Reliable and dependable contactless fibre optic rotary joints (FORJs) and slip rings are needed for radar systems — on which the security and safety of airspace, coastland, military installations, power stations and main highways depend
Radar & Homeland Security Fibre Optic Rotary Joints (FORJ)
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> Approved and Trusted Solutions > Over 35 Years in the Renewable Energy Industry > Development and Supply Partner for Multiple OEM’s > Over 1,000,000 BGB Rotary Solutions Installed Globally , Are you experiencing problems with your Slip Rings or FORJs?... Cleaning too much? Waiting on units to arrive? Paying too much for parts? Not adaptable enough? .. .
Resulting in... DOWNTIME
Our communication networks continually advance to deploy greater coverage, greater data volumes and higher resolution data. This places increasingly higher demands on slip ring technologies to facilitate this transfer through rotational radar applications. Often deployed in remote locations it is paramount to specify high environmental protection and select a contact technology which has no maintenance requirements. There are many challenges that face the radar industry, historically driven by military advancements, now sees the civilian market driving demand. Autonomous vehicles, 5G and air traffic control all have huge potential and challenges in a world of increasing population and data demands. Whilst challenges with rain attenuation, waveform optimisation and the maturation of machine learning can not all be addressed with the efficient transfer of signal through rotating parts a reliable technology partner in this space can give you peace of mind that this element is in safe hands.
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Designers Top Tips: Consider adding a multiplexed FORJ instead of a slip ring for space limiting applications or where data requirements are high. This may give you better communication and the total system cost including media converters are often more economical. What sort of environment and duty cycle does your radar experience? Is it under constant slow rotation at a fixed position or is it deployed to temporary sites on vehicles over harsh terrain. Our silver fibre brush technology has great vibration performance in a compact space envelope
and is proven to last over 100 million revolutions.
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Fibre Optic Rotary Joints for Radar Applications
Fibre Optic Rotary Joints (FORJs) should also be considered to facilitate low attenuation losses and high speed data transfer. BGB can offer a tailored solution to cater to CANBUS, Profinet, analogue and digital signals as well as standard power channels. Depending on the distance travelled and the amount of light channels that are required BGB can support in selecting the most appropriate unit to optimise insertion loss and back reflection
Did You Know? BGB supply a variety of major OEM’s in different industries all over the world, with over 1,000,000 rotary solutions working tirelessly in all seven Continents Lightning Protection: We also offer lightning brushes and holders for radar applications that are located in areas prone to storms. Our 120A holders use a specially selected brush grade to optimise both good quality contact and lubrication to ensure a low impedance path for lightning to ground.
BGB takes pride in being a UK manufacturer of high quality. Through investment in plant, people and process we are able to manufacture high tolerance parts controller to 1 micron (1/75th diameter of a human hair). Whilst we have a standard range of products allowing accessibility, lower price and a quick turnaround we also offer co- development support for lower volume projects.
Our holders are fully cast units which are surface plated as standard to resist marine environments.
Postproduction we offer support and repairs, and for high technology offerings (where the cost of down- time is high) we offer
hardware as a service. If you have a problem with an existing component or supplier, we offer root cause analysis services to provide impartial technical insight and solution.
The holders use constant force stainless steel spring clips to ensure long service life.
Make use of BGB’s in-house testing facilities to stress test the rotary solution before deployment. Test boundaries for: torque, speed, wear rates, signal loss, surface roughness, temperatures, data loss and bit error rate tests.
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