SWINDON, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 24, 2025--
Sensata Technologies (NYSE: ST), today announced the launch of the SIM200 Insulation Monitoring Device (IMD), designed to enhance safety in the next generation of the electric vehicle ecosystem.
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Sensata’s SIM200 (IMD) is designed for continuous active monitoring of unearthed (Isolated Terra) DC systems including charging stations, electric vehicles, and other systems operating above 60 VDC.
In a high voltage system, electrical isolation is accomplished by using non-conducting barriers such as insulation on cables, plastic housings on components, and physical distance. IMDs are needed to monitor these systems for failures, which could allow excess current to flow where it should not and pose an electrocution risk.
Using its patented signal injection algorithm and processing capabilities, the SIM200 is designed to provide continuous “always on” monitoring – even when the system is turned off or experiencing large changes in voltage. This IMD solution is also able to provide monitoring of the total stored capacitance in the system – functionality which is critical for safety in tomorrow's high-powered megawatt charging applications and meeting future insulation monitoring specifications.
Leveraging technology from Sensata’s 2021 acquisition of Sendyne Corp, the SIM200 monitors the insulation of Isolated Terra systems by injecting a small voltage through isolation resistors onto both the positive and negative high-voltage rails. The injection pulses alternate between the positive and negative rails at set time periods, and the system monitors these pulses against the system voltage to detect any safety concerns with the system and help trigger a shutdown if necessary.
Engineered to work seamlessly across EV charging and other platforms, the SIM200 is available in a variety of standard modules configured for applications from 60 V up to 1500 V. The device is UL 2231-2 recognized and has been tested to IEC 61557-8 requirements. Its communication framework has also been designed with inputs from some of the world’s largest OEMs, with dual dedicated fault state outputs, robust self-diagnosis functionality, as well as a modular CAN 2.0B interface for detailed system information.
“Sensata’s SIM200 delivers a robust insulation monitoring device with total capacitance measurement and continuous monitoring capabilities to enable the next generation of high voltage systems,” says Alice Martins, Vice President and General Manager for Sensata’s Industrial Solutions Business. “It is another product which drives our mission of supporting OEMs around the world as they look to create a cleaner and more electrified world.”
Visit Sensata Technologies at ACT Expo booth 6811 from April 28 to 30, to discover our advanced Insulation Monitoring devices. For more details about SIM200 visitwww.sensata.com/products/insulation-monitoring-devices/sim200-module.
About Sensata Technologies
Sensata Technologies is a global industrial technology company striving to create a safer, cleaner, more efficient and electrified world. Through its broad portfolio of mission-critical sensors, electrical protection components and sensor-rich solutions, Sensata helps its customers address increasingly complex engineering and operating performance requirements. With more than 18,000 employees and global operations in 14 countries, Sensata serves customers in the automotive, heavy vehicle & off-road, industrial, and aerospace markets. Learn more at www.sensata.com and follow Sensata on LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Instagram.
Sensata’s SIM200 Insulation Monitoring Devices detect potential isolation faults in high voltage electrical systems such as EV charging to help ensure safe system operation.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Synthetic dyes used to make brightly colored cereals, drinks and candies are coming under scrutiny in states across the country, where lawmakers say the federal government has stalled in taking action despite evidence of harmful effects.
West Virginia, which ranks at the bottom in the U.S. for many health metrics, became the first to sign a sweeping statewide ban on seven such dyes this week. Lawmakers in more than 20 states — from deep red West Virginia to heavily Democratic California — are making a bipartisan push to restrict access to the dyes, which have been tied to neurobehavioral problems in some children and of which U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been an outspoken critic.
“We should not be forced to police our own foods,” said Republican Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman, who heads the Senate's health committee and told lawmakers the vote might be the most important of their political careers. “No more toxic colors, no more poisoning ourselves and our children. No more unnecessary risks. Our health is not for sale."
In signing the bill, Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey referenced Kennedy's slogan in saying, “There’s no better place to lead the Make America Healthy Again mission."
The prohibition on certain preservatives and red, blue, green and yellow dyes takes effect for school food in August, and across the state in 2028. It follows narrower bills approved in California last year and Virginia last week that would ban six artificial dyes from being served in public schools beginning in 2027.
Thirty-six color additives are approved by the Federal Drug Administration for use in food and drinks in the U.S. Nine petroleum-based chemical dyes, including Red 3, have been allowed in U.S. food.
Public health advocates have been lobbying for state and federal action for years, pointing to research that links food dyes and other chemical additives to health risks, including exacerbating symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in some children and animal research linking certain additives to cancers.
The European Union and some countries, including Australia and Japan, have banned or restricted the use of certain food dyes because of potential health risks.
In October, dozens of protesters outside the Michigan headquarters of WK Kellogg Co. demanded that the company remove artificial dyes from cereals such as Apple Jacks and Froot Loops. Kellogg announced that it would remove artificial colors and ingredients from its U.S. products by 2018, but never did so, despite making the change in other countries, such as Canada, where Froot Loops are colored with concentrated carrot juice, watermelon juice and blueberry juice.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red 3 from the nation’s food supply in January, setting a 2027 deadline for manufacturers to eliminate it from their products. Makers of ingested drugs like cough syrups have until January 2028.
The National Confectioners Association, a trade group for chocolate, candy, gum and mints sellers, said the new regulations will make food more expensive, less accessible and lead to less variety on grocery store shelves. It said states such as West Virginia, where 1 in 4 children live in poverty and many neighborhoods are “food deserts” with limited access to affordable, nutritious food, will be disproportionately impacted.
Charles Leftwich, vice president of food safety and quality assurance for Sysco Corp., the world’s largest food service distributor, said food safety policies should be supported by science and “be consistently applied across all geographies.”
“We shouldn’t have a fragmented approach when it comes to food safety, because it breeds a lack of trust and confidence with within consumers,” Leftwich said in an interview with The Associated Press.
School districts in West Virginia have begun phasing out breakfast cereals, strawberry milk or other products in anticipation of the new law's August deadline.
Chris Derico, who runs Harrison County's school nutrition program, expects the new regulation to increase costs but said he's not “in panic mode about it” because none of the products containing the artificial dyes are used in main dishes served to students.
Travis Austin, who leads food service in the Cabell County Schools system, called the policy “a step in the right direction” and said it will be up to manufacturers to rework their formulas to remain competitive.
“It’s all about money,” he said. “If Froot Loops and Lucky Charms aren’t going to change their formulations, then we’re not going to buy them. We’ll buy ones that do.”
Lawmakers in West Virginia, which leads the nation in chronic diseases such as obesity, noted that the dyes are often found in sugary foods.
When the bill passed the state Senate, sponsor Jason Barrett said West Virginia was the first state to approve such a sweeping law but won’t be the last. He cited a bill advancing in Oklahoma that would ban 21 synthetic food dyes and additives.
He said companies prey on low-income consumers and children.
“With passage of this bill, we are saying to big food corporations that the health of our people comes first,” he said.
FILE - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol, in Charleston, W.Va., May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
FILE - Boxes of Kellogg's Fruit Loops cereal are displayed in a Target store in Pittsburgh, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
FILE - In this photo from July 29, 2015, a GNT employee deposits carrot extract on to a spoon at their offices in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
