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BEI Technologies, Inc. Announces New iTorq Sensing Solution with
Hydradyne Hydraulics LLC
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BEI Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:BEIQ) is pleased to announce that BEI's Duncan Electronics Division has
accepted an order to develop an advanced torque sensing solution with Hydradyne
Hydraulics LLC Aerospace Systems Group. The new torque sensor will be used in
Hydradyne's helicopter transmission test stands that test the main gearbox,
tail rotor gearbox and intermediate gearbox to a dynamic load test of up to
5,000 horsepower.
This is the first application of iTorq, a proprietary sensing technology that
was licensed by BEI approximately six months ago. iTorq is a stress sensing
technology that is ideally suited to this application and provides a solution
where no other sensing technique has been successful. This test stand
application takes full advantage of key non-contacting attributes to deliver a
high resolution, dynamic torque reading from an existing input shaft that is
typically operating above 20,000 rpm. Development of this sensor will begin
immediately with production units shipping by the early fall of 2005.
Hydradyne Hydraulics is a premier supplier of FAA certified multi-purpose test
benches. Large helicopter transmissions have an unusually high speed
input/output configuration and require full load dynamic testing prior to being
approved for flight use. Hydradyne's test benches are manufactured with a
hydraulic energy absorbing bootstrap loading system because of its simplicity,
controllability, reliability and overall size.
BEI Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "Technologies") is an established
manufacturer of electronic sensors, motors, actuators, rotary optical encoders,
linear encoders with associated digital readouts (DROs), and motion control
products used for factory and office automation, medical equipment, military,
aviation and space systems. In addition, sales to manufacturers of
transportation equipment, including automobiles, trucks and off-road equipment,
have become a significant addition to the Company's business in recent years.
The Company's micromachined quartz rate sensors are being used in advanced
vehicle stability control systems and a significant increase in the production
of those sensors had been in progress from the middle of 1998 to fiscal year
2005 except for a decrease in production in fiscal 2002 due to increased
competition. The Company also manufactures electronic steering wheel position
sensors, seat-memory modules, throttle position sensors, inertial navigation
systems, and other devices used in transportation systems.
DATASOURCE: BEI Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: John LaBoskey, Senior Vice President/CFO, of BEI Technologies,
Inc., +1-415-956-4477
Web site: http://www.bei-tech.com/