Vibration sensors are small, affordable, and surprisingly versatile. There are some genuinely clever ways to put them to work ...

The device we are building, as mentioned before, is a vibration detector. For this reason, it should be placed indoors on the ground floor. The location in a building, especially on the upper floors, ...

Condition monitoring is a challenge for companies with mechanical facilities chockful of motors, generators and gears. But it is needed to give plant managers insights into how the mechanical ...

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The WallAlert Intrusion Detection System from RBtec Perimeter Security Systems detects vibrations caused by attempts to disturb solid structures including fixed warehouses, bank vaults, safes, and ...

Often, goods are damaged in transit due to mechanical shock or vibration. Unfortunately, the damage is not always visible upon delivery, resulting in disputes between the shipper and its customers ...

Part 1 of this series addressed the advantages and disadvantages of various vibration sensors; Part 2 examined signal conditioning and system hardware selection and configuration. I’ll wrap up by ...