MEASUREMENT & MONITORING
BROAD RANGE OF PRODUCTS
RHEINTACHO GROUP
THE RHEINTACHO GROUP – A JOURNEY THROUGH
A COMBINED HISTORY OF OVER 350 YEARS!
When RHEINTACHO Messtechnik from
Freiburg, Germany acquired Foundrometers
Instrumentation of Leeds, UK in the year
2000, two long established companies
joined forces to establish a new international
instrumentation and sensor company
specializing in measuring, recording and
monitoring rotational speed and other
rotation relevant parameters. RHEINTACHO
Messtechnik, the German parent company
founded in 1901, is now specialized in
the production of high-tech rotational
speed sensors. They also produce and
distribute a wide range of high-performance
stroboscopes and digital tachometers.
With double-digit new sensors in
development, RHEINTACHO is second to
none in innovation in rotational speed
measurement. And to serve its customers
even more, RHEINTACHO sensors are now
becoming more versatile. The newest addition
to the sensor family is called, M8. It now also
integrated temperature measurement into
this extremely small sensor. Another sensor
called ABZ goes even a step further than only
adding temperature measurement; it also
detects position and direction. The FA, FC and
FE sensors of RHEINTACHO are the products of
choice in environments presenting challenges
in temperature change and range. Their
functionality is ensured due to clever design
and most modern electronics at temperatures
ranging from -40°C to 140°C, depending on
the model. And the future will bring even
more functionality into many new sensor
developments.
The RHEINTACHO range of stroboscopes
includes both portable and stationary
solutions, both available in LED or xenon
versions. The future will include the
integration of the newest generation of
LEDs, enabling the RHEINTACHO strobes to
be considered among the brightest now
available worldwide.
In the UK, RHEINTACHO UK, which was
formerly called Foundrometers, was founded
in 1919, i.e. we will be celebrating 100 years
of precision instrumentation in the UK.
When Foundrometers took over Hardings
of Leeds in in 1980, they acquired another
instrumentation company which was founded
in 1872! Believe it or not, RHEINTACHO UK’s
“SPARES AND REPAIRS” team is still able
to repair and refurbish instruments which
are returned as old as the company is. And
not only RHEINTACHO, Foundrometers or
Hardings instruments can be serviced or
repaired, but any make of any company, most
of which no longer even exist.
Today, RHEINTACHO UK is responsible for
the manufacture of mechanical and electric
instruments and tachometers. Back at the
beginning of the last century, revometers as
tachometers were then called, Foundrometers
and Hardings were the market leaders in
precision, documentation and range of
products. This tradition is both a blessing
and a burden for RHEINTACHO today. We will
continue to provide the market with solutions
for the old instruments, but at the same time,
we also offer reengineering services in case a
repair is no longer possible.
The company today specializes in handheld
mechanical tachometers in metric or imperial
versions, both of which are available in
intrinsically safe versions for hazardous
environments, such as in mines. Another
important product group are our eddy-
current tachometers, also intrinsically safe
if required. These tachometers can also be
combined with a wide variety of gearboxes
to enable easy attachment to a shaft. Typical
applications include mixing or production
equipment in the chemical industry, machine
industry and fuelling equipment. Many
aircraft refuelling stations or vehicles are
equipped with eddy current tachometers
from RHEINTACHO. In mining facilities, our
tachometers can be used for maintenance
purposes, and also to monitor the speed of
lifts, gearboxes and motors used to transport
both staff or material, even in hazardous
environments.
A further product group of RHEINTACHO UK
is tacho generators. These tacho generators
reliably measure the rotational speed of
motors or engines. The signals produced are
most often sent to a RHEINTACHO indicator
and depending on the requirements, they
are offered with normalized voltage, current
or pulse output, i.e. the right model for the
right application. RHEINTACHO adapts its
solutions to the application. These products
are also very robust providing a high degree
of shock resistance. Another advantage which
they have in common with the eddy current
tachometers is not needing any external
power supply, making their use interesting
in surroundings where power is missing or
unreliable.
The RHEINTACHO Group has been
complemented by the newest edition to
the family, RHEINTACHO Vision Systems
underlining the strategic direction of
RHEINTACHO to become even more
diversified in the future.
RHEINTACHO competence and experience,
modern and history, flexible innovation
and tradition; all characteristics making the
group even stronger to face the challenges
of tomorrow with a highly motivated
staff in 4 locations whose pleasure it is to
serve customers and develop long-term
partnerships with suppliers.
Feel free to contact us at
RHEINTACHO UK Ltd.
Tel.: +44 (0)113 287 4411
[email protected]
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