Enhanced Vehicle Transmission Shaft Condition Monitoring via IoT-Integrated Vibration Analysis: A Focus on Safety and System Reliability
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Condition monitoring plays an important role in the safety of the vehicles and the Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0 has gained prominence in digitization and automation. In this study, the IoT was made into an integral part of the vibration-based condition monitoring of the vehicle transmission shaft for observing its condition using a web server. First, a motor-driven shaft was designed and fabricated in such a way that faults like unbalance, mechanical looseness and misalignment were incorporated. Second, an IoT system was implemented, wherein data acquisition and analysis were performed. An SW-18010P vibrometer was used to measure the vibration of the shaft and was communicated to an Arduino Uno microcontroller. A wireless communication network was achieved by interfacing the NodeMCU ESP8266 via the 12C protocol with the destination device. The test results show that the vibration measurement of the shaft, along with an alert message, is displayed on the web page of the destination device. An alert message is sent based on the deviation of the vibration measurement from the threshold value. Therefore, this work helps in monitoring the real-time condition of the vehicle transmission shaft from any remote area and in the case of any abnormality, operating personnel can take the necessary steps to prevent complete breakdown.
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