%0 Journal Article
%T Suitability of MEMS Accelerometers for Condition Monitoring: An experimental study
%A Alhussein Albarbar
%A Samir Mekid
%A Andrew Starr
%A Robert Pietruszkiewicz
%J Sensors
%D 2008
%I MDPI AG
%X With increasing demands for wireless sensing nodes for assets control and condition monitoring; needs for alternatives to expensive conventional accelerometers in vibration measurements have been arisen. Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer is one of the available options. The performances of three of the MEMS accelerometers from different manufacturers are investigated in this paper and compared to a well calibrated commercial accelerometer used as a reference for MEMS sensors performance evaluation. Tests were performed on a real CNC machine in a typical industrial environmental workshop and the achieved results are presented.
%K Condition Monitoring
%K Micro-Electro Mechanical System
%K MEMS Accelerometer
%K Vibration Measurements
%K Transfer Function.
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/2/784/