The Guide to Choosing the Right Accelerometer for your Application

There is a variety of equipment available today to measure machine vibration and tilt. One part that is used to measure various levels of vibration, tilt, or shock is an accelerometer. For this, accelerometer transducers are often used in various fitness devices and industrial stabilization platforms. When choosing the right vibration measuring equipment for your project, there is much to consider in terms of its parameters, cost, and performance.

The latest usage of the accelerometers is in the sensors and the piezoelectric equipment such as the CBM, structural health monitoring (SHM), asset health monitoring (AHM), vital sign monitoring (VSM) and IoT wireless sensor networks. There are a variety of accelerometers available depending on its use, so it is important to find the right one for the job.

Accelerometer grades are not categorized according to any industry standards but instead based on their bandwidth and their g-Range. The various applications of the accelerometers are:

· For motion and static acceleration

· In the automotive industry, for crash and stability purposes

· In various industries, it is used for platform stability and tilt measurement

· It can be used for weapons and craft navigation

· Accelerometers can be used for submarine and craft navigation.

These accelerometers are also used to overcome excessive (or lacking) pump vibration so that experts can put a stop to the unnecessarymachine movement.