Temposonics

Temposonics is a commercial sensor brand specializing in magnetostrictive technology. The company traces its origin to 1975, when physicist Jacob Tellermann applied the magnetostrictive effect to linear position measurement and founded Temposonics in Plainview, New York. Its identity remains closely associated with non-contact, absolute measurement using magnetostrictive sensing. The brand’s principal offerings are high-precision linear position sensors and liquid-level transmitters. Its sensors measure position and velocity, and are intended for automation and safety-critical systems. The company describes its range as broad in design, output, and performance, with products for industrial machinery, off-highway vehicles, process industries, mobile hydraulics, and light industrial applications. Its stated value proposition is that accurate measurement supports machine control, productivity, efficiency, and reduced downtime. Temposonics reports more than 50 years of expertise in magnetostriction and emphasizes continued research and development, application-oriented engineering, product reliability, and customer partnerships. Its website presents product-series information, technical resources, and customer support. The company’s history page records that Temposonics Inc. was acquired by MTS Systems Corporation in 1984, after which the MTS Sensors Division was formed and Temposonics continued as the name of the measurement technology and sensor brand. The supplied material does not establish the current owner, parent company, or headquarters, so those details are not stated here.

Temposonics began in 1975, when physicist Jacob Tellermann used the magnetostrictive effect for linear position measurement. The company’s history describes this as the origin of the Temposonics technology, its first sensor, and Temposonics Inc., founded in Plainview, New York. The company page characterizes the work as the development of the world’s first magnetostrictive linear position sensor. The underlying principle became the foundation for a brand focused on non-contact, absolute position measurement. In 1984, Temposonics Inc. was acquired by MTS Systems Corporation, and the MTS Sensors Division was formed. The history page distinguishes the division from the continuing Temposonics brand name, which remained attached to the measurement technology. In 1988, the MTS Sensors Division moved to a building in Cary, North Carolina, which the company says continues to serve as a U.S. development and production site. In 1989, MTS Systems acquired H. Hellwig GmbH Technologie in Lüdenscheid, Germany, marking the start of development, production, and sales in Europe. The company’s product development expanded through the introduction of the Temposonics II in 1990 and digital output modules AK288 and MK292. The company describes those modules as converting the sensor’s displacement-proportional pulse-transit-time measurement into standardized digital displacement values. Its history page also notes that the product range grew to include different designs for different applications, including profile-style sensors, rod versions for in-cylinder integration, flexible rods, and detached electronics. In its current brand presentation, Temposonics describes itself as having more than 50 years of magnetostrictive expertise. It specializes in linear position sensors and level transmitters for automation and safety-critical systems, including industrial machinery, off-highway vehicles, and process industries. The company says ongoing research and development support new products and application-oriented solutions. Its website also organizes its offerings into industrial position sensors, mobile hydraulics position sensors, light industrial position sensors, and liquid-level transmitters. The supplied sources do not specify the current corporate owner, headquarters, or later ownership changes.

• 1990

  Temposonics II and digital output modules introduced

• 1989

  European development and production begins

• 1988

  MTS Sensors Division moves to Cary

• 1984

  Acquired by MTS Systems Corporation

• 1975

  Temposonics founded around magnetostrictive measurement

A specialist in magnetostrictive sensing, positioning its non-contact measurement solutions around precision, reliability, broad design and output options, and industrial productivity.

• Magnetostrictive linear position sensors

  Non-contact sensors for precise, dynamic position and velocity measurement.

• Liquid-level transmitters

  A product category included in Temposonics’ sensor portfolio.

• AK288 and MK292 digital output modules

  Modules introduced in 1990 to convert displacement-proportional pulse-transit-time measurement into standardized digital displacement values.

1. 1Temposonics – Magnetostrictive linear Positions sensors & Level Sensorstemposonics.com
2. 2Historytemposonics.com
3. 3About Temposonicstemposonics.com