Monitoring & Services ROBO®CONTROL – Monitoring Solutions Portable and Permanent Systems

Monitoring & Services Automated data collection and processing Table of contents Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) ROBO®CONTROL “BASIC” ROBO®CONTROL “ADVANCED” ROBO®CONTROL “PORTABLE” Measurement devices at a glance Durable and open-sourced technology Rhine Waterfalls (Switzerland) Incheon Grand Bridge (South Korea) River Suir Bridge (Ireland) Angus L. Macdonald Bridge and A. Murray MacKay Bridge (Canada) Turnkey solutions offered 1 System configuration on site 2 Installation of a 3D-acceleration sensor 3 Dynamic measurements on a railway bridge

Monitoring & Services Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) How does a SHMS work An advanced SHMS is composed by Services provided A Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) is an assembly of sophisticated electronic devices installed on civil structures with the purpose of assessing the actual conditions of the structure. During health monitoring of structures, global and local structural properties are assessed on the basis of continuously recorded measured variables. 1 Measurement devices (sensors) Sensors are installed directly on the structural elements, they measure physical parameters and...

Monitoring & Services Applications and benefits Applications ROBO®CONTROL‘s efficient and reliable automated data collection offers benefits to many fields of engineering, such as: • Bridges • Tunnels • Buildings • Dams • Substructures • Mining • Historic protection • Environmental applications Benefits for end-users Owners & Authorities • Enhanced safety of overall structure and its critical elements • Risk minimisation by Safety Monitoring - immediate notification of changes • Increased lifespan of structure and reduction of lifecycle costs • Improved investment planning • Optimisation of maintenance...

Monitoring & Services ROBO®CONTROL systems Permanent systems for long-term monitoring and investigative applications, featuring battery or permanent power supply and transmission of data to a central server Portable systems for short-term investigative applications • Limited to static monitoring applications at low frequencies • Dynamic and static monitoring missions possible at all frequencies • Dynamic and static monitoring tasks possible at all frequencies • The number of sensors that can be integrated is limited • Unlimited number of sensors can be integrated • Measuring time limited due...

Monitoring & Services ROBO®CONTROL “BASIC” ROBO®CONTROL systems Permanent systems Portable systems Measuring Frequency Structural control and long term monitoring • Components designed for continuous, remote and independent operation Required investment • Data transmission via GPRS / GSM to mageba’s or client’s server Yearly cost Main features • Alarm function possible (notification of pre-defined events and load cases) Mains / grid Solar panel Data memory Data presentation Internet Browser Alarm notification Standard 1 year (extendable up to 5 years) Contract type Power supply 1 Applied system...

Monitoring & Services ROBO®CONTROL “ADVANCED” ROBO®CONTROL systems Permanent systems “BASIC” Portable systems Infobox Measuring Frequency Main features • Structural control and long term monitoring Required investment Yearly cost • Components designed for continuous, remote and independent operation • Data transmission via GPRS / GSM to mageba’s or client’s server Mains / grid Data presentation Internet Browser E-Mail Standard 1 year (extendable up to 5 years) Contract type Data memory • Tailor-made solutions Solar panel Alarm notification • Alarm function possible (notification of pre-defined...

Monitoring & Services ROBO®CONTROL “PORTABLE” ROBO®CONTROL systems Permanent systems “BASIC” Portable systems Infobox Measuring Frequency Main features • Structural identification and short term monitoring Robust electronics for repeated, temporary use Required investment • No connection to power grid required (battery powered) Yearly cost • Flexible arrangement of all system components to suit project requirements Power supply Solar panel Data memory Data presentation Internet Browser in real time on computer Alarm notification Contract type 1 Removable storage device (USB stick) 2 Viewing of...

Monitoring & Services Measurement devices at a glance Sensors Strain and tilt sensors Movement sensors Today, virtually any physical parameter can be measured with extremely high accuracy, and the information technology generally exists to transmit the large volumes of data often generated. • Strain in steel elements measured by strain gauge devices, incremental changes are measured at the surface, stress and fatigue analysis for designers • Inductive movement sensors for small changes (e.g. concrete crack monitoring) or for medium displacements Sensors are widely available and frequently used...

Monitoring & Services Structural temperature sensors • System identification and damage detection by 3D-Acceleration sensors • Devices for measurement of steel temperature, externally applied • Stay cables: sensors to measure modal frequencies and forces • Concrete temperature measured by integrated sensors (installed during construction or inserted into drilled holes) • Vibration sensor integration to assess dynamic influences on the structure GPS position monitoring and meteorological surveillance • High precision GPS devices available, with accuracy as required by project • Meteorological...

Monitoring & Services Durable and open-sourced technology State-of-the-art system Data transmission mageba’s monitoring systems are updated to the latest technology, using the optimal equipment available in order to suit monitoring purposes For the transmission of data from the sensors to the ROBO®CONTROL acquisition unit on site, the majority of projects use wires, barely visible on the structure. Existing cable trays or ducts may be used if possible. Data is transmitted to mageba central server through internet. • Only ‘open-source’ software • Only hardware that is available on the free market...