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IoT-based Condition Monitoring

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(Stanford University - Jaclyn Chen)

 

- Overview

IoT-based condition monitoring is a machine health management and monitoring system that provides insights into a machine's condition. It's part of an industrial maintenance strategy and a determining component of predictive maintenance. 

IoT-connected condition monitoring services can:

  • Identify performance and detect problems at an early stage
  • Automate maintenance based on threshold values
  • Capture data from IoT devices and sensors through special software
  • Identify device problems
  • Improve performance
  • Evaluate security
  • Deliver alerts on the state of the IoT infrastructure and individual device resources in real-time


IoT devices, especially sensors, are positioned on machinery to continuously collect vital data. This data includes metrics such as: Temperature readings, Vibration levels, Pressure measurements.

An effective IoT monitoring tool can:

  • Enable teams to proactively manage IoT devices
  • Resolve any issues before they impact customers


Some types of condition monitoring include: Oil analysis, Vibration analysis, Thermography, Ultrasonic monitoring, Radiography, Laser interferometry, Electrical monitoring.

 

- IoT-based Health Monitoring Systems

IoT can be used in health monitoring systems in several ways, including:

  • Remote patient monitoring: IoT devices can collect vital signs like heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature from patients who are not present in a healthcare facility. Patients can access this data in real time through mobile apps.
  • Tracking medication adherence: IoT devices can monitor patients' vital signs and track medication adherence.
  • Providing real-time alerts: IoT devices can provide real-time alerts to caregivers if a patient's condition changes.
  • Inferring mood and mental health: IoT devices can monitor heart rate, blood pressure, and other biometric data to infer information about a patient's current mood and mental health.
  • Tracking medical equipment: IoT devices tagged with sensors can be used to track the real-time location of medical equipment like wheelchairs, defibrillators, nebulizers, and oxygen pumps.


Other benefits of IoT in healthcare include:

  • Helping hospitals manage their assets more effectively
  • Enabling healthcare providers to make well-versed decisions and provide on-time treatment
  • Improving complete patient care delivery results

 

This system uses sensors to measure the patient's physiological parameters, including HR, BT, BP, and SpO2. The patient's data are collected via Wi-Fi from a remote location and stored in a cloud server, and the health parameters are continuously monitored.

 

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