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PCB Piezotronics, Inc. was established in August of 1967 by Robert W. Lally and
James F. Lally. The focus of their technical efforts were primarily on the
development and application of integrated circuit technology to piezoelectric
sensors. Beginning with the creation of sensors to measure cylinder combustion
pressure, PCB's product line quickly expanded to include vibration and force
sensors.
Other products such as impact hammers, multichannel signal conditioners and
actuators followed to meet increasing customer demand. It was this flexibility
in design / manufacturing, coupled with PCB's commitment to "Total Customer
Satisfaction", that is responsible for the success of PCB. A timeline of the
significant events in PCB's history is shown below.
1967 - ICP® (Integrated-Circuit-Piezoelectric) sensors developed and marketed.
1971 - Development of the 100,000 g high-shock, ICP®, quartz accelerometer
completed.
1972 - Introduction of Impulse Hammers to excite structures for resonance
searching and troubleshooting applications.
1973 - The first rugged, industrial-grade, ICP® accelerometer produced to serve
the emerging machinery health monitoring market.
1975 - PCB recognized as the largest U.S. manufacturer of quartz, ICP® sensors.
1977 - Employees brave driving snow storms to continue sensor production during
the "Blizzard of 1977".
1982 - Structcel® Modal Array Sensing System developed to ease sensor
installation and reduce set-up time on large scale modal surveys.
1983 - Modally-Tuned® Impluse Hammers win IR-100 Award as one of the top 100
technical developments for the year.
1984 - 128 Channel Data Harvester provides sensor power and speeds modal
analysis by offering automatic bank switching capability.
1986 - A milestone in precision vibration measurements as the first commercial,
quartz, shear-structured, ICP® accelerometer is developed.
1990 - IMI (Industrial Monitoring Instrumentation) Division of PCB established
to concentrate on the expanding predictive maintenance market.
1992 - AVC (Active Vibration Control) Division of PCB established to concentrate
on noise and vibration control products.
1993 - Worlds smallest, all-welded, hermetically sealed, ICP® single axis and
triaxial accelerometers developed.
1995 - Underwriters Laboratory certifies PCB to the International Quality
Standard ISO-9001.
1996 - OST (Oceana Sensor Technolgies, Inc.), a PCB Group Company, produces
first, automatically fabricated, piezoelectric sensor.
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