Rafal Pawluczyk of Kitchener was glued to his computer Thursday afternoon watching closely as NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on the planet Mars. Pawluczyk founded and is CEO of FiberTech Optica, which made the cables used on the SuperCam device on the rover that will analyze rocks. “SuperCam is essentially a chemical camera. So it will look at … Continue reading
When the Mars rover Perseverance lands on the Jezero Crater during February 2021 to search for evidence of past life, FiberTech Optica’s (FTO) fiber optic cables will play a crucial role in the robot’s mission. An instrument called SuperCam will use a laser to help study the composition of rocks. Cables designed by FTO will … Continue reading
Problem Quartz fibers have excellent transmission over long lengths, but they are very expensive, so usually cost prohibitive. A customer recently asked for a model D171 sensor with 45-meter length for displacement measurements in vacuum and high magnetic field. Solution PHILTEC devised a 3-piece cost saving system, where only 10% of the model D171 probe … Continue reading