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Services: Structural Health Monitoring Systems

100 -137 Innovation Drive,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 6B6

Tel:        204-779-5400 extension 223         Fax:           204-779-5444
E-mail:  info@iders.ca                                    Website:   www.iders.ca

Contacts / Title:

• David Fletcher, Vice President, E-Mail: dfletcher@iders.ca, Extension 223)

Facilities:

• 14,000 sq. ft. (co-located with IDERS Engineering) constructed in 2003
• advanced lab &d fabrication spaces with integrated ESD & environmental controls throughout
• located in close proximity to University of Manitoba in SmartPark.

Employees:

• 8 (additional support complement of 22 from IDERS)

Principal Products and Services:

• 5100A Structural Health Monitoring System for FBG (fiber bragg grating) strain sensor interrogation
• wavelength:  1539nm wavelength (call for alternative source support options)
• drift: +/- 5 microstrain
• resolution:  +/- 1 microstrain
• strain range at full rate:  2000 microstrain, all ports simultaneous
• read-out rate: user-settable, up to 250 Hz
• accuracy / stability guaranteed w/ NIST traceable gas cell and etalon reference
• 8 FBG inputs per card, up to 4 cards per instrument (32 FBG ports total)
• sensor ID tag for tracking, control and management
• LCD user interface
• Internet connectivity for remote / distributed instrumentation via Ethernet

Established: 2001