IIOT sensors and platforms are the heart of complete IIOT systems, and building a reliable and scalable network of sensors is a complex task. To compete with other industries, it is vital to have effective monitoring strategies with high-performance and industrial-grade sensors.
No matter whether you are outsourcing the sensors directly from the manufacturer of the industrial internet of things (IIOT) or a third-party seller, the sensors should be upgraded with certain features.
Here are some of the features that should be looked at in IIOT sensors before installing them in your organization. Could you have a look at them?
- Article Summary Show
Power Optimization:
An IIOT requires Ultra-low power consumption rates throughout the technology stack. This helps in minimizing the need for regularly sending the maintenance staff on infrastructure edge inspections. Sensors directly connect to an IIOT transmission gateway, ensuring a minimal power overhead between IIOT systems’ gateways. This further helps in maximizing the battery duration.
To maximize overall IIOT systems’ effectiveness, the sensors should be featured with short wake-up times and long stabilization periods.
Reliability:
In normal operating conditions, the sensors are highly exposed to harsh environmental conditions. For instance, the industrial sensors used for monitoring the water levels are likely to remain submerged in water for prolonged periods. This may lead to the sensors getting corroded or exposed to harmful chemicals and corrosive gases.
Therefore, before installing sensors, it is essential to verify their compliance with quality standards and independent certifications.
Accuracy and Versatility:
Most of the contaminations are present and can be identified within the pristine environment of the laboratory. The sensors should be developed to address such critical needs to extract the information relating to environmental aspects.
Arsenic is hazardous for both environment and humans; lead and mercury, if not carefully monitored, may lead to poisoning, renal and neurological damage. Hence, the industry sensors’ ability to identify the critical parameters, remote monitoring, and hardware interoperability is the basic criteria for their selection.
Price Optimization:
Price is another factor influencing the decision of apt selection of IIOT sensors. To have a supportive, highly developed, and scalable IIOT drove smart network, the manufacturers and retailers should ensure that the sensors are optimally priced.
Moreover, the sensors should be priced precisely to meet the projects’ financial requirements, provided the midpoints and endpoints of infrastructure networks are known.
Submersible or In-Line:
IIOT sensors that are so designed that they can fit within a piping system or be submerged have the ability to continuously monitor the fluid-borne parameters like chlorine content, the extent of fluid acidity, and basicity. As compared to other alternative solutions, these sensors tend to save a huge amount of space and money.
Therefore, installing in-line or submersible sensors permits for in-situ inspections, the simplicity of installation, and cost benefits. Furthermore, in-line IIOT sensors facilitate an additional flow cell to avoid the contact of the waste stream and other compilations that might be built up during onsite testing.
