Tescia software update increases real-time capability, says HBK
The latest version of Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK)’s Tescia software has enhanced features to help users achieve greater efficiency through time-saving functionality.
Tescia provides a safe way of capturing critical data, targets vibration, acoustics and monitoring applications. It has a user-centric workflow which helps to reduce set up time, safeguard test items and to improve data quality and test-result validation, claimed HBK.
To enable automated conditioning monitoring tasks on floors, rotating machinery and sensitive machinery, Tescia now supports Reference Profiles, so the user can define (from simple to very complex) levels at every frequency. This allows the system to detect and trigger on profile exceedances.
For long test runs or condition monitoring of, for example, propulsion systems, a metric recorder has been introduced, allowing users to record key metrics such as overall, band-pass, spectral lines and order values. This reduces the need for time consuming post analysis tasks. Metric data can be directly imported into HBK’s BK Connect software.
For larger multi-channel test campaigns, where the amount of recorded data can be overwhelming, the new real time data conversion and archiving functionality provides the ability to convert and archive data in the right place during the test campaign. This avoids copying or archiving tasks after the test activity.
Adding data processor licenses provides extra real time analysis capability and monitoring. As a result, the number of test participants can be increased and multiple engineering specialists can engage in test sessions, on multiple independent analysis seats without interfering with the recording. These seats can operate in real time, completely autonomously, either locally, connected to the same network as the acquisition system or remotely. Each Data Processor has the same analysis possibilities as the main data acquisition system and local configurations can be saved, then reused later.
HBK (Hottinger, Brüel & Kjær) is home to HBM Test and Measurement and Brüel & Kjær Sound and Vibration Measurement brands. It is a subsidiary of UK-based Spectris.
