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 parts
  • Chemicals
  • Humidity:
    • Paper, wood, cement, glue…
    • Chemicals
    • Dried food, seeds…
    • Soils, sand
    • Distance:
      • Thickness variation (metal, glue…)
      • Non-contact distance measurement
      • Surface flatness
      • Wobbling, dynamic displacement
      • Process signals:
        • Vehicles (CAN bus…)
        • Chemicals
        • Sensor technology

An absolute expertise

• Definition of specifications with the customer
• Choice or design of the system parts
• Choice or design of the data processing software
• Implementation of the system in the customer environment
• Training
• Maintenance of the system

Wide fields of applications

Our expertise applies on various sectors and fields of application:

• Energy
• Pharmacy
• Aircraft industry
• Food processing
• Equipment for production
• Equipment for test bench
• Automotive 

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 thickness
• Run out: Axis shift during rotation
• Wobbling: Unveven rotation or movement

Solution:

• Two or more capacitive sensors
• Two or more conditioning units
• Multi-channel data acquisition unit
• Real-time processing and easy-to-customize data management software

Application fields:

• Automotive: disk brake manufacturers
• Manufacturers of test bench: ageing test bench, automate non-contact distortion measurement

Humidity control inside bulk

Requirements:

• High accurate and sensitive humidity measurement inside bulk
• System adapted to field environment
• Measurement allowed up to water saturation

Solution:

• Two or more capacitive sensors
• Two or more conditioning units
• Multi-channel data acquisition unit
• Real-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 values
• Very accurate data acquisition system
• Dedicated software 

Solution:

• Two or more capacitive sensors
• Two or more conditioning units
• Multi-channel data acquisition unit
• Real-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...