Vibration Monitoring Essentials – An Overview of Acceleration Measurement Technologies

To select the appropriate accelerometer, a clear understanding of the application and its measurement tasks are essential.

This free whitepaper explains the various types of absolute vibration transducers – accelerometers with pure acceleration outputs and their corresponding measurement chains.

Specials

Included is a detailed overview of the following sensor types, the advantages and disadvantages for each, their required signal conditioning, and best-fit data acquisition systems:

• PE - Piezoelectric
• IEPE - Integrated Electronics Piezoelectric
• MEMS - Micro Electromechanical System

Download our free whitepaper for more detailed technical information regarding acceleration measurement.