Vermon (France)

Profile

Profile Vermon was established in 1984 with the objective of advancing the state-of-the-art in ultrasonic phased array transducer design, and has become a world leader in 1-3 piezoelectric composite technology. OEM manufacturers worldwide are supplied with high quality, high performance transducers and probes for a variety of diagnostic imaging applications. Vermon's manufacturing facilities include: - 10000 sq. ft environmentally controlled production area, in-house tooling design and fabrication, computer controlled dicing saws for composite and array fabrication, electroplating facilities, vacuum encapsulation equipment, moulding equipment, environmental chambers for temperature, humidity and special chemical compatibility tests, sophisticated transducer modelling software, CAD tools for mechanical and electrical design, computer based automated acoustic testing systems and Steris One R system for testing probe materials for Steris compatibility.

Participation

Vermon will:

• Manufacture the PAUT probes specified by the research carried out by TWI
• After the completion of the project, Vermon intend to patent, manufacture, market and sell the PAUT methodology and sensors