Effective monitoring of slow speed rotating industrial applications, such as wind power generation is a critical requirement, especially given the continued expansion of ‘greener-energy’ alternatives.

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 ...

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 ...

Understanding the role vibration sensors play in proactive maintenance applications is critical to avoiding unplanned downtime. A vibration sensor can reveal if a motor is misaligned to a pump or ...

Researchers in Germany have developed a vibration system that removes ice from aircraft wings while cutting energy use by up ...

In the Clean Aviation project, Fraunhofer researchers teamed up with partners to develop a system that causes icy spots on ...

The ability to measure, monitor, and analyze vibration is essential to many industries and areas of research & development. Unfortunately, the proper methods for creating an accurate and repeatable ...

Erik Runge, Director of Engineering at Minus K Technology, talks to AZoNano about their low-frequency vibration isolation systems. Could you provide our readers with a summary of the history of Minus ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have successfully made low-cost piezo-resistive vibration sensors using polyurethane foam coated with carbon nanomaterial-based ink.

Wilcoxon Research offers an extensive line of intrinsically safe and explosion-proof vibration sensors for operation in hazardous areas. The sensors can be used for aircraft and shipboard monitoring, ...