Condition monitoring — the ability to acquire real-time information about a machine's performance and solve problems even before they occur — is an industrial tool that is growing in importance. But while this handy technique is already preventing downtime in a variety of applications, its effectiveness is limited because traditional sensor technology doesn't always behave well in extreme conditions, often making it impossible to monitor the most critical areas of a machine. Enter Atlanta-based Radatec, a Georgia tech spin-off that could transform the world of condition monitoring with a newly-developed non-contact displacement sensor.
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