Williston, VT – June 17, 2008 – MicroStrain Inc today announced that it has been awarded another Gold “Best of Sensors Expo” award in the sensor category. MicroStrain has now won nine Gold awards and one Silver award in the last seven years.

This year’s award was for Shear-Link™ (patent pending), which is a line of wireless shear pins that integrates a load sensing pin with strain gauge signal conditioning, internal battery, precision timekeeping, data logging, & wireless transceiver into one rugged, sealed module. Shear-Link™ pins are available in a range of sizes to meet the needs of a wide range of applications.

The strain sensing elements are located within a precision machined aperture within the center of the Shear-Link’s ™ stainless steel load bearing shaft; these connect internally to the integrated microelectronics module. The aperture is very small in diameter, so the Shear-Link™ remains at 97% of its intact strength. Encased in stainless steel & acetyl, with a sealed battery access port, and internal antenna, Shear-Link™ was designed for load monitoring under extreme environmental conditions.

“We’re excited to release the first totally integrated wireless shear pin, which provides engineers a reliable and easy to install method for monitoring critical structural loads. Shear bolts and clevis pins are commonly used to connect loads on moving parts of machines and vehicles, and the advent of wireless integration allows these loads to be measured much more easily.” said Steve Arms, MicroStrain’s President.

Shear-Link™ enables wireless load monitoring of shackles, clevis joints, pulley shafts, conveyer belt rollers, railroad couplings, forklifts, crane hooks, connecting rods, and mooring/tow lines. For monitoring of complex structures, Shear-Link™ eliminates the need to apply strain gauges to each structural element, because the pre-calibrated Shear-Link™ load sensing pin directly measures the structure’s static and dynamic joint loads. Benefits include a major reduction in installation time, along with increased reliability by eliminating field installation of strain gauges to the structure. Shear-Link™ bolts and pins can be embedded within factory machinery, industrial equipment, advanced load/weighing systems, bridges, aircraft, ground vehicles, mining & earth moving equipment.

The Sensors “Best of Sensors Expo” awards honored the most exciting new products that were on display at the Sensors Expo & Conference, which took place at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. All entries were judged on the basis of potential impact, application, distinctiveness, timeliness, and availability.

This panel of judges were comprised of the magazine’s editorial staff, members of the editorial advisory board, and industry experts including Melanie Martella, executive editor of Sensors; Deborah Lickness, John Deere; and Ed Ramsden, a member of Sensors' editorial advisory board and sensor industry veteran.

“The awards program recognizes cutting-edge solutions in the sensors marketplace,” said Martella. “All of the nominations demonstrated exceptional innovation, integration, and ease-of-use. We believe this year’s winners will be leaders in the sensors marketplace and offer our congratulations to the companies recognized.”

For further information, detailed specifications and pricing please contact MicroStrain at HYPERLINK "http://www.microstrain.com" www.microstrain.com.

About MicroStrain
MicroStrain, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of next generation wired & wireless networks for embedded displacement, strain, vibration, temperature and orientation sensing. For further information please visit MicroStrain’s website at www.microstrain.com or call 802-862-6629.

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