Sensor Technology Limited

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 97, 20 Stewart Road
Collingwood, Ontario
L9Y 3Z4
GENERAL ENQUIRIES: 705-444-1440
MARKETING CONTACT: S.E. Prasad, President
TEL: 705-444-1440
FAX: 705-444-6787
e-mail: eprasad@sensortech.ca
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CONTACT:		 S.E. Prasad, President
TEL: 705-444-1440
FAX: 705-444-6787
e-mail: eprasad@sensortech.ca
MAIN BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES:		RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING
EMPLOYEES:[ 10 - 100 ]
ANNUAL INCOME:[ $1M - $10M ]
YEARS IN BUSINESS:14
STOCK SYMBOL/MARKET: N/A
MISSION STATEMENT: To become the industry's most reliable source for quality piezoelectric and electrostrictive materials and devices,
To become a complete manufacturing partner providing full services ranging from the initial design to finished product, and
Commitment to quality professional and technical support, helpful customer service, the best lead times and maximum cost efficiency.
ACTIVITIES / PRODUCTS/
FACILITIES / SERVICES:		 Keywords:

Acoustics, ceramics, hydrophones, transducers, materials (piezoelectric), smart structures.

Company History and Achievements:

Sensor Technology Limited was incorporated in 1985 and acquired BM Hi-Tech Inc., a piezoelectric manufacturer based in Collingwood, Ontario. Since then Sensor expanded on the product base to include transducers, systems and engineering services. Dr. S.E. Prasad, the founder of the company is well know for his work in this area. The company has a 1,000 square metre facility in Collingwood, Ontario. The corporation has recently been awarded a gold rating by McDonnell Douglas Corporation for the products supplied.

    Since incorporation Sensor has developed capabilities to produce a wide range of materials and products. These include:

    Light weight high power transducers

    Linear arrays and actuators

    Ceramic Elements 15 cm diameter and 1.5 cm thick

    Electrostrictive materials

    Smart structures and systems

Sensor produces a full range of advanced materials and systems that include ceramics, glasses, composites, sensors and instrumentation. The products currently marketed include the following:

    Piezoelectric ceramics based on modified Lead Zirconate Titanate (LZT), Lead metaniobate (LN), Lead Titanate (LT) and Lead Magnesium Niobate (PMN)

    Infrared glasses, glass ceramics and laser materials based on heavy metal flourides (ZBLAN and ZBGAN)

    Sensors and devices: monolithic, multilayer and composites

    Custom designed systems and high temperature process instrumentation

    Piezoelectric mater characterization instrumentation.

Detailed Products and Services:

Sensor Technology Limited offers custom design, development, manufacturing and product development services. These include:

    Custom fabrication of materials and components

    Characterization of piezoelectric materials and devices

    Pressure sintering

    Silver, Gold and Nickel metallization

    MIL-STD compliance and certification

In addition to these, BM has designed, built and operated several microgravity payloads for high temperature materials processing experiments. Several US and Canadian investigators are utilizing these in the basic science investigations and development of new materials.

Quality Assurance Programme:

The quality assurance programme implemented by Sensor is designed to satisfy all production requirements effectively and economically. The manufacturing processes and techniques will confirm to DOD-STD-1376(SHIPS), AQAP-4 and MIL-Q-9858. The company is presently working towards certification to ISU standards.

Key Customers

    Canadian Space Agency
    Department of Defense (Canada)
    McDonell Douglas Corporation (USA)
    Texas Instrument Corp. (USA)
    Lockheed (USA)
    Harvard University (USA)
    Ecole polytecchnique Federal Lausanne (Switzerland)
    Schlumberger (Norway)
    Central Electronics Limited (India)
    IMRI (Taiwan R.O.C.)
    Amroh Corporation (Germany)
    Telesub (Italy)
    University of Adelaide (Australia)

Facilities

Ceramic processing facilities

Material fabrication facilities

Polymer fabrication shop

Characterization facilities

Environment test facilities

Design facilities

Special facilities: glass synthesis and fibre drawing facilities
SPACE PROJECT
PARTICIPATION:		Materials processing experiments on or related to the KC-135, T-33, CSAR-1, CSAR-2, QUELD, MIM and Prioroda
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