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TDK Adds Full-Redundancy Safety Features to TMR Angle Sensor Portfolio

TDK Corporation is expanding its tunnel-magnetoresistance (TMR) angle sensing portfolio with the addition of a model that features full redundancy while it simultaneously measures speed, direction and motor position. The redundancy features satisfy newer, more stringent automotive safety requirements. […]

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Qnami Raises $2.6 Million to Help Bring to Market Quantum Microscope for Inspecting Magnetic Materials

Qnami recently announced the closing of a $2.6 million seed round led by Venture Capital fund Quantonation and further supported by investiere, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High Tech Gruenderfond. The funds will support the market entry of Qnami’s first product, a quantum microscope for inspection […]

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AKM Shrinks Magnetic Sensor for Mobile Devices to One-Fifth the Size of Preceding Version; Develops New Tutorial on Magnetic Sensing

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (AKM) has released a new tri-axis magnetic smart switch sensor, the AK09970D, a device with a much smaller overall footprint than its predecessor. Also, the company has a great technical tutorial on the fundamentals of […]

Magnetics/Assemblies

Custom Oven for Curing Magnetic Windings Designed to Produce Low-Noise Transformers

Benko Products Inc., manufacturer of the Sahara line of industrial ovens, announces the shipment of a custom dryer and curing oven designed to construct lower noise transformers. Delivered recently to an electrical transformer manufacturer in the US, the custom drying and curing oven will be used […]

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Solving Eddy Current Non-Destructive Testing Benchmark Problem with Integrated Engineering Software’s Program Faraday

By Amandeep Bal, Ph.D., Integrated Engineering Software  Market need  Eddy current testing (ECT) is a non-destructive (NDT) testing technique widely used in magnetic sensors to check the integrity of electrically conducting parts and notably to detect flaws. This sensitive technique can […]