Overview

GORE GAS SENSOR SOLUTIONS: PROVEN PERFORMANCE TO DESIGN THE FUTURE

The gas sensor market is driven by the ongoing need for industrial safety and the new requirements for air quality monitoring. Gore has been serving the gas sensor market for more than 25 years. We’re still going strong and continue to innovate membranes for gas sensor types such as EC, NDIR and MOS.

From mechanical engineering and process technology to automation and numerous other sectors, deploying the right sensors has become a make-or-break factor crucial to a product’s international competitiveness.

IN OEM GAS SENSORS AND GAS SENSOR COMPONENTS, GORE SOLUTIONS MEAN:
  • Increased lifetime
  • Improved measurement stability
  • Reduced production costs
  • Better accuracy
  • Rapid response time

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Applications

ANALYTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: EQUALLY POSSIBLE WITH GORE GAS SENSOR SOLUTIONS
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Analytical Monitoring & Safety

Industrial Applications

  • Oil & Gas
  • Chemical Plants
  • Petrochemical Facilities
  • Power Generation
  • Water Treatment
  • Military

Gases / Physical Units
CO, CO2, H2S, NO, NO2, SO2, CL2, SO2, ETO, etc.

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Environmental Monitoring, Health & Safety

Civil Residential & Consumer Applications

  • Civil Gas Safety
  • HVAC
  • Smart Home
  • White Goods
  • Wearables
  • Indoor Air Quality

Gases / Physical Units
CO, CO2, O2, O3, CH4, NH3, NO2, VOC, Particle Matters, Humidity RH

GORE HAS SENSOR SOLUTIONS FOR ALL TYPES OF GASES AND APPLICATIONS

Virtually any type of static or handheld gas detector sensor, gas pressure, gas leak or flow-rate sensor can benefit from Gore products, technologies and application expertise. We’re ready to team up with you on sensors for all types of gases, including:

  • Infrared combustible gas
  • Refrigerant gas
  • Propylene gas
  • VOC gas
  • Electrochemical gas
  • NOx gas
  • Natural gas
  • Metal Oxide Semiconductor gas
  • Isopropanol gas
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For MEMS gas sensors

Our membrane engineers have a solid grounding in MEMS applications, and we can help you with developing or enhancing your:

  • MEMS gas flow sensors
  • MEMS CO2 sensors
  • MEMS oxygen sensors
  • And any other MEMS applications you have

For gas leak-detection sensors

In gas-leak sensors, our proprietary microporous membrane structures can enhance the consistency and accuracy of multiple gas-detection sensor types:

  • Dirty-flame sensors (gas furnaces)
  • Combustible gas sensors
  • Sensors with air-monitoring membranes

For exhaust-gas sensors

The low-shrinkage GORE Membranes can help critical applications — like carbon monoxide (CO) gas sensors or CO2 gas sensors — keep environments, people and processes safe. Turn to Gore’s technology for reliable, repeatable results from your:

  • Exhaust gas temperature sensor
  • Exhaust gas recirculation sensor
  • Exhaust gas pressure sensor

For non-dispersive infrared sensors

Count on GORE Gas Sensor Solutions for all your non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor applications — especially those where our MEMS expertise can help enhance the performance of:

  • NDIR O2 sensors
  • NDIR methane sensors
  • NDIR CO2 sensors

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Properties & Portfolio

Gas sensor manufacturers worldwide know they can count on Gore for gas sensor membranes that offer:

  • Consistent and uniform quality
  • Easy integration
  • Low shrinkage
  • Good printability
  • A reliable and secure supply chain
A BROAD PORTFOLIO FOR MULTIPLE GAS SENSOR FUNCTIONS AND DESIGNS

Each gas sensor’s particular design – as well as the materials used in it – depends on many different factors, most importantly the gas sensor’s purpose and the environment in which it will be used.

Gore has the capability to develop specialized membranes to match your design specifications and provide the multiple gas-sensing functions your application requires.

We are continuously innovating GORE Performance Membranes for gas sensor types like EC, NDIR and MOS. GORE Performance Membranes can help you meet increasingly demanding functional requirements, to help keep your gas sensor solutions at the forefront of today’s competitive marketplace.

GORE® PROTECTIVE VENTS AND GORE® PERFORMANCE MEMBRANES IN EC, NDIR, PAS AND METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR GAS SENSORS
Infographic shows the usage of GORE® Protective Vents and GORE® Performance Membranes in EC, NDIR and MOS gas sensors.

A Broad Portfolio

Every sensor’s design and components differ, according to its function and operating environment. That’s why our portfolio includes a selection of GORE® Performance Membranes, as well as a range of GORE® Protective Vents, which incorporate our proprietary membrane technologies.

Infographic highlights the exterior of an EC gas sensor device to showcase the protective function of GORE® Protective Vents.

Protective Vents

Our high-perm membranes’ structure ensures the gas gets through, even as it protects portable or static devices from ingress of moisture, particles or other contaminants that can result from condensation, high-pressure cleaning, shocks, vibration or other environmental factors.
Infographic highlights the dust cover performance membrane in EC, NDIR and MOS gas sensors.

Dust Cover

Prevents ingress of dust and liquid but allows gas to go through. Provides mechanical protection for exterior of sensor cells in EC sensors, NDIR sensors as well as MOS sensors.

Infographic highlights the membrane responsible for diffusion control in an EC gas sensor.

Flow or Diffusion Control

Reduces pressure peaks due to rapid change of outside pressure, or controls the diffusion of defined gases to measure higher concentrations.

Infographic highlights the sealing ring that is used as an additional seal within the EC gas sensor stack.

Sealing Ring

Used as an additional seal within the sensor stack.

Infographic highlights the membrane at the working electrode in an EC gas sensor.

Membrane at Working Electrode

Barrier prevents electrolyte from escaping and allows gas to go through. Lets gases diffuse at the desired rate and balances pressure differences. Carries the catalyst of the electrode. Chemical resistance required.

Infographic highlights the membrane at the reference and counter electrode in an EC gas sensor.

Membrane at Reference and Counter Electrode

Carries the catalyst of the electrode. Chemical resistance required.

WHICH GORE GAS SENSOR SOLUTION IS RIGHT FOR YOUR APPLICATION?
Stylized image of an EC gas sensor device as used in the infographic above.

Get specifications for GORE® Protective Vents for sensing devices or sensor cell protection and GORE Performance Membranes for inner sensor cell functions: Download our Data Sheet

Download our Data Sheet

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Design & Manufacturing

BY YOUR SIDE FROM DESIGN TO MANUFACTURE

At Gore, we are committed to supporting you through any design challenges you might face during the production process of your gas sensors.

In consultation with you, we can define which products are best suited for your sensor applications, to help ensure that your gas sensor development processes are simplified and accelerated. From the first gas sensor design to the manufacturing of the finished product, you can benefit from our service.

And with our broad portfolio of GORE Protective Vents and GORE Performance Membranes, we can ensure an efficient integration of our components resulting in reliable gas sensor products.

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Innovation

READY TO TAKE YOUR GAS SENSORS TO THE NEXT LEVEL? TEAM UP FOR INNOVATION, TEAM UP WITH GORE!

Innovation is in our DNA! We’re ready to contribute to your success by making our membrane engineering abilities available for you — which makes us the perfect match for innovators.

If you have a new gas sensor design, a new project or an unsolved challenge regarding gas-sensing technologies, get in touch with us!

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