Courtesy of IR Telemetrics Inc. IR Telemetrics Inc. of Hancock is a finalist for the 2024 Collest Thing Made in Michigan People’s Choice Award.

HANCOCK — The wireless measurement systems produced by IR Telemetrics Inc. in Hancock are a Top 10 finalist for the 2024 Coolest Thing Made in Michigan People’s Choice Award. The Coolest Thing Made in Michigan is part of the Michigan Manufacturers Association’s Manufacturing Excellence Awards program, which celebrates the contributions manufacturers make to Michigan’s economy and local communities.

The wireless systems produced by IR Telemetrics are custom made for each project right here in the Upper Peninsula. A patented measurement system designed and created by the engineers and technicians at IR Telemetrics can be placed on pistons, gears and shafts inside a working machine. The wireless systems then send data back to engineers and researchers about temperature, pressure, strain, etc., inside the machine. Their wireless systems have been used in engineering research and design projects across the U.S. and around the world.

“I love my job here at IR Telemetrics,” says mechanical engineer, Ron Kyllonen. “Other wireless systems exist, but they’re one size fits all kind of products that aren’t specifically designed to fit or function in each unique environment and project like the wireless systems we make here. We listen to the customer and create a product that meets their needs and is tested to work in harsh environments or on moving parts. Nobody else does what we do. It’s such a cool thing to be a part of.”

Two rounds of people’s choice voting determine the Top 10 and Top 3 Michigan-made products, with the final “Coolest” winner being revealed at the 2024 Manufacturing Excellence Awards on Nov. 6 at The Lansing Center in Lansing.

Round 1 of voting ended on Aug. 30, 2024. Votes were totaled and IR Telemetrics wireless measurement system was among the top ten receiving products in that round. They are now a finalist moving on to Round Two of voting at: micoolestthing.org. Round Two of voting started Sept. 9 and goes through Wednesday, Sept. 18, to determine which products make it into the Top 3 and, ultimately, the No. 1 2024 Coolest Thing Made in Michigan.

About IR Telemetrics

Founded in 1991, Infrared Telemetrics Inc. is the worldwide technology leader in wireless data transfer from reciprocating and rotating components. IR Telemetrics’ patented measurement systems provide data collection capabilities for an almost unlimited variety of industrial applications.

IR Telemetrics’ staff of engineers, researchers and scientists is driven by the challenge of expanding the application of wireless data transfer and welcomes the opportunity to develop novel solutions for data transfer.