Rotating Machinery Test Rig
A long-standing customer brought along his power station turbine test rig so that we could give the P8000 hardware and DATS software a good workout. Here's a video of the…
Sound, Vibration & Acoustics Digest #1
This is the first in a (hopefully) regular series of posts containing interesting & unusual sound & vibration stories that we have discovered around the web. We hope you enjoy…
Beyond The Sound Level Meter
Have you reached the limits of your Sound Level Meter? Do you need to progress to the next level? Prosig have a range of systems that can increase your noise…
Rotor Runout Measurement
Prosig’s DATS Software includes an optional add-on package for rotor runout measurement. Runout may consist of two components – Mechanical Runout and Electrical Runout. You can read more about runout on prosig.com here – Rotor Runout Measurement.
We are often asked exactly what analysis and information is included The purpose of this post is to show some of the screens and reports from the Rotor Runout Measurement package. So here goes… (more…)
Prosig Seminar in Hiroshima, Japan on the 3rd & 4th December, 2013
Prosig and their partners, SV Japan, will be holding a two-day training seminar for current and new customers in Hiroshima on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th December 2013. Subjects covered…
2013 Prosig / Portsmouth University Prize Awarded
The 2013 Annual Prosig Prize for Engineering at Portsmouth University has been awarded to Peter Thompson for his project “Vibration Analysis of Aircraft Structures (Airframe)”. Peter completed his study at the…
Prosig Customer Seminar in China
Prosig's Partner in China, Suzhou SV Technology Co Ltd, will be hosting a Prosig Chinese Customer Meeting Day on 25th October 2013. The day will be held at Suzhou SV…
NCCM, Bangalore – October, 2013
On the 4th & 5th October 2013 Prosig, along with India partners Mari Aerotech, attended the National Conference on Condition Monitoring in Bangalore, India. Here are some photos of the conference and exhibition. (more…)
Read our “Sound & Vibration Engineering” magazine on Flipboard
Are you a Flipboard user? "What is Flipboard?" some of you will ask. Flipboard is an up-and-coming mobile app for pulling all of your news sources and social media together…
Generating speed v time information from noise & vibration signals
Picture the scenario; you have captured some noise & vibration data from a rotating machine. Typically, this might be noise in a vehicle cabin, but could have been anything from…
[Video] Creating speed signals for data with no tacho
So you've got some noise and/or vibration data from a rotating machine, but no speed information. Surely that means you can't analyse against speed or do any order analysis, right?…
How Do I Convert Between Acceleration, Velocity & Displacement?
One of the most searched for and read topics on the Noise & Vibration Measurement Blog is that of converting between measurements of acceleration, velocity and displacement. To help anyone…
10 More Cool Engineering Videos
Our previous collection of cool engineering videos in 2010 proved so popular that we just had to make another list. So here we present another 10 really cool engineering videos.…
What Can I Do About Spikes In My Data?
Whether you call them spikes, glitches, anomalies or data dropouts, these phenomena have been a problem to engineers ever since they started recording data. There are any number of reasons…
Engine Model Being Put Through Its Paces
Our engine model demonstrator being put through its paces. Runups, rundowns and 'overclocking' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7aVK7aBp0
New DATS Hammer Software – Preview Available
As mentioned in a previous post and in our last email newsletter (signup form on the right of this page) we are pleased to announce that the preview version of the new DATS Hammer Impact software is now available for download. (more…)
DATS & P8000 on Windows 8
For anyone curious about Prosig's DATS software & P8000 hardware running under the newly released Microsoft Windows 8 we can report that everything works as smoothly as ever. Here at…
Come & see Prosig at Testing Expo North America 2012
Prosig will be at Automotive Testing Expo North America from today, October 23rd, until October 25th 2012. Among the hardware and software on display will be some of the latest developments to…
New Version of DATS Out Now – V7.0.23 Released
The latest version of the DATS software is now available. Log in to the Prosig support site to download your copy. The new version, V7.0.23, contains many new features, improvements and bug fixes. Read on to find out a little of what you can expect. (more…)
New Hammer Impact Software – Preview coming soon
After listening to customer feedback, we have completely re-engineered the DATS Hammer Impact software. The new version will ship with the next DATS update (not the soon-to-be-released V7.0.23). In the meantime you will be able to download and preview the new package. You will of course need a P8000 system and a DATS licence with the Hammer Impact option enabled. (more…)
Understanding & Measuring Noise
There are many reasons to measure and analyze noise. It may relate to legislation or regulations that limit noise in certain environments, we could be using the noise to investigate…
2nd Annual Prosig Prize for Engineering at Portsmouth University
Following on from the recent post regarding of the 2012 Survey Prize Draw we have more prize giving news.
The 2nd Annual Prosig Prize for Engineering at Portsmouth University has been awarded to Ashley Stehr for his project “Developing an engineering mechanism to reduce the effects of rapid rotational motion caused by the shocks inherent with high speed craft”. (more…)
And The Winner Is…
Thank you to everyone who completed our 2012 User Survey. The results were, as always, fascinating and will be used to improve our future hardware & software products. We are…
2nd Annual Prosig / Portsmouth University Prize Awarded
The 2nd Annual Prosig Prize for Engineering at Portsmouth University has been awarded to Ashley Stehr for his project “Developing an engineering mechanism to reduce the effects of rapid rotational motion caused by the shocks inherent with high speed craft”. Ashley is in his third year studying for an MSc in Mechanical Engineering. His project was supervised by Dr Ya Huang. Ashley’s project poster is shown below (click for a larger view).
Building a new test model
Recently, we decided it was about time we had a new model for testing, training and demonstrations. Specifically, we wanted something that would allow us to test the full capability…
