IoT-based Condition Monitoring
- 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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