ITT Inc. and its Enidine brand, Orchard Park, N.Y., recently introduced the Sentinel 1 shock absorber, featuring a first-generation on-board monitoring system. “By incorporating microelectronic solutions with Enidine’s robust heavy-duty shock absorber technology, Sentinel 1 can be designed into any energy management solution for reliable performance monitoring, says Farrokh Batliwala, ITT’s senior vice president and president, Connect and Control Technologies.
Company officials explain that the Sentinel 1 is intended as an entry-level solution with an event impact signal trigger to protect equipment. “Sentinel 1’s technology incorporates continuous shock absorber and impact monitoring, energy harvesting, and the ability to communicate across a facility to a PLC or other similar systems without wires or batteries,” reveals Greg Herman, director of sales and business development at ITT Enidine. “These features make Sentinel 1 easy to adapt into a previously installed shock absorber base. It allows machine builders to incorporate next-generation IoT 4.0 technology into their designs without the burden of major equipment modification.”
