Drew Mackley

With upwards of 100 wireless vibration solutions available on the market, how do you decide which one will fit your needs the best? Price is the obvious consideration, but is price the main factor your wireless vibration decision should be based? I will discuss what functionality, situations, and characteristics should be considered when making a decision on a wireless vibration solution? Consider things like the following: mounting methods, sensor and data types, sensor axes alignment, sensor configuration, tailoring data acquisition to your machine and application, data accuracy and quality, High frequency impact detection, battery life, battery change process, battery cost, hazardous area certification, wireless protocol gateway certification and sensor capacity, mesh or no mesh network, network security, provider product portfolio and experience, product and local support, complementary monitoring solutions, built-in analytics, software cloud or no-cloud, interfacing to other systems, more.