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Pacer has signed an agreement with Swiss company Leister Process Technologies to distribute their Axetris range of rugged infrared sources for advanced gas sensing applications in the mid-IR range.

Axetris IR sources are ideally suited for compact IR gas detection modules where a high emissivity, high reliability and low power consumption are key requirements. Axetris IR sources are micro-machined, electrically modulated thermal infrared emitters featuring true black body radiation characteristics, low power consumption, high emissivity and a long lifetime. The patented design is based on a resistive heating element integrated onto a thin dielectric membrane which is suspended on a micro-machined silicon structure. All products are manufactured at Axetris’ state-of-the-art micro-technology clean room facilities in central Switzerland.

Axetris is a leading provider of components and modules for gas sensing, gas flow and gas control, powered by Axetris’ proprietary platinum based Pt-microchip technology. The product range includes ultra-compact, high-accuracy and fast response mass-flow meters and controllers, rugged infrared light sources for advanced gas sensing applications in mid-IR and high-selectivity laser gas detectors based on tuneable diode laser spectrometry.

With broad and in-depth application know-how, Axetris supports its customers in many industries. Customers benefit from excellent product value, consistent high product quality and outstanding customer support. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) rely for customer specific solutions on Axetris as a competent partner from concept to volume production.

Axetris is a division of privately owned Leister Process Technologies which has over 60 years experience in the development, production and worldwide distribution of premium technical products.

TAOS colour sensors provide a simple and robust solution for colour monitoring in printing process control and production automation systems. The TAOS solution uses fewer components, saves board space and improves noise immunity compared to a discrete photodiode approach. Sensors are available with analog or digital outputs, and also now with combined proximity detection.

The TCS3771 family of devices provides red, green, blue, and clear light sensing and proximity detection (when coupled with an external IR LED). The sensors detect light intensity under a variety of lighting conditions and through a variety of attenuation materials. The proximity detection feature allows a large dynamic range of operation for use in short distance detection behind dark glass, eg cell phones, or presence detection for monitors or laptops. The programmable proximity detection enables continuous measurements across the entire range. An internal state machine provides the ability to put the device into a low power mode in between colour and proximity measurements, providing very low average power consumption.

We can provide sample devices and evaluation modules to help assess their suitability for your design. Click here to see the full colour sensor range.

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B&W Tek, Inc., has recently debuted the GemRam™, a new, portable Raman spectrometer dedicated to the verification of known gemstones as well as the identification of unknown gemstones.  The GemRam™ includes GemID identification software as well as a spectral library of nearly 400 different gemstones.