Japanese researchers have devised a non-contact system for monitoring the vibrations of industrial robots as they operate, ...

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 ...

This module features a vibration sensor, an adjustable trimpot, and a comparator chip to give an adjustable digital output based on the amount of vibration. The multiturn trimpot can be adjusted to ...

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 ...

An optical vibration sensor could help detect structural damage even in high electromagnetic fields. Using pieces of microscope glass and a femtosecond laser, researchers from Japan and the US have ...

This story profiles one of the Offshore Technology Conference's Spotlight on New Technology Award winners. If an exploration and production company is going to use a downhole sensor to relay critical ...