Mobile equipment
Near-field obstacle awareness, parking assistance, docking, and guided movement.
Application engineering
Begin with the sensing problem
The right transducer depends on the target, range, environment, required resolution, beam angle, drive method, and production constraints—not just the nominal frequency.
Non-contact measurement
Level, distance, and proximity
Ultrasonic time-of-flight systems measure the interval between a transmitted acoustic burst and the returning echo. They can support non-contact sensing of liquids, solids, objects, and position when the target and environment provide a usable acoustic return.
Common uses
- Tank and container level measurement
- Object presence and proximity detection
- Short-range distance measurement
- Web, sheet, or material positioning
- Vehicle and mobile-equipment awareness
Key questions
What is the minimum and maximum range? What is the target material, size, angle, and surface texture? Will temperature, humidity, airflow, contamination, or condensation change the acoustic path?
Automation and mobility
Robotics, navigation assistance, and collision awareness
Ultrasonic sensing is well suited to close-range object detection, docking, positioning, and low-speed obstacle awareness. It is commonly combined with cameras, encoders, radar, or other sensing technologies rather than used as a complete navigation system by itself.
Factory automation
Presence, spacing, material handling, gating, and non-contact position feedback.
Integrated products
Custom sensor assemblies, ranging electronics, and supplier coordination for production designs.
Special processes
Industrial and specialty piezo applications
The Advantage TMS portfolio extends beyond air-ranging components to specialized constructions and piezo technologies.
Flow and material sensing
Application-dependent ultrasonic approaches for flow, acoustic emission, thickness, and material-property measurement.
Atomizing and micro-nozzle
Piezo elements that transfer ultrasonic mechanical energy into liquids to produce fine mist.
High-power ultrasonics
Bolt-clamped transducers for cleaning, welding, bonding, drilling, etching, and engraving processes.
Underwater sensing
Liquid-coupled transducer configurations for specialized detection and acoustic transmission.
Application-specific piezo sensing
Piezo technologies may support impact, vibration, strain, motion, and acoustic-event detection when matched to the application.
Custom assemblies
Rubber boots, cables, harnesses, mechanical integration, prototyping, and contract-manufacturing coordination.
Presence and events
Security, occupancy, and acoustic-event detection
Ultrasonic and piezo technologies can support motion and presence detection, intrusion systems, acoustic event sensing, and application-specific alarms. Target type, false-alarm tolerance, enclosure design, and environmental noise should be evaluated early.
Explore specialty productsImpactPiezo sensing for impact and vibration events
AcousticGlass-break and event-detection evaluation
ESElectrostatic sensing for softer targets
OEMApplication-specific integration support
Selection checklist
Information that helps us recommend a starting point
Define the target
Material, size, orientation, speed, reflectivity, and minimum detectable object.
Define the environment
Temperature, humidity, contamination, chemicals, enclosure, and outdoor exposure.
Define performance
Range, resolution, beam angle, update rate, blind zone, and electrical interface.
Define production
Prototype quantity, annual volume, target cost, launch timing, and qualification needs.
Share your sensing requirements
We’ll use the target, environment, performance, and volume information to help identify suitable components.