Editor's note: Gu Ge, formerly known as Gu Rongxiang1He is currently the chairman and general manager of Xi'an CHINASTAR M&C Co., Ltd. In his personal WeChat official account, he continued to serialize a series of essays on "Guge talks and sensor chat", recording his own cognition and perception of sensors and Internet of Things industry. China.exportsemi.com authorized to reprint his articles, so that readers can look at the past, present situation and development of this industry from the perspective of a senior industry person. In order to facilitate reading, the article has been changed when reprinting. If necessary, you can find the original text at the end of the article to read. Following the contents of the previous issue, this paper focuses on various applications of TE Connectivity sensors. And following text begins:
At the Sensor Application Conference, the day before yesterday (January 10, 2023), Mr. BW TAN, General Manager of Asia-Pacific Market of Sensor Division of TE Connectivity Company, and Ms. Zheng Tingting, Head of Asia-Pacific Marketing of Sensor Division of TE Company, introduced the company and its main sensor types respectively at the Sensor and Industrial Internet Sub-forum yesterday (January 11, 2023).
Figure 1: Zheng Tingting, head of Asia-Pacific marketing of TE Sensor Division, introduces the company's products
Speaking of it, Guge and TE Company have some historical origins. The full name of TE is TYCO Electronic, the Chinese name of 泰科电子. In America, the earliest TYCO International was a big financial company. At the beginning of this century, TYCO International acquired SIEMENS Relay Department, and American AMP Company (AMP, the largest connector company in the world) and American RAYCHEM (Automatic Recovery Fuse) Company became independent, and formed TYCO Electronics, which was re-listed on NASDAQ in the United States. At that time, Xi'an CHINASTAR Measurement and Control Company was the northwest agent of American RAYCHEM (self-recovering fuse). Due to the interdependence of connectors and sensors in the industrial chain, TE acquired American MEAS (MSI) Company, whose Asian headquarters is located in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. Prior to TE acquisition of Precision, Precision had acquired more than a dozen technologically leading small sensor companies worldwide in different categories. After the acquisition of Precision Company, TE Company continued to increase its acquisition, and has acquired nearly 30 different types of sensor companies all over the world so far. In Guge's opinion, TE Company should be the company with the most kinds of sensors in the world at present, which should exceed the types of sensors of Hornier Company in the United States more than ten years ago.
Figure 2: TE Connectivity Sensor Division
In fiscal year 2022, the number of sensors produced was 236 billion, and the revenue in fiscal year was 16.3 billion US dollars, of which 35% of the sales came from Chinese mainland, that is, 5.7 billion US dollars, about 41 billion yuan. And what is the total number of sensor companies in our country? People think it is an American company, but in fact it is a Swiss company and listed in the United States. According to Ms. Zheng's introduction, the typical representatives of TE's main industrial sensors are as follows.
In the field of HVAC, there are mainly temperature sensors, pressure sensors, micro-differential pressure sensors, linear displacement sensors and humidity sensors, among which temperature and pressure sensors are used in large quantities.
Figure. 3: Application of TE main industrial sensors in HVAC main system 1
Figure. 4: Application of TE main industrial sensors in HVAC main system 2
High-speed rail is a national business card of China. The sensors on high-speed rail include speed sensor and braking system pressure sensor. Anti-electromagnetic interference and vibration index are one of the important indexes of high-speed rail sensors, because safety is the most important index.
Figure. 5: Application of TE sensor in high-speed rail
With the development of hydrogen energy, the production, transportation, storage and use of hydrogen energy have strict requirements for pressure sensors, especially the phenomenon of "hydrogen embrittlement" in houses. Many domestic pressure transducer manufacturers use gold plating to prevent hydrogen embrittlement. I wonder how effective it is?!
Figure 6: Application of sensors in hydrogen energy field
Robots have developed widely, and there are great differences between industrial robots and service robots. The safety torque sensor of industrial robot is a unique sensor, which has high technical difficulty and high safety requirements.
Figure 7: Application of sensors in robotics
The rapid development of energy storage industry involves the safety of electrochemical energy storage. For the safety of large-scale energy storage batteries, timely measurement of its temperature, pressure and liquid level has become the first choice of sensors, since it is necessary to be safe, the reliability of the sensor must be guaranteed.
Figure 8: Application of sensors in liquid cooling technology
Sensors of range from basic wafer chips to sensor assemblies and solutions. Different kinds of sensors from nearly 30 countries around the world can solve the sensor scheme problems in many industrial fields.
Guge will recommend excellent sensor companies or sensor products in the world. Friends are welcome to recommend them. And it must seek truth from facts and be genuine.
Introduction of Guge:
Gu Rongxiang (known as Guge), born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province in 1961, graduated from Taiyuan Heavy Machinery College in Shanxi Province with a bachelor's degree in 1982. The first CEO class of Xi'an JiaoTong University in 2001. He is currently the chairman and general manager of Xi'an CHINASTAR Measurement and Control Co., Has more than 30 patents, including 7 invention patents and one international PCT/US patent; The first prize of scientific and technological progress in Shaanxi Province, the third prize of China Electronics Society and the special prize of German Sensor Association (AMA).
Current social position:
Chairman of Shaanxi Internet of Things Industry Alliance
Chairman of Industrial Sensor Sub-alliance of China Sensor and Internet of Things Industry Alliance
Vice Chairman of Sensor Branch of China Electronic Components Association
Vice Chairman of Sensor Branch of China Instrument and Control Society
Member of Internet of Things Committee of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce
Vice Chairman of Shaanxi Innovation Sensor Alliance
Special Supervisor of the First Business Environment in Shaanxi Province
Practical Tutor of Northwest University of Politics and Law Business School
School-running consultant of Xi'an University of Arts and Sciences
Current academic position:
Deputy Director of Sensor and Microsystems Branch of China Electronics Society Expert of Pressure Expert Committee of China Sensor and Internet of Things Alliance
Joint Chief Scientist of Ubiquitous Engineering Technology Innovation of Internet of Things in Xi'an
International Judges of iCan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Executive Director of China Nanoscience Society
Global Internet of Things think tank expert
Original: When traveling on business and leisure time, Guge talks about the sensor (101)
