Monitor, Test and Measure:
Structural Health Monitoring,
Condition Based Maintenance & Predictive
Maintenance

MicroStrain's cost-effective wireless sensing solutions enable a broad suite of monitoring, testing, and measurement applications. Our expertise in long-range wireless sensor communication, progressive power management, and cloud-based sensor data management enable accessible, long-term monitoring of machines, buildings, vehicles, bridges, wind turbines, conveyor belts and other high value assets.

With MicroStrain’s wireless sensor networks, structural health monitoring, condition based maintenance, and predictive maintenance can help ensure integrity, safety, and reliability of machines, buildings and structures and more while efficiently and cost-effectively assessing the long-term performance of structure and machine components and preventing costly repairs and downtime.

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Case Studies and Applications
Autonomous vehicle driving through GPS-denied region

White Paper

Joel John, Software Engineer

By leveraging the strengths of both radar and INS, engineers and researchers can develop more capable and adaptable autonomous robots for a variety of applications, from industrial automation to autonomous vehicles.


Case Study

Technology evolves as we improve how information is gathered, analyzed and implemented into various applications. For instance, Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft (-VTOL) can take off, hover and land vertically.


Application Note

Joe Beckwith

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is critical for ensuring the safety and longevity of infrastructure, machinery, and equipment. HBK offers two innovative solutions that make SHM easy: HBK Weldable Strain Gauges and MicroStrain by HBK Wireless Technology


White Paper

Asa Davis, Zach Fuchs, Erin Gunn, Rachel Masters, Christopher Robertson, Benjamin Say, David Schenkenberger

Drones already have their own internal IMU's, but those IMU's lack the accuracy needed for larger flight tasks. For shorter flights and recreational flying, the internal IMU is precise enough to keep the drone running as expected. A


White Paper

Ian Moore, Field Application Engineer

The new 3DMGQ7-GNSS/INS builds on the success of the 3DMGX5-GNSS/INS and adds many features desired by customers which resolve common challenges in specific use cases. This test report highlights four evolutionary improvements.


White Paper

Ian Moore, Field Application Engineer

This report compares the steps necessary to use magnetometer vs dual-antenna as a heading source for a Cessna 150M flown in a repeated flight profile.


Case Study

Parker Hannifin MicroStrain Sensing

MicroStrain Wireless Sensor Network and Displacement Sensors Measure to sub-micron accuracy .


Application Note

Parker Hannifin MicroStrain

Patented Near Field Communications and Power for Wireless Torque Monitoring


Case Study

Parker MicroStrain

Inertial Sensors take wave motion out of the Geological Survey of Israel Dead Sea Eddy Covariance evaporation study


Case Study

Sydney Trains

Wireless sensors provide safe standoff from high voltage train power


Wireless Monitoring of Rail System Track Geometry

Application Note

LORD MicroStrain

Non-intrusive solutions to measure high-speed rail infrastructure conditions


Rolling Stock Health Monitoring Sensing Systems

Application Note

LORD MicroStrain

Maintenance and service is a key contributor to the total cost of train ownership. LORD MicroStrain® wireless sensing systems provide fleet operators with a quick and cost-effective path to embedding health sensing capabilities on both new and existing cr


High Speed Train Wireless Sensing System

Application Note

LORD MicroStrain

The ongoing maintenance and operation cost can approach $200,000 per mile of high-speed train track annually. LORD MicroStrain® wireless sensing systems provide fleet operators with a quick and cost-effective path to embedding health sensing capabilities


Precise Virtual Pedometry Using Miniature Inertial Sensors

Case Study

Authored by MicroStrain Inc.: 2011

Cost effective inertial sensors demonstrate accurate dead-reckoning positioning in two and three dimensions for more precise and reliable personnel tracking.


Validation of Remotely Powered and Interrogated Sensing Networks for Composite

White Paper

Authored by Arms et al., from MicroStrain, Inc.: 2003

Embedded wireless sensors powered by an external magnetic field measure temperature, strain, crack extension, and dielectric constant of a composite during autoclave cure process.

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Case Study

MicroStrain 2020

MicroStrain's wireless sensor network and cloud-based data management platform enables growers to remotely monitor environmental variables across multiple locations.


Civil Structure Strain Monitoring with Power-Efficient, High-Speed Wireless Sens

White Paper

Authored by Galbreath, J. et al., at MicroStrain, Inc.: 2003

High-speed wireless sensor network with user-triggered and event-triggered data streaming capabilities enables long-term bridge interrogation under numerous operating conditions.


Application Note

MicroStrain

MicroStrain G-Link-200-R provides ASTM F2137-18 Standard Amusement Ride Characterization Test capability.


DVRT-Displacement-Sensing-Industrial-Manufacturing

Application Note

MicroStrain

Sensors for Displacement Measuring


MicroStrain Wireless Bridge Monitoring with Live Connect

White Paper

Authored by MicroStrain Inc.: 2012

MicroStrain wireless bridge monitoring systems enable long-term performance diagnostics with energy harvesting and remote cloud-based data analytics.


Application Note

LORD MicroStrain

MicroStrain’s 3DM-DH3™ downhole sensor is an obsolete product. The application note is included for historical reference


Using real-time performance monitoring to understand in-service product durability and provide customers with value-added predictive maintenance sets OEMs apart from the competition.

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Remotely Reprogrammable Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring

White Paper

Authored by Arms, A. et al., for Structural Material Technology: 2004

Remote sensing network comprised of low power miniature sensors and cellular interface enables scalable structural monitoring with two way communication for adaptable data collection.


SensorCloud wireless bridge health monitoring

Application Note

Parker MicroStrain

BridgeComposites, LLC of Hornell, NY uses a LORD MicroStrain wireless bridge monitoring system to evaluate seismic isolation bearings.


Wireless condition monitoring of data centers

Application Note

Parker Hannifin MicroStrain

Wireless environmental sensor network provides a scalable monitoring technology for reporting and analyzing distributed data center conditions in real time-for optimized operation and reduced cost.


Case Study

MicroStrain Sensing Systems: 2020

MicroStrain Sensing Systems wireless sensor networks and cloud-based data management platform enables growers to remotely monitor environmental variables across multiple locations.