Foster Miller & BiODE Announce Partnership On Oil Condition Monitoring Sensor
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Westbrook, Maine - BiODE, Inc. and Foster Miller Inc. have entered into a major partnership agreement in which both companies will share and coordinate technology expertise and will engage in global manufacturing and delivery of the next generation of oil condition monitoring sensors which incorporate the BiODE ViSmart viscosity sensor technology and Foster Miller's IR base oil quality technology.
As part of the partnership, both BiODE and Foster Miller will share funding, expertise and sales relationships, while focusing on bringing next generation oil condition monitoring sensors to the market, the sensors are plug-n-play and embed with additional functionality.
Kerem Durdag, CEO of BiODE said, "Our partnership with Foster Miller enables the oil condition monitoring market to receive a leading-edge product that is designed and manufactured with a keen focus on product innovation that is market driven. Together we are well positioned to meet large-scale customer demands and application specific customization requests."
"It is exciting to bring our proprietary sensor technology to products that will help sustain our military's technical superiority through teaming with BiODE in Maine. Teaming with a highly qualified sensor manufacturer and creating energy for growth in manufacturing with BiODE is also gratifying for our company" said Dr. John DeMember, Director of Business Development at Foster-Miller, Inc.
The agreement will enable BiODE and Foster Miller to offer custom oil condition monitoring sensors to OEMs that are designed to provide instantaneous, continuous, real-time, in-process measurements in a reliable cost-effective package for embedded applications.
The BiODE ViSmart(TM), designed for challenging embedded applications, at a size of 1.3in x 1.1in x 0.4in, and sealed for complete immersion is unaffected by vibration or flow conditions and does not need field calibration. The ViSmart(TM) integrates to the eCup(TM) handheld reader or the ViscNet(TM) control hub to provide a continuous audit trail for process monitoring markets.
Foster-Miller, Inc., is an engineering and technology development firm principally located in Greater Boston, MA, on Rte. 95, "America's Technology Highway" with additional offices in Washington, DC and Albany, NY and has been named one of the most innovative businesses in America by Inc magazine. The company maintains a staff of more than 300 mechanical, electrical, thermal, chemical, nuclear, aerospace, software and materials engineers as well as metallurgists, physicists, mathematicians, chemists, biologists and support staff working in the areas of robotics, advanced materials, aerospace, homeland security, power systems, biotechnology, medical and life sciences, and transportation.
For more information on ViSmart sensor products or this partnership contact BiODE at 100 Larrabee Road, Westbrook, ME 04092 oPhone: 207-856-6977 o Email: durdag@biode.com o Web: biode.com
