Quality magazine has an article on sound quality in cars.
Read the article on their web site
Bentley Nevada Develops CM Software for Recip Compressors
Bentley Nevada has announced a new product to provide condition monitoring of reciprocating compressors. The system can monitor for valve failures, liquid sloshing, knocks, bushing wear.
Read the full article on their web site.
CSI Release latest version of Condition Monitoring Software
CSI have released version 4.70 of RBMware, their condition monitoring software. You can read the full story on their web site
AutoSEA v2.3 released
Vibro-acoustic Sciences have released AutoSEA version 2.3. It is available for download from their website (if you have a license for their software of course!)
New Conference Pages
The conference pages have been altered so that they are now contained in a searchable database. Its called the “Junket Finder“, just type in the location you’d like to visit, and all the conferences relating to acoustics and vibration will be displayed. There is also a “Calendar” link in the Main Menu, which will take you to the list of events.
Generate sound from any solid smooth surface
This product is a mini-shaker device that uses a sucker to attach itself to any hard, glossy surface such as glass, metal or MDF. An MDF desk top, MDF cupboard door, a window or even a glass-framed picture will do perfectly. The device has a mini amplifier and shaker that vibrates the surface to generate sound.
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Vibration sensors warn of building collapse
Abruptly collapsing roofs and toppling walls are occupational hazards for firefighters and rescue workers. The day may be approaching when devices called vibration sensors could give early warning to building collapse, significantly reducing risks to firefighters.
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Vibration Monitoring With Wireless Networks
In recent years, the term microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) has become synonymous with the reference to such low-cost sensors, generally implying the use of a micro-machined silicon structure as the heart of the sensing element. More recently, however, advances in ceramic processing and production have spawned a new generation of low-cost, low-power piezoelectric accelerometers. These devices rival most MEMS sensors in price, while offering a new range of performance choices for many industrial vibration monitoring applications.
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Fibers to sense airplane vibrations
Japanese researchers have developed sensors that use fibre optics to measure vibration.
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Cray and MCube Develop Unique Software to Perform Aero-Acoustic Simulations Significantly Faster
Cray Inc. and MCube, a provider of simulation software, announced results from their two-year collaboration to optimize a highly efficient multi-processor version of Radioss-CFD. Simulations that took several weeks to complete on RISC machines now can be performed within a few days on Cray systems.
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