Connectivity Innovation - IS YOUR MOTOR/PUMP HEALTHY?

VibeShield® intelligent vibration monitoring and protection system

Your machines are already telling you they are failing - DETECT EARLY, ACT EARLY - Nothing in your plant is as expensive as the machine you were not watching. 

All motor and fans must generate some vibration. It’s only when vibration reaches a certain amplitude that we call it “bad.” 

Rotating assets — vacuum pumps, chiller compressors, MAU and CRAH fans, conveyor drives, crushers, cooling pumps — fail progressively, not suddenly. Bearing wear, imbalance, misalignment and looseness all announce themselves in the vibration spectrum long before heat, noise or a trip signal appear. Most plants simply have no one listening, because route-based inspection reaches each asset once a month and unmanned or hazardous locations are never reached at all.

The data has always existed inside the machine. Getting it out has been the problem.

Monitoring of vibration and temperature, and sense abnormality before catastrophic breakdown happens.  For the past 20 years, our team has specialized in engineering rigorous, customized vibration monitoring systems. Today, we have distilled decades of hands-on experience—refining it like a flawless diamond—to create a powerful, universal product —— VibeShield®

VibeShield® is an intelligent vibration monitoring and protection system designed to integrate real-time vibration detection, predictive analytics, and automated alerts to prevent downtime and hardware failures caused by excessive vibrations.

VibeShield® works with your existing infrastructure. Whether you're building a new monitoring framework or enhancing an established system, VibeShield® delivers specialized vibration protection. Deploy it as your foundational environmental monitoring solution, or integrate it alongside enterprise platforms to gain precision vibration analytics that general-purpose monitoring cannot provide.

Every rotating asset on one window. Every anomaly with a timestamp - How it works 

1. Plug and play Installation: Place VibeShield® sensors on critical infrastructure components, and connect power.  For example, mount the sensors on the bearing housing of your motor/fan/pump.

2. Setup Smart central monitoring console

3. Real-Time Monitoring: Sensors continuously collect data on vibration intensity, frequency, and patterns.

4. Graphical Analysis: The system compares real-time data with historical patterns to detect anomalies.

5. Alerts & Reports: If a critical threshold is exceeded, users receive instant notifications with recommendations for action.

One prevented incident pays for the whole deployment.

CAX027 - Multi-Sensor Unit (MSU) || VS001 - Smart central monitoring console - KEY FEATURES

• CAX027 - Multi-Sensor Unit (MSU) Smart Vibration Sensors – 

  • Measures vibration in X, Y, Z axis 

  • Small, Smart, high-precision sensors placed on racks, cooling fans, HDD storage, and power systems to detect micro-vibrations. The sensors are equipped with onboard high resolution controller to perform edge computing of FFT calculations and continuously output measured data to the central monitoring console.  

  • 1600 measurements of vibration data are Edge processed every second at the sensor unit.  The sensor unit outputs processed data every 0.5s

  • Wired and Wireless & IoT Integration – Connects to a central monitoring dashboard via Wi-Fi/USB/RS485, enabling remote real-time monitoring.

  • Wide input power voltage range - can be powered from 5V to 24V

  • Compact and portable size

• VS001 - Smart central monitoring console – 

  • Visualize status of installed sensors on a single window, and displays visual graph Frequency domain RMS G force, time domain RMS G force, RMS velocity, displacement, temperature, and humidity

  • Automated Alerts & Reports – Display notification on monitoring console window, and Sends instant notifications via email if vibration levels exceed preset thresholds.

  • Open data – All stored data can be exported into Excel format for further analysis

  • Modular & Scalable – Designed for small-scale enterprise data centers to hyperscale AI cloud infrastructures.

• Ideal for Wireless Monitoring of equipments​

• Ideal for Wireless Vibration Measurement of Motors, Pumps, Compressors​

• Wireless Industrial Vibration of Robotic Equipment, Conveyors, and Transport Vehicles​

• Machine Health Monitoring for a Predicative Maintenance System​

• Future Fail Detection for Industrial Machines​

• Vibration Monitoring of Conduits, Pipes, and Air Passages​

• Vibration and Temperature Monitoring for AWS, Azure, and Losant​

• Vibration and Temperature Monitoring for telecom/ data cabinets and racks

CAX027 - Multi-Sensor Unit (MSU) Physical Properties

• Weight: 50g​

• Dimensions 60x40x25mm​

• Power input: 24v or 5vUSB, consumption 10mA​

• Operating Temperature 0°C to 80°C,  and Humidity 0-95% non condensing​

• Storage Temperature 0°C to 80°C,  and Humidity 0-95% non condensing​

• Designed for Magnet, Screw, or Tie/Strap mount 

VS001 - Smart central monitoring console minimum Hardware and System recommendations

• Windows 7 or above

• CPU 2Ghz, 4 core

• GPU 6Gb

• RAM 8Gb​

• Storage 500G or more for storing long term data

Deployment schedule

• Week 1 — instrument: Ten to twenty of your highest-criticality points, ranked by downtime cost and spares lead time. No shutdown required.

