(Advanced Photonix: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Advanced Photonix Inc. (API) announces that its terahertz system, the T-Ray 4000, will be deployed on a factory line for quality and process control at a major manufacturer of extruded web products. This ground-breaking advancement in terahertz deployment is the first in a number of industrial applications under development to help manufacturers improve their process control while using a noncontact sensor that has no radioactive sources or ionizing radiation.

API is the first company to commercialize terahertz technology and deploy it to the factory floor through the use of its patented fiber-coupled transmitters and receivers. This enabling technology gives the end-user the flexibility to mount the sensors on a scanning frame without contacting or impeding the product, and to collect more information and data to control the manufacturing process for tighter tolerances, saving material and increasing quality control.

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