SolveTech’s History
ESTABLISHED IN WILMINGTON, DE USA IN 1981.
The first generation of thickness gauges were developed in 1986 to test variability in thickness on polyester film lines. The company then went on to enhance the technology and, in 1988, introduced the first commercially viable, double-sided (parallel plate) capacitance gauges. This technology brought significant new levels of performance in accuracy and speed, along with the concepts of user-definable measurement footprints and gaps.
In 1989, the first Array gauges were created. These gauges provided the first high speed “terrain maps” of extruded products. In subsequent years, there has been continuous improvement to the technology. It has been successfully applied to numerous applications involving a wide variety of materials and geometries.
In 1998, SolveTech introduced the BF200 Blown Film Gauging System to the blown film market.
In 2001, SolveTech took its online technology and applied it for use in the lab. The result was the PR2000 Precision Profiler which has now been implemented by many companies as their worldwide standard. The SC1000 Spot Checker was later developed in 2004 for lab use for ceramic tape.
In 2016, SolveTech focuses finding new solutions for our customers. SolveTech continues to be an innovator in the marketplace and develops new products using its market leading capacitance gauging technology. In January, they successfully introduced their technology to the nonwoven market.
In 2017, SolveTech co-authored ASTM standard D8136, and filed a provisional patent for new gauging technology.