Vibration is one of the earliest signs of failure in industrial equipment. A single defect appearing in spindles, shafts, bearing or gearboxes can degrade process quality, increase power consumption, or even generate a failure causing costly equipment downtime.

Condition Based Monitoring (CbM) systems acting as “machine doctors” can monitor operating modes, predict maintenance operations, and prevent failures. With each mechanical element having its own frequency signature, highly sensitive accelerometers with large bandwidth are needed by modern CbM systems to detect fine-grain defects such as ball or gears issues that cannot be identified by conventional sensors.

Tronics boosts the digital transformation of Condition Based Monitoring systems by bringing an innovative vibration sensor that can be embedded onto any industrial asset and easily connected to existing industrial buses.