Magnetic and inductive measurement technology for solid, fluid and gaseous objects to be measured or examined (MIndMess)

Topic:	STEM impulses
Type of funding:	Individual funding programmes
Programme:	CZS research boost
Funded institution:	Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena

Prof. Dr. Dominique Buchenau, Professor of Solid State Physics and Physical Measurement Technology at the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences in Jena, is involved in the development of contactless sensor technology based on magnetic and inductive measurement and functional principles.

Goals

Non-contact sensor and actuator technology has a high development and application potential.
Contactless measuring methods are particularly suitable when the operating conditions are characterized by aggressive media (chemical aggregates), high temperatures or optically impassable measurement objects. They also facilitate retrofitting. Electric and magnetic fields serve as contactless mediators between sensor and target. The electrical, dielectric and magnetic properties of the target are subject to various physical dependencies and influence the field propagation in the target.

Four topics are investigated:

1. static and quasi-static force and load measurement,
2. optimization of magnetic and inductive transducers,
3. contactless measurement of dynamic operating parameters,
4. stationary and portable measurement development.

The technical application validation of already patented inductive measurement methods in the fields of flow measurement technology, as well as contactless force and load measurement technology for a targeted technology transfer is investigated. New functional and application principles are systematically investigated and developed with cooperating companies.