• Weeks 2–4 — baseline: Healthy signatures captured per asset class, thresholds aligned to ISO 20816 severity zones and to your own history.

• Month 2 onward — prove it: Alerts in the console and on the MQTT feed, with a running log of every excursion caught and the intervention it bought you.

Time vs. Frequency

Time vs. Frequency - The most important concept in vibration analysis is that raw vibration data is a wave (Time Domain). This wave can be translated into a "fingerprint" (Frequency Domain) to understand what is wrong.

• Time Domain: Shows the motor is shaking. (Good for overall severity).

• Frequency Domain (FFT): Shows what component is shaking.

• If the peak is at 1x RPM (running speed), it’s likely Unbalance.

• If the peak is at 2x RPM, it’s likely Misalignment.

• If the peaks are at very high non-integer frequencies, it’s likely a Bearing Defect.

Unlike a standard accelerometer that streams raw waveforms, the CAX027 calculates the Frequency Spectrum (FFT) internally.  Why this matters: It doesn't send 20,000 data points per second to your server. It sends the result (e.g., "Peak at 60Hz is 2.5mm/s"). This reduces bandwidth cost and latency.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Here is a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) guide for the VibeShield® vibration monitoring system, based on the provided specifications and application notes.

General Overview

Q: What is VibeShield? A: VibeShield® is an intelligent vibration monitoring and protection system designed to prevent downtime and hardware failures caused by excessive vibrations. The system primarily consists of the CAX027 Multi-Sensor Unit (MSU) for data acquisition and the VS001 Smart Central Monitoring Console for visualizing data, predictive analytics, and automated alerts.

Q: What makes VibeShield different from traditional vibration sensors? A: Traditional sensors stream massive amounts of raw waveform data to a central server, which consumes heavy network bandwidth and requires expensive edge gateways.  VibeShield utilizes Smart Edge Computing.  The CAX027 sensor has an onboard high-resolution controller that calculates the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) internally.  It only transmits a lightweight payload containing the top 30 peak amplitudes and frequencies every 0.5 seconds, resulting in extremely low bandwidth consumption and nearly zero latency.

Q: What exactly does the CAX027 sensor measure? A: The sensor measures 3-axis (X, Y, Z) vibration with a range of ±16g and 13-bit resolution. It calculates RMS G-force, RMS Velocity, and Peak-to-Peak Displacement. Additionally, it has built-in sensors to monitor environmental temperature and humidity, and supports an optional PT100 probe for targeted temperature measurement of specific machine parts.

Installation & Configuration

Q: How do I install and connect the VibeShield CAX027? A: The system features a 5-minute plug-and-play installation.  Sensors can be physically mounted using a magnet, screw, or tie/strap directly onto the bearing housing of motors, pumps, or fans. It supports a wide power input range from 5V (USB) to 24V. For data transmission, it supports wireless Wi-Fi (via MQTT protocol) as well as wired connections (RS485 Modbus RTU).

Q: How should I set the vibration alert thresholds? A: Vibration monitoring relies on relative levels, not absolute numbers. First, you must install the sensor on a healthy, properly functioning machine to establish its unique "Normal Baseline". Once the average normal operating value is captured (e.g., stabilized at 0.05 um), set the initial SPC alarm threshold by adding a 20% to 30% buffer, or by applying a 1.5x multiplier to the baseline. This can be continuously optimized based on machine behavior.

Q: On the VS001 Console software, what do the different highlighted colors mean? A: The console uses intuitive colors to indicate connection and alarm status:

• Green: Network and sensor connections are normal

• White Background: The equipment is operating normally within parameters

• Red Highlight: An anomaly or alarm is currently happening.

• Yellow Highlight: An alarm occurred in the past but the vibration levels have since recovered to normal limits, leaving a historical record for review

Applications & Diagnostics

Q: What specific mechanical issues can VibeShield's FFT analysis detect? A: While time-domain data (waveforms) shows the overall severity of the shaking, the Frequency Domain (FFT) reveals exactly what component is failing:

• Peak at 1x RPM: Usually indicates an Unbalance (e.g., material build-up or crystallization on a rotor)

• Peak at 2x RPM: Usually indicates mechanical Misalignment

• High non-integer frequencies: Often points to a Bearing Defect

Q: What is the expected Return on Investment (ROI)? A: The ROI is exceptionally high because the hardware cost is a tiny fraction of the cost of a single unplanned downtime incident. For example:

In a Semiconductor Fab, successfully predicting and preventing one vacuum pump seizure avoids a 12-to-24-hour tool shutdown and wafer scrap, saving $50,000 to $300,000+ per incident (an estimated ROI of over 500% to 2400%).

In a Data Center, preventing a cooling system failure that leads to a 30-minute thermal shutdown can save $270,000+ in SLA penalties and hardware damage.

Q: Can I integrate VibeShield into my existing SCADA or DCIM network? A: Yes. Because VibeShield outputs highly refined data using lightweight MQTT protocols, it securely and easily integrates into existing local servers and Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) networks. Additionally, all stored data can be exported to Excel format for further analysis and third-party integration.

Contact Us

SKYCABLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

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TEL:+886-2-27661655

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