PRI 2019: Rife Sensors Debuts With Highly-Advanced Product Lineup

By Andrew Wolf December 12, 2019What is Rife Sensors, you may be asking? With the same emphasis on quality design and engineering that TBM Brakes put into its high-performance and racing braking systems, the team set out to complement its existing product line in 2019 by developing a full line of advanced sensors for racing applications.



Rife Sensors, an offshoot of the familiar California-based brake manufacturer, had its coming-out party here at the PRI Show, unveiling its lineup of very trick pressure sensors, air/water temperature sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors.

One of the keys to Rife’s sensor development has not only been speed and accuracy but also, longevity. Rife’s Randy Cotteleer notes that it’s often vibration from the engine that wears down many sensors on the market. Rife has approached that common problem head-on with a remote-mount design that incorporates many of the design elements of other sensors, but has taken it a step further with additional vibration-dampening.

The block, Cotteleer explains, is mounted to either the chassis or the firewall, therefore, isolating the sensors from the engine itself. The inserts that hold the sensor cores within the engine, actually float on a soft O-ring at the bottom and a rubber bladder/gasket on top, so the sensor core floats inside that insert, making them effectively triple-isolated from vibration.

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Rife's complete lineup of sensor products, most of which will be available in by the first of the year.
Rife has also addressed interference, by adding low-pass filters and conditioned outputs so the signals don’t have as much noise and therefore provide a more solid signal.