Crack Monitoring
Enhancing Stability
The monitoring of cracks in steel infrastructure presents some unique technical challenges. Each monitored structure needs dozens or even hundreds of sensor and each sensor needs to be sampled at a high frequency. Continue reading
Advanced SCUBA Equipment
Expanding the Market
Until recently closed circuit underwater breathing apparatus, commonly referred to as rebreathers, have been reserved purely for technical and military divers. Poseidon Diving Systems wanted to bring rebreathers to... Continue reading
Infrared Moisture Gauge
Measurement Challenges
Sensortech Systems has long been the leader in moisture measurement using RF technology. When they decided to expand their product offerings to include an online moisture gauge based upon near-infrared adsorption... Continue reading
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
To the Moon
As part of NASA’s planetary robotics program, Stone Aerospace was selected by NASA to develop an autonomous underwater robot capable of mapping its environment on the fly and using this map to return home. Continue reading
Magnetic Locator
Testing the Waters
When Schonstedt Instrument Company decided to introduce its GA-92XTd magnetic locator, it didn't know if the radical mechanical design would be a big success or not. To minimize their development costs they... Continue reading
Diesel Burner Controller
The Need for Custom Design
For many years Babington Technology had used an off-the-shelf controller for its Airtronic diesel burner. The US military was using it extensively as part of their field feeding systems, but it had several weaknesses... Continue reading
Product Approval Testing
Last Minute Emergency
When a major pharmaceutical company ran into an unexpected problem shortly before a new product was to be submitted for approval testing, they turned to RMB for an independent review of the proposed solution. Continue reading
Venture Capital
Examining Intellectual Property
A group of private investors were interested in purchasing a small technology company with very interesting intellectual property related to secure printing mechanisms. RMB was asked to... Continue reading
Circuit Board Manufacturing
Copyright Theft
A Canadian printed circuit board manufacturer was suspected of knowingly participating in the manufacture of electronic devices designed to enable theft of copyrighted materials. An Anton Piller order... Continue reading