Since 1845, Gurley has been a major designer and producer of measuring instrumentation for a variety of industries and applications. Our areas of expertise include optical encoders for the precise measurement of position or speed; generation and replication or precise patterns on glass and similar substrates; optical coatings, assemblies and components; physical properties test instrumentation for medical tubing, paper, films, textiles, and other sheet goods; and open-channel flow meters to measure water velocity.
Gurley is certified to the ISO9001:2015, and has had continued registration for more than 20 years.
Winner of the 2012 and 2019 Lockheed Martin Outstanding Small Business Award as well as the 2018 Raytheon Premier Award for Business Management.
Our Services
We offer Optical Encoders for both rotary and linear motion, in conventional incremental and absolute configurations and in GPI’s unique Virtual Absolute™ technology.
Our Optics and Optographics product line comprises the generation and replication of precision optical patterns and parts such as reticles, resolution targets, encoder discs and scales, prisms, mirrors, beam splitters, filters, lenses and step wedges.
Hydrological Instruments are used to measure flow velocity in open channels such as rivers, streams, tidal marshes, sewers, flumes, conduits, etc.
Genuine Gurley™ Film, Sheet, and Paper Testing Instruments have been the industry standards for decades when it comes to measuring physical characteristics such as stiffness, flexibility, softness, porosity, air-permeability, and smoothness.
Gurley Precision Instruments (GPI) has been in business since 1845. We started in surveying instruments, where we were a global leader in both quality and precision, soon after introducing water current meters in the late 1800s, optical patterns on glass and test instrumentation in the early 1900s, and finally optical encoders in the 1950s, which is presently our largest product line. Our main office and factory reside in Troy, New York, however we have joint ventures in Lithuania, Slovenia, and China to support our various component and assembly needs.
GPI is committed to engineering and manufacturing excellence. Our designers and technicians are the best in the world at what they do. Our quality, on-time delivery, and customer support records are unparalleled in the markets that we compete – making Gurley a trusted partner with OEMs worldwide.
For example, GPI has always carried a conservative, long-term view on general business and the relationships that exist with our customers and partners worldwide. Since 1845, our organization has been debt free and strive to keep pricing consistent year-in and year-out. In short, other than being owned outright by our clients – GPI could not be a better partner for your business.
Industries that we carry in-depth technical and marketing knowledge include military and defense; space and aerospace; pulp, paper, and board; photonics, optics, and optical coatings, including precise patterns on glass and other substrates; semiconductor; medical device and medical packaging, including bio dispensing instrumentation; commercial and industrial motors and robotics; automotive; wovens and non-wovens, including fuel cell membranes and other filter media; environmental, waste water, and chemical flow rate applications; and general industry applications where motion control or velocity calculations are required.
Our quality standards adhere to strict ISO, J-STD, NASA, ASTM and AS9100 standards.
I welcome you to review our various product offerings. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Martin Gordinier
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