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Article Abstract:
Three of the latest innovations in condition monitoring and sensor technology are presented. Agema Infrared Systems' uncooled infrared measurement camera, the 570 focal plane array imager, is specially designed for the inspection of electrical and mechanical components, refractory materials and steam systems. Compact Instruments' 74 mm long sensor was designed to monitor applications where access is limited. Optical fiber sensors are also introduced to speed up and ease condition monitoring and other industrial sensing processes.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1998
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Smart thinking
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Smart structures are viewed by some as a new branch of engineering and by others as simply the juncture of sensor and control technologies. They contain sensors, actuators and a control system to maintain a specific state or change automatically in response to established stimuli. Smart structures are being developed to sense emerging fires, control building movement in earthquakes and sense leaks in fuel tanks. The aerospace industry leads most research.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1993
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Discrete presence
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Researchers at the Wolfson Center for Magnetics Technology of the University of Wales Cardiff's School of Engineering have developed a new sensor for measuring properties such as magnetic flux and temperature inside electrical machinery. The device is created by depositing a thin film of metal conductor on one of the core laminations. This allows the measurement of different properties without air gaps in the stack of laminations.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1997
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