Month: March 2019

March 27, 2019

CPI TO ATTEND 2019 OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON.

Since 1969, the offshore technology conference has been a place where professionals from the energy industry have gone to “meet to exchange ideas and opinions that advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources”.  The show is a big one for the energy industry typically seeing over 60,000 energy professionals come through representing over 100 countries.
Subject matter at the conference is varied but has traditionally included topics dear to oil and gas exploration and refinement covering topics from the wellbore to topsides and everything in between. Organizations as diverse as the Marine Technology Society, and the American Society of Civil Engineers are sponsors and so the conference does have a focus on technology, and how trends in the industry will shape that technology going forward.
CPI is attending because in a small but powerful way, we make technology that will roadmap into the needs of Oil and Gas exploration well into the future. There will be big conversations at this conference, related to new drilling technology, likely strategic engagement with counties in the future, and concerns about safety and new areas for exploration. But when it is time to talk about some of the detailed technological innovations that will enable safer, more cost effective drilling operations in the future, you can be sure that the CPI Subsea, safety rated linear position sensor is going to be part of the conversation.

Why CPI Position Sensors for Oil and Gas?

We have already seen both on-shore and offshore deployment of our sensor in a wide variety of hydraulic cylinder and accumulator systems used for oil and gas exploration and refinement. We’ve even seen it deployed under sea water at depths close to 5000 feet, operating fully exposed to sea water detecting piston position in enormous hydraulic accumulators that no other technology in the world was appropriate for. As more and more of the system manufacturers selling hydraulics into the oil and gas industry become aware of our tech, the more the unique capabilities of this solution become apparent.
Subsea Linear Position Sensor
SL2000 Subsea Sensor
  1. Our SL2000 Linear Position Sensor is fully safety rated. They are both ATEX and IEC-EX Certified.
  2. The sensor is subsea rated. This bears repeating. Our sensors are designed to operate completely immersed in a pressurized environment of hydraulic fluid, gas, even seawater.  No other draw wire sensor system has this capability
  3. Handling of Huge Stroke Lengths – Our sensors handling enormously large stroke lengths.  Up to 10 meters is fairly standard, even more can be accommodated with some customization. We are one of the only hardened sensor technologies in the word that can handle telescoping cylinders.
  4. Reliability – Our sensors have been qualified to over 1 Million cycles of operation under the above conditions. If you’re thinking about deploying a sensor a mile down underwater, the cost of failure is too great to consider any other solution but CPI.
The decades of engineering that makes this technology possible is something we are enormously proud of, and love to talk about!
Call us today to discus your hydraulic position sensor or accumulator needs.
March 11, 2019

Specialty Thermal Switches for Military Applications

Temperature sensing and control in harsh duty environments find no stricter examples than those presented by the US military in a variety of vehicles and systems.
CPI Thermal switches have been deployed into these applications for over 70 years. Indeed, CPI ‘s first products back in the 1940’s were thermal switches for the Army. We’ve been producing high quality, high reliability, USA made thermal switches ever since.

CPI thermal Switch Product Overview

CPI thermal switches fall into three classes or technologies based on the temperature range of your application. Regardless of which technology you choose, design emphasis is on durability, reliability, and accuracy of set point. All these switches are made in the USA at our facilities in East Hanover New Jersey.
SnapStat (0 – 300 Fahrenheit) – In our SnapStat thermal switches, contact movement inside the switch is achieved using a bimetallic snap disc. Snap action provides shock and vibration immunity and a broader differential. The set point range of these switches is 0°F-300°F (-17.8°C-148°C) They also come with a variety of mounting options for almost any deployment. See more information on our SnapStat Thermal Switch page
PlugStat (0F – 650 Farenheit) – PlugStat contact movement is achieved via the different expansion rates of two metals fused together. This is a slow-make-and-break device, which provides very close tolerance temperature sensing, with a small differential. Set point range: 0°F-650F (-17.8°C-343°C) with mounting options.
Rod & Tubes: (0°F – 1750° Farenheit) – Contact movement in the switches is achieved via differences in coefficients of expansion of two materials, in this case the outer tube and the internal rod. This product offers very rapid response time and very high temperature sensing. Set point range: 0°F-1750°F (-18.3°C-954°C).

CPI Thermal Solve Unique Problems for US Military, and You.

Whether your application is in a hot avionics bay, under the hood of a humvee, sitting on a motor or jet engine, inside an anti-missile gun system, or over a galley stove, CPI thermal switches perform in ways no other thermal switch can.
Call us today to discuss your application.