Today's Designer
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IEN / AUGUST '16
www.ien.com
I
n late June, mem-
bers of the industry
descended upon the
McEnery Convention
Center in San Jose, CA
for Sensors Expo 2016.
While the show started
off slow as many attend-
ees stood in line for more
than an hour waiting for
our badges, the trade
show floor was humming
with excitement as peo-
ple peddled their wares
to suit demanding sens-
ing applications and fur-
ther enable the industrial
internet of things (IIoT).
The long line may have
been an early pain point
for exhibitors and at-
tendees alike, but it also
served as an indicator of
a burgeoning industrial
wireless sensor network
market that could be
worth nearly $1 billion
by 2020. While we don't
have the space to detail
every new development
from the show (you can
find that at www.ien.
c o m / s e n s o r s - 2 0 1 6 ) ,
here are three of the
most disruptive technol-
ogies that we found on
the show floor.
1. Cloud-
Based &
High-Strain
Sensing
Parker Hannifin's Sen-
soNODE Blue condi-
tion monitoring sensors
(pressure, temperature,
and humidity) have been
on the market for nearly
a year, and the solution
serves as a good Blue-
tooth-enabled, point-
to-point management
system for preventative
maintenance. At Sen-
sors 2016, Parker in-
troduced SensoNODE
Gold, a cloud-based,
900 MHz solution (using
the new SCOUT Cloud
software) that moves
the maintenance profes-
sional further away from
the equipment and adds
flow and power sensing
abilities. Basically, users
can monitor more equip-
ment from remote loca-
tions, which reduces
labor time and it makes
on-site asset condition
monitoring a bit safer.
in San Jose
By David Mantey
Sensors & Sensibilities