Vatell

Name

Vatell

Legal name

Vatell Corporation

Website

https://vatell.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heat Flux Sensors and Thermal Measurement Instruments

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Sensors (Temperature/Humidity/Gas/Air Quality) (HDAHALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Thermistors & Temperature Sensors (NTC/PTC/RTD Elements) (HDAHANAH), Heat Detectors & Specialized Detectors (e.g., Kitchen/Rate-of-Rise) (HSAHAFAE)

Keywords

• Heat flux sensors
• Thermal measurement instruments
• Thermopile microsensors
• Gardon gauge transducers
• Sensor calibration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Christiansburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Heat Flux Sensors: Sale of heat flux measurement instruments including HFM microsensors, Thermogage circular-foil gauges, and Schmidt-Boelter sensors. Products vary by temperature range, response time, housing material, and configuration.
2. Signal Conditioning Amplifiers and Accessories: Sale of signal conditioning amplifiers (AMP series), panel meters, and signal transmitters designed specifically for heat flux sensors.
3. Calibration Services: NIST-traceable calibration services for heat flux sensors. Fast turn-around recalibration within one week. FAA-standard calibrations also available. Calibrations performed as pairs (sensor + amplifier) or separately.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Vatell Corporation manufactures and supplies heat flux measurement sensors and instrumentation, including Thermogage circular-foil Gardon gauge transducers, thin-film HFM heat flux microsensors, and a patented Schmidt-Boelter heat flux sensor. The company complements these sensors with a proprietary line of signal conditioning amplifiers, compatible panel meters and signal transmitters, and NIST-traceable calibration services for demanding thermal measurement applications in aerospace, fire testing, automotive, solar energy, rocketry, HVAC, and materials testing.

Product overview

Vatell Corporation offers a portfolio of heat flux measurement instruments centered around two core sensor product lines: the Thermogage circular-foil heat flux transducers (TG-1000 water-cooled, TG-2000 conduction-cooled, and TG-9000 radiometer series) and the HFM thin-film heat flux microsensors (with standard, HFM-1000 water-cooled, and HFM-9000 radiometer variants). These are complemented by a suite of signal conditioning amplifiers (AMP-6 through AMP-15 series), compatible panel meters and signal transmitters, and NIST-traceable calibration services. The company also offers Schmidt-Boelter heat flux sensors as part of its patented sensor portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Thermogage: Circular-foil heat flux transducers, also known as Gardon gauges, with all-metal construction and fully brazed joints.

Products and services

• Thermogage TG-1000 Series Water-cooled circular-foil heat flux transducers (Gardon gauges) with all-metal construction and fully brazed joints, available in standard, flanged, and pipe-style housing designs for demanding thermal measurement applications.
• Thermogage TG-2000 Series Conduction-cooled circular-foil heat flux gauges designed for short measurement time applications where total absorbed heat will not raise sensor temperature beyond 200°C.
• Thermogage TG-9000 Series Water-cooled radiometers with a window in front of the sensing element to screen out convection and measure radiation only, available with sapphire (0.3-5 micron) or ZnSe (0.6-17 micron) window materials.
• HFM Heat Flux Microsensors Thin-film thermopile heat flux sensors with microsecond response time (17 microseconds uncoated), offered in models HFM-6D/H, HFM-7E/H, HFM-7E/L, HFM-8E/L, and HFM-8E/H with platinum or Nichrome metallurgy and integrated temperature compensation.
• HFM-1000 Series Water-cooled high-speed thermopile heat flux sensors combining HFM-7E or HFM-8E substrates in water-cooled bodies, with active heat sink design that reduces sensitivity to mounting conditions.
• HFM-9000 Series Water-cooled high-speed thermopile radiometers with response times as fast as 300 microseconds, featuring sapphire (0.3-5 micron) or ZnSe (0.6-17 micron) window materials for radiation-only measurement.
• Schmidt-Boelter Heat Flux Sensor Patented Schmidt-Boelter heat flux sensor produced by Vatell as part of its sensor portfolio, complementing the Thermogage and HFM product lines for advanced heat flux measurement applications.
• AMP Signal Conditioning Amplifiers Family of dual-channel HFM amplifiers (AMP-6, AMP-8, AMP-10, AMP-12, AMP-13) and a single-channel Thermogage amplifier (AMP-15), with gain ranges from 1 to 5000, user-selectable or factory-set gain, battery or DC supply power, and dedicated temperature compensation channels.
• Texmate Digital Panel Meters Texmate digital panel meters paired with Vatell heat flux sensors for applications requiring digital readout, supplied through Vatell as calibrated options.
• Moore Industries Signal Transmitters Moore Industries signal transmitters paired with Vatell heat flux sensors for applications requiring alternate signal type output, supplied through Vatell.
• NIST-Traceable Calibration Services NIST-traceable calibration services for heat flux sensors with fast one-week recalibration turnaround, including FAA-standard calibrations; calibrations performed as sensor-plus-amplifier pairs or separately.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17 microseconds uncoated response time for HFM sensors
• +3 more outcomes

