Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG

Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik is a German sensor company. According to its official website, it offers a broad range of high-precision displacement sensors, infrared temperature sensors, color sensors, and 3D sensors and systems for future-oriented industries. Its product areas include distance sensors for automation and mechanical engineering, industrial sensors for color, inclination, presence and temperature, 3D sensors for precise inline measurement tasks, and measurement and inspection systems for production monitoring. The company states it has been developing innovative sensor products for more than 55 years and has grown into an internationally active corporate group with more than 27 companies and more than 1500 employees, while retaining the roots of a family-run business. Its history page lists the founding of Micro-Epsilon by Ing. Franz Frischen and a move to its current headquarters in Ortenburg.

Micro-Epsilon's official history page states that the company has been developing innovative sensor products with more precision for more than 55 years. It lists the founding of Micro-Epsilon by Ing. Franz Frischen and a move to its current headquarters in Ortenburg. The page also lists milestones including the development of the first eddy current displacement measuring system, the presentation of the world's smallest eddy current sensor, the establishment of the Micro-Epsilon corporate group, the presentation of the first digital laser triangulation sensors, cable extension displacement sensors for series integration, the introduction of system technology, the introduction of laser scanners for dimensional measurement tasks, the world first of the smallest confocal displacement sensors, 3D inspection systems for defect detection on car bodies, high-precision sensors monitoring the positioning of space telescopes, the world first of blue laser sensors, the introduction of high-precision inline color measurement systems, Micro-Epsilon receiving 'Strategic Partner Status' from Zeiss SMT, white-light interferometers for industrial measurement tasks, Fast Steering Mirror for communication satellites, sensors used in the world's largest terrestrial mirror telescope ELT for fine positioning of mirror segments, high-precision sensors monitoring semiconductor manufacturing with nanometer accuracy, and turnkey systems monitoring the thickness of coated battery foils. The company states it has grown into an internationally active corporate group with more than 27 companies and more than 1500 employees, while retaining the roots of a family-run business.

High-precision sensor technology for future-oriented industries.

• Distance sensors

  Precise distance sensors for automation and mechanical engineering.

• Industrial sensors

  Sensors for color, inclination, presence and temperature.

• 3D sensors

  3D sensors for precise inline measurement tasks.

• Measurement and inspection systems

  Systems for production monitoring of manufacturing and strip processes.

• induSENSOR portfolio

  Inductive sensors optimized for series applications, offering a broad basis for precise displacement and position measurements in industrial series applications, from LVDT measuring probes and linear displacement sensors.

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