Piezo Sensing

96,000 samples recorded per second

Piezo Sensing, part of the SMARTsensing suite of hardware products, expands the already robust capabilities of the KCF Comprehensive Machine Health Platform.

Large, slow rotating equipment and high speed applications, such as paper machines, can often present challenges when monitoring using traditional methods. When equipment moves slower, advanced methods are needed to accurately track and prevent machine failures. Piezo sensors and IEPE devices solve this problem by using advanced enveloping technology—a processing method that isolates and highlights impacts, making accurate detection possible. It enables you to monitor your most critical equipment, regardless of speed all within one platform.

Piezo Sensing’s emphasis on data quality allows earlier identification of faults and enables monitoring for high-speed application that other solutions can’t address.

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Industry use cases

Enhanced bearing fault detection with enveloping

Without the right solution, picking up minute, high frequency impacts arising from bearing wear can be difficult to detect. Piezo Sensing isolates and highlights high-frequency components for superior bearing fault detection.

By leveraging advanced high frequency enveloping, Piezo Sensing excels in isolating and accentuating even the most subtle impacts caused by bearing wear. This capability is crucial, as without the right technology, these minute yet critical symptoms can easily go unnoticed. Piezo Sensing’s implementation of enveloping ensures that these signals are captured consistently and reliably, providing unparalleled precision in bearing fault detection and ensuring the reliability and longevity of your equipment.

Ideal for slow-rotating equipment & high speed applications

With its exceptional high-speed sampling capabilities, Piezo Sensing records 96,000 samples per second, ensuring the precise detection of even the subtlest bearing faults. This, combined with its ability to support extended sampling durations, makes Piezo Sensing uniquely adept at monitoring equipment operating at ultra-low speeds, down to 2 RPM. Such comprehensive coverage ensures that even the earliest signs of potential issues are captured, facilitating timely intervention, and preventing minor faults from escalating into major failures.

Triggered Data Collection

Piezo Sensing supports threshold-based triggering. Instead of collecting on a schedule, data collection starts when vibration exceeds a defined threshold in g, so you capture what actually matters. One triggering port activates collection across all configured ports, giving you full machine context from a single event. A configurable offset lets you fine-tune exactly when data is captured, whether that's just before the trigger point or after a harsh impact has passed. The result is cleaner waveforms, more consistent comparisons, and stronger input for fault detection and diagnosis, no matter how your equipment operates.