... and allow the implementation of condition-based maintenance. These techniques are reliant on a range of sensors based principally on piezoelectric, electrodynamic, eddy current, inductive, magnetic and thermal technologies. Originality/value – This paper provides details of the sensors used...

.... They monitor rotating machinery for predictive maintenance purposes, and measure vibrations in vehicles with the facility to correlate with the tachometer. They communicate with a computer via USB2 or Ethernet connections, and IPC Systems has noticed that customers are warming to PC‐based control systems, now...