BEI Duncan Electronics' NCAPS (Non-Contacting Angular Position Sensor), the latest in steering sensor and rotary position sensing solutions, has been selected as one of fifty finalists in Product Design and Development (PD&D) magazine's Seventh Annual Engineering Award Competition (see December 2001 issue).

To be eligible, products had to be available for purchase between October 2000 and August 2001. Nominations for the awards competition were accepted through August 15, 2001. The contest, open to all design engineers and engineering teams working in the United States, awards a total of $5,000 in prizes. The Gold Award is $2,500; the Silver, $1,500; and the Bronze, $1,000. In addition, winners receive a custom-designed crystal globe - a symbol of how engineering can improve the world. The winners, selected by PD&D readers, will be announced during National Manufacturing Week in March in Chicago and showcased in the May issue of Product Design and Development.

Incorporating patent pending technology, NCAPS offers an extremely clever adaptation of transceiver technology and digital signal processing techniques while using a combination of well proven and durable materials in a thin package size (less than 12 mm). NCAPS features mechanical memory at start-up and does not require electronic memory or a re-set function, unlike other sensing systems that cannot detect absolute position at power on. The new device is fully non-contacting and measures angular position over a full 360° range with +/- 1.5% absolute linearity.

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