ALBANY, N.Y. — MTI Instruments, an Albany, New York-based manufacturer of precision measurement solutions, announced today the release of a third-generation digital capacitance displacement gauge with lower noise and industry-leading resolution. The Accumeasure D Series ('Gen 3') is fashioned with OEM customers in mind. With both analog and digital outputs, the Gen 3 can be effortlessly integrated into customers products to assess, monitor, and provide instantaneous closed loop feedback for critical process parameters including gap, vibration and positioning.
 
The Gen 3 design contains a lower-noise amplifier than its earlier versions, and it features sub-nanometer resolution for highly precise measurements.
 
'The Gen 3 product skillfully combines both analog and digital technologies to address new customer standards,' said Rick Jones, president and CEO of MTI Instruments. 'When measurements reach this level of precision, they can supply our customers with additional capabilities to drive innovation of their own products, a move that can lead to product differentiation and a saturated edge.'
 
The Gen 3 uses state-of-the-art technology to convert a capacitive electric field measurement right into a highly trustworthy 24-bit digital reading to precisely measure position, thickness, motion and vibration. The quadrature encoder input provides positional information simultaneously with the displacement signal.
 
The launching of the Gen 3 product is the latest in a series of collaborative efforts to position the company as an innovation leader in the field of metrology using capacitance technology.
 
'This third-generation Digital Accumeasure system delivers a wide range of applications for industries that require ultra-precise measurements—from brake rotor thickness to precision-made metal thickness in metal fabrication plants, and from semiconductor lithography focus stages to precision gap measurements, and so much more,' Jones said. 'For the past few years, the company has created a product roadmap to reach technological leadership and sustainability — this is an example of continuous innovation'
 
The Digital Accumeasure Gen 3 comes standard with 24-bit USB/Ethernet digital output. Filter frequency response, sample, rate, linearization, and probe range are all digitally-controlled for the most accurate data capture, lossless processing and the freedom from possessing to buy additional acquisition hardware. Additionally, its streamlined design enables in-product integration applications.



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