Smart sensor nodes are the “canaries in a coal mine” for the industrial IoT, sensitively monitoring industrial equipment for vibrations, electrical current and voltage changes, temperature, sound, and ...

Industries and R&D sites depend on sensors to measure, monitor and analyze vibrations. Unfortunately, the best ways to get accurate and repeatable vibration data are not clear to many engineers; they ...

Rectangular or cylindrical? Comparing the enclosure types. Determining wall thickness. How does the enclosure's orientation impact performance? In Part 1, we covered modal analysis, the Timoshenko ...

The Fluke 3562 screening vibration sensor system boasts batteryless operation using thermoelectric or photovoltaic energy harvesters. Comprising hardware, software, and service, the system allows ...

MEMS-based accelerometers are increasingly deployed in harsh environments where mechanical stress is not just expected but constant.

Using factory automation to improve overall efficiency is a primary focus in today’s manufacturing industry. Organizations are shifting in this direction not only because it increases their bottom ...

A new advance in vibration monitoring, developed with EPRI, facilitates the measurement of torsional vibration and is expected to be of significant value to power plants relying on a wide range of ...

Conservative estimates suggest that there are at least one-quarter of a million wind turbines currently installed worldwide. In the next four years, the global wind turbine market is expected to add ...