Luna os4500 Series os4510 Multipoint High Temperature Probe, up to 500 °C

The Luna os4510 is the 500 °C member of the os4500 series of multipoint high temperature probes. The probes are sealed stainless steel tubes intended to make handling easy and sensor installation fast and repeatable in demanding environments. They are based on femtosecond grating technology, and because no epoxies hold the fiber to the tube, long-term stability is built into the design.

In side-by-side comparisons with conventional thermocouples, the os4500 series is equally sensitive and accurate, and adds sub-second response time, a wider operating range, no calibration requirement and no EMI noise. The probe is qualified for use in harsh environments and shares the general advantages of FBG-based sensors.

The sensor can be used alone or in series at the end of an FBG sensor array. Installation and cabling for such arrays is less expensive and less cumbersome than comparable electronic gage networks. Package options include versions that operate like conventional thermocouples with armored cables and protected connectors, as well as small probes that offer installation flexibility and sub-second response time.

Software

The os4500 series sensors are compatible with ENLIGHT Sensing Analysis Software, an integrated suite of tools for data acquisition, computation and analysis of optical sensor networks. They can also be used with the HYPERION platform's Application Programming Interface (API), which includes examples written in LabVIEW, Python, Matlab, C++ and C#.