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Innovative sensing solutions for next generation equipment monitoring in transportation

The Transportation sector faces challenges of ever more demanding customers, more restrictive emission standards, increased needs for productivity and safety.

Sensors play a significant role in coping with these challenges, providing the information required to monitor and control equipment optimally to improve performance, consumption and security.

Wireless, passive and robust, SENSeOR’s SAW sensors can perform continuous measurements in in-engine applications (oil, electromagnetic fields), in inaccessible places, without any maintenance required and thus can dramatically improve the efficiency of transportation equipment.

Through real-time condition monitoring, SAW sensors enable better equipment utilization, performance optimization and security improvements while reducing costs.

Value-added application examples

Aeronautics	Temperature monitoring on brakes, inside engine and reactors Structural Health Monitoring of aircraft wings, metallic structure, turbine blades, helicopter blades Fire/overheat detection Ice detection on critical parts Critical equipment surveillance (on/off alarm on cabin doors, cockpit door) Emission monitoring Instrumented valves for precise pressure monitoring Wing stress and load monitoring Tank level monitoring
On- Off-Highway Vehicles	Temperature monitoring on the rotor inside electric motors Temperature monitoring in engine bearings for accurate preventive maintenance leading to reduce downtime Torque measurement on rotating parts of engines and electrical motors Tire pressure monitoring with instrumented valves Exhaust temperature monitoring Fuel/engine oil/hydraulics level monitoring Emission monitoring
Rail	Temperature monitoring on brakes, inside engine Temperature and stress control on overhead lines for train power Structural health monitoring for bridges, tunnels, rails Condition-based maintenance Gas/chemical sensing for dangerous goods in freight cars Logistic systems automation and real-time surveillance
Shipping	Temperature monitoring inside engine (bearings, crankshaft) for accurate preventive maintenance leading to reduce downtime Fuel/engine oil/hydraulics level monitoring Torque measurement on rotating parts of engines Emission monitoring
Space	Temperature monitoring inside engine Cryogenic temperature measurements for structural health monitoring Instrumented valves Fire/overheat detection Ice detection on critical parts

“We have installed thousands of systems inside ship engines working in the toughest conditions and none of the sensors has ever failed.”
Mr A.J. Kongsberg Maritime

Renowned engine manufacturer Kongsberg Maritime has been using SENSeOR’s SAW sensors in an advanced sensing system for temperature monitoring inside ship engines since 2006. Thousands of sensors have been installed in various types of engines. These sensors have been failure and maintenance-free since then. The system has been proved to be dramatically more effective than other existing systems like oil mist detectors as it detects overheat much earlier, avoiding costly repairs and ship immobilizations. The system is ATEX certified and complies with all maritime regulations. More information on Kongsberg Maritime on their website.