Overview
Micronor, Inc.
<p> May 2013 marked 10 years since Micro<em></em>nor Inc. was first established in a modest business unit on Old Co<em></em>nejo Road in Newbury Park, California. </p> <p> <br /> </p> <p> In additio<em></em>nal to providing sales and service for Micro<em></em>nor AG products in the North America, Micro<em></em>nor Inc. brought together a group of ambitious fiberoptic engineers who spent the next 10 years creating innovative fiber optic sensors. We branded them ZapFREE® because of their immunity to EMI, RFI and lightning. </p> <p> 2004  –  World’s First Commercial FO Incremental Encoder (MR310) </p> <p> 2007  –  US Patent 7,196,320 awarded for FO Incremental Encoder </p> <p> 2010  –  World’s First Commercial MRI-compatible FO Encoder (MR318) </p> <p> 2011  –  World’s First 13-bit FO Position Sensor (MR330) </p> <p> 2012  – World’s First Commercial MRI Safe FO Position Sensor (MR338) </p> <p> 2013  – US Patent 8,461,514 awarded for FO Absolute Position Sensor </p> <p> 2016  – World’s First Fiber Optic Microswitch </p> <p> Since its founding in 1968, Micro<em></em>nor has been global “go-to” manufacturer for rotation sensor solutions, including geared limit switches, encoders, resolvers, motorized potentiometers and other compo<em></em>nents for the automation industry. Our extremely modular systems help us to co<em></em>nceive designs, prototypes and production units in record time. Our technology portfolio offers the broadest range of products from electromechanical to electro<em></em>nic to optical to fiber optics. o<em></em>nly 40 years of proven experience can provide such a wide range of capabilities. Quality and precision are exemplified by our ISO9000 certification in Switzerland. </p> <p> <br /> </p>