INSTRUMAR Limited
St. John's, NL
Company Overview
Corporate Profile
INSTRUMAR Limited is a company that has developed leading-edge technologies capable of providing information on-line in harsh environments. The technologies have been developed utilizing 'intelligent sensors' designed by a multidisciplined team of electrical, mechanical, software, and systems engineers. The applications are able to provide previously unavailable information that will help companies improve operational and financial performance.
INSTRUMAR has been recognized for its innovation and business excellence through a number of awards:
- 1994 Canada Awards for Business Excellence, Award of
Excellence - Invention;
- 1988 Canada Awards for Business Excellence, Silver Award -
Industrial Design;
- 1988 Atlantic Canada Innovator of the Year Award;
- 1987 Canada Awards for Business Excellence, Certificate of
Merit - Invention.
The Company has also achieved quality recognition by successfully implementing a documented quality management system that complies with ISO 9001: 1994 series of standards including recognition for 9000-3 software quality.
INSTRUMAR has been in business since 1979. Research for its existing technology platform was started in the late 1980's.
The Company currently employs 40 people with one-half in the research and development group.
Company Information
Physical Address
39 Pippy Pl., 3rd Floor
St. John's, NL A1B 3X2
CA
Mailing Address
P. O. Box 13246, Stn A
St. John's, NL A1B 4A5
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: INSTRUMAR Limited
Number of Employees: 40
Total Sales ($CDN): $100,000 - $200,000
CA
Aerospace Instrumentation:
Contaminant & Fluid Integrity Measuring System (C/FIMSSTM1)C/FIMS is an aircraft-mounted sensor system for monitoring the effectiveness of the applied de/anti-icing fluids and the detection of ice, frost and snow buildup on the wings of aircraft during ground operation.
This core technology resident in C/FIMS is patented by INSTRUMAR. The marketing of C/FIMS is coordinated through a Joint Development and License Agreement with Honeywell.
Polymer Fibers Instrumentation:
The Attalus Information system is a fiber sensor sytem that is capable of measuring on-line changes in fiber denier, interlacing and finish.
Oil and Gas Instrumentation:
Multi-Phase Flow Meter (MPFM) is an in-line meter which will monitor the flow of oil/gas/water mixtures for the oil and gas industry.
Ice Detection and Monitoring (IM101) Ice Sensor:
INSTRUMAR has developed a tower mounted ice probe for monitoring environmental icing. The sensor outputs data via an RS232 link and contains a solid state switch, which can be used to control de-icing equipment.
Contract Research and Development:
INSTRUMAR has performed a variety of contract research and development programs, including:
ETIPS Thermal Model Saltwater Battery for Rescu406 Optical Displacement Sensor for Space Station Liquid Carry Over Sensor for Columbus Orbital Facility - European Space Agency Monitoring of Breathing Gases (aerospace)
DuPont Canada - European Space Agency - Honeywell
- INSTRUMAR has received several awards
recognizing its commitment to innovation and business excellence. These awards were presented by the Canada Awards for Business Excellence program, who honour outstanding business achievements from all industry sectors.
These include:
- 1994 Award of Excellence - Invention:
This prestige was awarded for the development of C/FIMS, our advanced electromagnetic sensor which detects the presence of contaminants and provides continuous monitoring of applied de/anti-icing fluids on critical aircraft surfaces during ground operation in severe weather conditions.
- 1987 Certificate of Merit - Invention:
Received for the Colormet, a portable spectrophotometer that measures color by surface reflectance and can determine the color inside a sample when fitted with a fiber optic penetration probe.
- 1988 Silver Award - Industrial Design:
Also received for the Colormet. In addition, INSTRUMAR has also been awarded:
Atlantic Canada Innovator of the Year, 1988.
Contacts
G. Lee Shinkle
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
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Glen White
Title: Marketing
Area of Responsibility: Export Sales & Marketing
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Michael Chan
Title: Vice President
Area of Responsibility: Domestic Sales & Marketing
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Stuart Inkpen
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Services
- Analysis - Air Quality
- Analysis - Mathematical
- Analysis - Statistical
- Engineering And Technical Services
- Engineering Services - Systems
- Management Services - Fisheries Resources
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Manufacturing
In addition to INSTRUMAR's prototyping and manufacturing activity related to its own technologies, the Company also manufactures a bracket for AlliedSignal Aerospace Canada's (ASACa's) Emergency Locator Survival Beacon and is currently designing a crash-activated version of this beacon and expects to be manufacturing the beacon in early 2000 for ASACa.
- Oceanological Studies
- Research & Development
- Simulation
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Software Engineering And Simulation
The Company has utilized the software engineering group to:
- simulate the float-out from dry-dock of the Hibernia offshore
100, 000 ton base of the production platform;
- construct a 2D simulator for the Canadian Space Agency to test
path planning algorithms to manipulate the arm in the space station remote manipulator system;
- access the NASA specified 3D robotics simulation package,
IGRIP, to build a 3D model of the arm;
- develop simulation models for ballast control of a heavy lift
transportation vessel and a semi-submersible floating oil and gas production unit;
- develop the software which simulates the Emergency Control
System on the Hibernia offshore production platform as part of the training simulator for the platform control room.
The Company is currently developing software for the Terra Nova simulator to allow the simulation system to communicate with the distributed control system.
- Space
- Support Services - Air Quality
Products
- Assemblies - Electronic
- Contaminant & Fluid Integrity Measuring System (c/Fims)
- Detection Systems
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Electrokinetic Flow Meter (ekfm)
This new technology will measure the flow rate of relatively pure fluids such as fuels, pure water, and freon. The participants in this program are hoping this new technology will:
- have application to fast ship technologies,
- improve fuel flow measurement in jet turbine engines, and
- help achieve more accurate fuel measurement in on-orbit
satellites.
- Engineering - Consultants
- Ice Detection/Measuring Systems
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Multi-phase Flow Meter (mpfm)
The problem of multi-phase sensing is a concern of the petroleum industry. The MPFM is expected to measure on-line the percentage of oil, gas, and water mixtures through a pipe. The first full-scale prototype is expected to be constructed the third quarter 1999 and tested during the fourth quarter 1999 at a local flow loop built by Memorial University.
- Sensors
- Sensors - Air
- Sensors - Gas
- Sensors - Ground Ice, Aircraft
- Simulator
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Yarnscan
On Line fiber detector
NAICS Categories
Additional Information
334512, 541330
ISO 9001
1650-Aircraft Hydraulic Vacuum, and De-icing System Components, 4460-Air Purification Equipment, 5998-Electrical and Electronic Assemblies; Boards, Cards, and Associated Hardware, 6630-Chemical Analysis Instruments, AR00-Space, AZ00-Other Research and Development, B005-Oceanological Studies, B100-Air Quality Analyses, B303-Mathematical/Statistical Analyses, E101-Air quality Support Services, F030-Fisheries Resources Management Services, R007-Systems Engineering Services, R008-Engineering and Technical Services (incl. Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Electronic Engineering), R015-Simulation
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