LumaSense acquisition adds transformer sensors

LumaSense Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif., a maker of temperature and gas sensing products, has acquired fiber-optic sensing technology from Canada-based Opsens Inc. used to help energy companies identify transformer hot spots and perform critical high-voltage equipment temperature monitoring. The deal for Opsens’ PowerSens system rounds out LumaSense’s fiber optics portfolio designed to help utilities improve power grid reliability involving generation, transmission and distribution assets, the company said.