Sensors & Applications Structural Monitoring and Building Material Production More Precision

Due to increasing requirements, infra-structural buildings are successively subjected to greater stress. This increasingly confronts owners with the task of evaluating their building stock in terms of safety and the residual useful life derived from it. Reliable statements regarding load-bearing safety, serviceability and fatigue safety are therefore necessary for further use. However, current information regarding the structural properties is often insufficient or incomplete. With our sensors, the required information can be obtained accurately and reliably with an easily adaptable, modular...

Ideal for inspection and long-term monitoring Robust designs for outdoor use Detection in small and large measuring ranges

Lift height measurement in heavy-duty lifters The supports on bridges must be renewed from time to time. The supports bear the weight of the bridge superstructure and absorb vibrations and expansions of the bridge. As the properties of the rubber bearings change over time, they must be replaced regularly. For such maintenance work, the bridge piers are lifted by 10 to 15 mm with heavy-duty lifters. After the maintenance work has been completed, the superstructure is lowered onto the new supports. When lifting bridges, it is important that the lifting process is absolutely synchronous so that...

Structural monitoring Capacitive spirit level for high-precision position measurements The CHLS4 capacitive hydrostatic levelling system from Micro-Epsilon is based on the hose level principle and is used to monitor changes in the height of building parts and pipe systems. The sensor system detects minute changes in height through changes of a correlating water level with submicron accuracy. The CHLS4 is used, for example, in particle accelerators. It checks the position of the tubes or the position of the concrete foundations in relation to each other. Since the change in position has to be...

Monitoring the deflection of concrete ceilings Laser sensors from Micro-Epsilon are used to measure the deflection of concrete slabs during casting. Depending on the accuracy requirements and measuring range, laser triangulation sensors or laser distance sensors are used. These sensors detect and log the deflection with high precision. If the deflection exceeds the defined limit values, additional supports are installed. Monitoring the extension of pipelines Pipelines in power plants are exposed to high pressures and temperatures. These extreme loads cause the pipes to vibrate and result in thermal...

Structural monitoring  Compact sensors with large measuring ranges  Ideal for predictive maintenance  High accuracy and stabil

Nacelle movements The changes in distance between the nacelle and the ground are used to monitor tower swayings. For this purpose, optoNCDT ILR3800 laser distance sensors are mounted in the nacelle and measure down to the ground. Their high signal stability even on weakly reflecting surfaces ensures reliable measurement results. Measurements on the foundations of wind turbines To detect tower movements of wind turbines, several laser triangulation sensors measure the distance from the base ring to the foundation. Due to the high measuring rate and accuracy, changes are reliably detected. If the...

Structural monitoring Filling level measurement in silos Accurate quantity measurement of bulk material or plastic granulate is a decisive factor for the smooth running of production and logistics processes. In order to avoid production downtimes due to a lack of material, the filling levels in the storage silos are therefore detected automatically. Laser distance sensors from Micro-Epsilon impress here with high measurement accuracy. These laser sensors are mounted on the ceiling of the silo and measure continuously down to the silo bottom. The laser distance sensors precisely measure the distance...

Monitoring the position of the facade during construction optoNCDT ILR3800 laser sensors are used for distance measurements of listed facades. These sensors provide high measurement accuracy even on weakly reflective surfaces such as masonry. Due to their large measuring range, they measure the distance on selected facade points even from a great distance. This is how masonry movements that occur due to construction machinery or loads can be quickly detected. The distance values are recorded and output as an alarm signal in the event of limit value deviations. Displacement measurement in hydraulic...

Building automation  Reliable measurement with high accuracy  Ideal for process automation  Indoor and outdoor

Color inspection of liquids colorSENSOR CFO gauges are used for the evaluation of industrial water and other liquids. These measure the color of the liquid from the outside based on the transmitted light prinple. Special models also measure from the inside. The sensor’s high accuracy enables the reliable detection of even the smallest deviations. Thus turbidity, foreign liquids or the degree of purity of different liquids can be detected. Black ice detection for automatic traffic guidance systems In order to increase safety at safety-relevant points, non-contact infrared pyrometers are installed...

Production of building & construction materials  Smart sensors for quality inspection and process monitoring  High accuracy and speed  Ideal for process automation  Indoor and outdoo

Quality assurance in the production of railway sleepers 3D measuring systems are used for the inline quality inspection of railway sleepers. The systems consist of a gantry construction mounted on the forming station above the conveyor system. Two scanCONTROL laser profile sensors travel along the axes of the gantry and scan the sleepers from above. Software is used to compile the data into a 3D image and to determine the specified measured values. The measurement data for the sleepers is assigned to the respective metal mold and stored in the database. In addition, non-contact temperature sensors...