Where high cost, sophisticated vibration monitoring systems cannot be justified for every item, a simple nd low cost vibration alarm system will often provide an adequate warning of change in vibration.

The VibeTracker from Environmental Equipments Ltd is a small, low cost device that can be attached to virtually any piece of equipment to provide an alarm when a pre-set vibration level is exceeded. A complete record of vibration levels is stored on an internal EPROM memory.

Smaller than a packet of cigarettes, sealed to IP68 and powered by an internal lithium battery, the VibeTracker will record vibration in g or mm/sec during up to 15,800 defined intervals of between one second and 4.5 hours and give a visual indication that pre-set minimum or maximum alarm levels have been reached. The frequency response is 20Hz to 1kHz and vibration measurement range is 0.6 to 50 mm/sec.

Operation can be as a stand alone unit to record and store vibration levels or connected to a PC to give continuous, real-time monitoring of vibration.

Stored data can be downloaded to a PC via the RS232 port using the VibeTracker management software, which is also used to set up the unit and analyse and display the downloaded data in text and graphical formats.