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.
Whether you outsource the sensors directly from the industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) manufacturer or a third-party seller, the sensors should be upgraded with certain features.
Here are some features that should be considered in IIOT sensors before installing them in your organization. Could you have a look at them?
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Power Optimization:
An IIOT requires Ultra-low power consumption rates throughout the technology stack. This helps minimize the need to send the maintenance staff on infrastructure edge inspections regularly. 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:
The sensors are exposed to harsh environmental conditions in normal operating conditions. For instance, the industrial sensors used for monitoring the water levels will likely remain submerged in water for prolonged periods. This may lead to the sensors getting corrupted or exposed to harmful chemicals and corrosive gases.
Therefore, before installing sensors, verifying their compliance with quality standards and independent certifications is essential.
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 information relating to environmental aspects.
Arsenic is hazardous for the environment and humans; lead and mercury, if not carefully monitored, may lead to poisoning and renal and neurological damage. Hence, the industry sensors’ ability to identify critical parameters, remote monitoring, and hardware interoperability are 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-driven 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 can continuously monitor fluid-borne parameters like chlorine content, the extent of fluid acidity, and basicity. Compared to other alternative solutions, these sensors save a huge amount of space and money.
Therefore, installing in-line or submersible sensors permits in-situ inspections, the simplicity of installation, and cost benefits. Furthermore, in-line IIOT sensors facilitate an additional flow cell to avoid contact with the waste stream and other compilations that might be built up during onsite testing.
