- Embeddable or surface sensors
- High accuracy
- Temperature compensated
- Low invasive technique
- Zero power, safe
- Intrinsic immunity to electromagnetic fields
- Long-term reliability, no drift
- Long-term reliability
- Application fields: automotive, space, aerospace, wind energy, maritime, sport, composite tissues ...
The Nixus extensometer measures deformations in composite materials.
It is designed to be mounted on the material surface or embedded during the fabrication.
The sensor translates strain into a length variation of the sensing zone of the optical fibre also called the measurement basis.
The length of this basis can be chosen from a few tenth of centimetres up to several metres, in order to observe phenomena at the structure size.
Several sensing zones can be put in sequence along a single fibre, enabling simultaneous strain measurements in several areas.
The sensor can appear as a bare fibre, for embedding into the material during the fabrication (Nixus Fibre), or as a tape for surface mounting (Nixus Tape).
The sensors are linked to the Nixus reading unit by a fibre with a reinforced sheath, whose length can be whatever which is needed.
Robust and accurate thanks to its fibre optic technology, the Nixus extensometer is easy to install as no pre-tension nor calibration are needed.
The flexibility enables curved shapes measurements.
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