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Articles found: 97

Article cover: Noise and Air Quality on the Factory Floor — Monitoring for Workplace Safety

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Noise and Air Quality on the Factory Floor — Monitoring for Workplace Safety

Workplace safety monitoring: continuous noise and air measurements on the factory floor — decibels, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide with alerts and history.

#workplace safety#noise#air quality#manufacturing#alerts

Article cover: Light monitoring in museums — lux levels and exhibit fading

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Light monitoring in museums — lux levels and exhibit fading

Light monitoring in museums: how many lux paper, textiles and paintings can take, what lux-hours are and how continuous measurement prevents fading.

#museum#lux#fading#conservation#lighting

Article cover: Door and window contact sensor — after-hours security

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Door and window contact sensor — after-hours security

Door and window contact sensor in practice: after-hours opening alarms, an audit-ready event log and cable-free mounting — outdoor gates included.

#contact sensor#doors and windows#security#warehouses#alerts

Article cover: Optimal indoor humidity — health, comfort and the building

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Optimal indoor humidity — health, comfort and the building

Optimal indoor humidity is 40–60% RH. See what dry and damp air does to health, comfort and the building itself — and how to monitor humidity properly.

#humidity#health#comfort#buildings#museums

Article cover: Rainfall and wind measurement in precision agriculture

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Rainfall and wind measurement in precision agriculture

Rainfall and wind measurement in precision agriculture: a 0.01 mm rain gauge, an ultrasonic anemometer and per-field alerts instead of a regional forecast.

#rainfall#wind#precision agriculture#spraying#weather station

Article cover: CO₂ in meeting rooms — standards and alarm thresholds

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CO₂ in meeting rooms — standards and alarm thresholds

Indoor CO2 standards without the myths: what EN 16798-1 and the Pettenkofer number say, and which alert thresholds — 800, 1000, 1400 ppm — to set.

#CO₂#standards#meeting rooms#alerts

Article cover: CO2 standards for public buildings — what the guidelines say

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CO2 standards for public buildings — what the guidelines say

CO2 standards for public buildings without the myths: EN 16798-1, the Pettenkofer number and Polish ventilation guidelines turned into alert thresholds.

#CO₂#standards#public buildings#schools#ventilation

Article cover: Silo and tank level measurement — ultrasonic, no climbing to the top

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Silo and tank level measurement — ultrasonic, no climbing to the top

Silo level measurement without climbing to the top: how an ultrasonic sensor works, roof mounting, min/max thresholds and stock alerts in the app.

#silo level#ultrasonic measurement#tanks#workplace safety#raw material storage

Article cover: ASHRAE guidelines for data centers — temperature ranges in practice

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ASHRAE guidelines for data centers — temperature ranges in practice

ASHRAE data center guidelines in practice: recommended 18–27 °C at equipment inlets, classes A1–A4, humidity and dew point — and the resulting alert thresholds.

#ASHRAE#data center#server room#temperature#alert thresholds

Article cover: Temperature Excursion — How to Prove Your Medicines Are Safe

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Temperature Excursion — How to Prove Your Medicines Are Safe

Temperature excursions in pharma: what counts as a deviation from 2–8 °C, how to detect and document it, and how to prove the medicines stayed safe.

#temperature excursion#pharma#cold chain#temperature deviation#GDP

Article cover: Soil moisture monitoring — less water, better yields

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Soil moisture monitoring — less water, better yields

Soil moisture monitoring in practice: root-zone measurement, irrigation thresholds and alerts — a 3-in-1 probe saves water and evens out your yields.

#soil moisture#irrigation#precision agriculture#soil probes

Article cover: Virtual sensors — averages, sums and derived metrics from real measurements

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Virtual sensors — averages, sums and derived metrics from real measurements

Virtual sensors compute averages, sums, corrections and ratios straight from real measurements. See how avg, sum, offset and ratio work — no new hardware.

#virtual sensors#analytics#metrics#dashboards

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