Asterium

Asterium, a British technology company, develops compact and cost-effective optical fibre sensing systems that deliver continuous real-time structural inspection for early fault detection and condition-based maintenance to ensure greater reliability and safety. The headquarters is located in the United Kingdom.

Here are key aspects of the company:

• Products & Services: Asterium provides consulting services around advanced optical fibre sensing, a development board featuring an environmentally stable optical specklemeter, and custom bespoke sensor system solutions using their specklemeter technology.
• Industries: The company focuses on integrated monitoring of high-value composite materials and offers quasi-distributed sensing for temperature, pressure, and strain applications.
• Innovation: Asterium combines optical fibre sensing with artificial intelligence to create lightweight and affordable monitoring systems capable of real-time and continuous measurements.

The firm leverages intelligent in-service monitoring to extend the operational lifetime of parts made from composite materials while preventing unexpected failures.