Just to provide some additional info, the company has been doing inline particle monitoring for over 30 years now and are among the best in the world at what they do. When I was working there, they developed and were manufacturing the oil monitoring sensor for the F-35.
This sounds really neat, and I wonder when it will be compact cost effective enough to incorporate into lighter duty engines, like light and medium trucks. Oh man, a fleet manager can only currently dream of having that level of feedback and warning about major engine failure... Engines we were replacing for $7k 8 years ago are now costing $15 to 20k to replace.
Just to provide some additional info, the company has been doing inline particle monitoring for over 30 years now and are among the best in the world at what they do. When I was working there, they developed and were manufacturing the oil monitoring sensor for the F-35.
This sounds really neat, and I wonder when it will be compact cost effective enough to incorporate into lighter duty engines, like light and medium trucks. Oh man, a fleet manager can only currently dream of having that level of feedback and warning about major engine failure... Engines we were replacing for $7k 8 years ago are now costing $15 to 20k to replace.
This is one of those innovations, not glamorous like weaponry, but absolutely vital for engine maintenance.