Environmental Protection System
The Acu-Res Environmental Protection System (EPS) has been designed to allow the sensor to work reliably under the most extreme conditions. The EPS helps to guarantee high data availability in all weather conditions.
The EPS has been optimised to minimise the effects of:
- Lightning and EMC
- Dust and sand
- Solar radiation
- Heavy rain
- Salt water
- Snow, freezing rain and ice
- Hail
- Physical impact
- Vibration
- Corrosion
- Weathering and ageing
The EPS ensures high levels of availability by incorporating:
- A hard anodised alloy body which is strong, corrosion resistant and transmits heat easily and evenly
- A sealing system in the body and around the connector which keeps out sand, dust and water
- Surge protection electronics to increase the sensor’s immunity to large voltage and current transients induced by lightning strikes
- Three heaters which maintain the sensor at a constant temperature and stop it from icing up
- Super hydrophobic coatings which helps keeps the sensor clean and dry
- Highly Accelerated Life Cycle testing which qualifies the sensors to withstand extremes of temperature and vibration
The Acu-Res technology platform and the FT 702 series wind sensor are probably the most tested wind sensor technology in the world. See the standards here.
