITION
SOFTWARE
COMPUTER SOFTWARE BASED RECEIVER
TUNNING
Microwave Telemetry Bench Top Equipment
9000 RPM 2 Stroke Piston Temperature Measurement Showing Very Tight Packaging Constraints (2 Pistons Simultaneous)
ANTENNA INSTALLATION
MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER
ANTENNAS EXCITER COILS
PICK UP COIL
Microwave Transmitter Installed On Rod Cap For Temperature Measurement
BATTERY PACK
TRANSMITTER
THERMOCOUPLE WIRES
MICROWAVE TRANSMITTERS
ROD BOLT STRAIN GAGE WIRE INTERFACE
3 Simultaneous Channel Rod Bolt Strain Measurement
EXCITER COILS
MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER,
POWER CONVERTER AND
PICK UP COIL
Rod Bearing Temperature Measurement
PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS
Torque Converter Turbine Pressure Measurement (8 Ch Simultaneous)
POTTED BATTERIES
TRANSMITTERS
TRANSMITTER
INDUCTIVE POWER
CONVERTER
EXCITER COIL
RECEIVING ANTENNA
Dry Clutch Reaction Plate Temperature Measurement
Hybrid Electric Transmission Clutch Plate Temperature
INDUCTIVELY POWERED MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER
BOARD
Rear Differential Temperature Measurement
MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER
INDUCTIVE POWER
CONVERTER
INDUCTIVE COIL PAIR 32 CHANNEL DIGITAL
TRANSMITTER
Marine Drive Prop Shaft And Dual Prop Torque Measurement
INNER SHAFT OUTER SHAFT
INNER AND OUTER PROPS
WIRE ROUTING FULL LENGTH OF CRANKSHAFT
INDUCTIVE STATOR
8 CHANNEL DIGITAL TRANSMITTER
Crankshaft Pressure And Temperature Measurement
STATOR BRACKETED TO FRONT COVER
DIGITAL TRANSMITTER MOUNTED ON
CRANK DAMPER
Digital Transmitter On Crankshaft -8 Temperatures And Pressures Simultaneously
WIRE ROUTING
INDUCTIVE PICK UP COIL
32 CHANNEL DIGITAL TRANSMITTER
Crankshaft Pressure And Temperature Measurement
STATOR TRANSMITTER
Custom Designed Transmitter Housing Incorporating FEAD Pulleys
PICK UP COIL AND TRANSMITTING
LED
ROD BEARING TEMPERATURE
(ORANGE)
CAMSHAFT ANGLE
SENSOR (PURPLE)
ROD JOURNAL OIL PRESSURE
(RED)
Real Time Rod Journal Temperature And Oil Pressure Measurement
INDUCTIVE EXCITER COIL AND DATA
RECEIVING PHOTOCELL
32 CH DIGITAL
TRANSMITTER
STRAIN GAGES
Gear Strain Measurement Using High Speed Digital (32 CH At 50 kHz /CH)
ANALOG INDUCTIVELY
POWERED OPTICAL
TRANSMITTERS
Oil Pump, Camshaft, And Crankshaft Damper Torque Measurement
OIL PUMP
CAMSHAFT GEARS
CRANKSHFT DAMPER
Large Truck Final Drive Sun Gear Strain Measurement (8CH Simultaneous)
SUN GEAR
DIGITAL TRANSMITTER
STATOR AND RECEIVER BUILT
INTO COVER PLATE
Large Truck Final Drive Planet Gear Strain Measurement (8 CH Simultaneous)
ON SITE INSTALLATION
STATOR BUILT INTO COVER
PLATE
INDUCTIVE PICK UP COIL
DIGITAL TRANSMITTER
TRANSMITTERS
STRAIN GAGES
ANTENNAS
Rotary Kiln Strain Measurement
ON SITE INSTALLATION AND TEST SUPPORT
Rotating Trommel Strain Measurement
8 CH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMITTER
WIRE ROUTING
ON SITE INSTALLATION AND
TEST SUPPORT
WELDABLE STRAIN GAGES
PROTECTIVE TRANSMITTER
HOUSING