About Tekscan

Tekscan's sensors and systems are used in an ever-expanding array of important applications in industry, medicine, and dentistry. Our team of highly competent mechanical designers, software engineers, and electrical engineers has a proven track record of exceptional results in very challenging environments. Our products range from simple force sensors and force sensing systems to highly complex pressure measurement systems with over 100,000 sensing points.

Tactile Array Sensor

Single-Point Force Sensor

All of Tekscan's systems consist of data acquisition hardware, Microsoft Windows-based analysis software with data acquisition display, pressure or force sensors, and optional calibration aids.

Tekscan has developed a broad range of unique system and sensor configurations, solving a multitude of force sensing and pressure measurement problems. Our systems are flexible and capable of being expanded, depending on the ever-changing needs of our customers. Tekscan's philosophy is to provide highly cost-effective upgrade paths to enhance and expand the utilization of our products by our customers. Tekscan has successfully integrated our technology into OEM products, and continues to develop sensors and systems that are rapidly becoming industry standards.

Tekscan's sophisticated design capabilities allow us to recommend, design and manufacture optimal resolution sensors for individual applications, optimizing the system accuracy for the specific measurement requirements.

Our grid-based sensor technology was first developed in response to a need identified in dentistry. Dentists sought a reliable means of quantifying the forces on individual teeth generated during a patient's closure (bite). Tekscan started developing the T-Scan® Occlusal Analysis System in 1987. To meet the identified needs of the dental market, Tekscan proceeded to patent its unique solution. Since that time, Tekscan has advanced on many fronts to improve its technology and extend its application to a wide variety of industries. The more sophisticated I-Scan® system was the first in a range of industrial products Tekscan has developed. Tekscan has continued to extend it's product range to applications involving high speed data acquisition, gasket and sealing interfaces, materials testing, athletic shoe design, CMP polishing, caster and wheel design, solder paste stenciling and screen-printing operations. In medicine, Tekscan systems have had a significant impact in the areas of pressure and force management. Tekscan has developed an in-shoe plantar pressure measurement system (the F-Scan®), a number of pedobaragraphic systems (the MatScan® family), sensors for measuring pressure distribution under burn garments (the Vascular System), sensors for the assessment of pressure inside a prosthesis, sensors used extensively in human joint research (the K-ScanTM), and other specialized applications.

Tekscan has recently introduced its line of single element force sensors - FlexiForce®. The FlexiForce force sensors are thin enough (0.003", 0.08mm) to allow for non-intrusive measurement and can be attached to many surfaces for your various force measurement needs. Tekscan has also introduced the ELF^TM (Economical Load & Force) system. The ELF is comprised of three FlexiForce force sensors, the supporting electronics, and Windows-based data analysis software. The ELF and FlexiForce force sensors provide a new category of low cost solutions and OEM tools for anyone who wants an economical solution to their force measurement problems.

Tekscan technology has played a key role in research and development all over the world. Our sensors and sensing systems are used everywhere from Industrial and Automotive to Medical and Dental applications. In fact, wherever companies require accurate, cost-effective force or pressure distribution measurement, Tekscan is helping save millions of dollars in design, design verification, and reengineering costs. Look at our varied list of applications and consider the possibilities!