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered regional.

• Setter Enterprises, Inc. (ShenZhen Setter Industry Co., Ltd.)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for China market. Located in Shenzhen, China with contact personnel Mr. Zuxin Wan and Ms. Zhujun Liao. Provides local sales and support for Vatell heat flux sensors in China.
• Siretta LtdregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Europe and India markets. Located in Reading, UK with contact John Culver. Website at siretta.co.uk/heat-flux-sensors provides dedicated heat flux sensor landing page.
• Sensortechnos, Inc.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Japan market. Located in Tokyo with contact Junji Togawa. Website at senstech.jp provides local presence for Japanese customers.
• SY Co., LTDregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for South Korea market. Located in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do with contact Tai Gyoo Lim. Website at econeg.com.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Omega Engineering: Omega is a broad industrial sensor and instrumentation catalog supplier that carries heat flux sensors as part of a much wider product portfolio. It represents an incumbent competitor with significant distribution scale that competes on breadth rather than specialization.
• National Instruments (NI): NI supplies data acquisition and test instrumentation used in thermal and heat flux measurement applications. While not a dedicated heat flux vendor, NI competes indirectly by offering modular platforms customers use instead of purpose-built heat flux sensors.
• Keysight Technologies: Keysight is a broad test and measurement incumbent with data acquisition and signal conditioning products used in thermal test setups. It is an indirect competitor addressing the same end customers through bundled instrumentation solutions.
• Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK): HBK provides test and measurement solutions including thermal and power measurement instrumentation. It competes with Vatell at the system level for customers seeking integrated measurement chains in aerospace and industrial test applications.

Direct peers

• FluxTeq: FluxTeq is a US-based niche manufacturer of heat flux sensors and thermal conductivity measurement instruments. It targets overlapping materials testing, building science, and research applications, and represents a focused competitor within Vatell's secondary verticals.
• Hukseflux: Hukseflux Thermal Sensors is a Dutch specialist manufacturer of heat flux and thermal conductivity sensors. It is the most direct global competitor to Vatell, offering both industrial heat flux sensors and complementary thermal property measurement instruments to overlapping research and aerospace customers.
• RdF Corporation: RdF Corporation produces heat flux sensors and related thermal instrumentation, including foil-type sensors and heat transfer gauges. It serves aerospace, defense, and industrial testing markets that overlap with Vatell's customer base.
• Medtherm Corporation: Medtherm manufactures heat flux sensors and slug calorimeters primarily for aerospace, rocket engine, and turbine testing. Its product line overlaps directly with Vatell's high-temperature, water-cooled, and Schmidt-Boelter-style sensors serving hypersonic and propulsion customers.

Regional players

• Captec: Captec is a European thermal instrumentation provider offering heat flux measurement solutions across France and broader EU markets. Its regional focus and sensor portfolio make it a comparable competitor in Vatell's European distributor territory.

Emerging players

• Thermosensorik (TS Heat Flux): Thermosensorik is a smaller specialist offering Schmidt-Boelter and Gardon-gauge style heat flux sensors for fire testing and industrial applications. It is an emerging niche competitor with meaningful overlap in fire detection and materials testing use cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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