TrackBeat
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The hardware

Two things go on your floor.

One sensor. One receiver. Nothing else.

The sensor goes on the bearing housing and does the measuring. The receiver goes on a wall and carries the readings off the site. No new cable is run, and nothing is wired into your controls.

Sensor
TrackBeat wireless vibration sensor — sealed cylindrical body with a knurled battery cap and a stainless magnetic mounting base.

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TrackBeat Sensor

Sealed, battery-powered, and mounted externally on the bearing housing. Three senses in one unit so a diagnosis has corroboration rather than a single noisy channel.

  • Vibration, temperature, speedThree senses in one sealed unit.
  • Triaxial, high-bandwidthVibration on all three axes.
  • DSP on boardFeature extraction runs in the sensor.
  • 48 h on the deviceThe raw waveform stays on the sensor.
  • Magnetic or studExternal mount, under a minute, on a running machine.
  • BatteryReports its own state of charge.
Receiver
TrackBeat edge receiver — low industrial gateway with USB, SIM, microSD, serial, Ethernet and DC power connections along the front edge.

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Receiver

The edge box every sensor on site reports to. It runs a local dashboard, so the floor keeps its visibility even when the WAN does not.

  • Lite or EnterpriseSame receiver family, sized to the site.
  • Wi-Fi, Ethernet or LTEOutbound only.
  • No inbound rulesNothing to open on the plant firewall.
  • Dashboard on the deviceThe floor keeps its screens when the internet drops.
  • Sized at scopingSensor capacity follows the plant.
  • 1–3 per siteWhat a typical install uses.

How the two work together

Four steps, from the bearing housing to a named fault.

  1. 01The sensor measures

    A burst every 15, 30, 60, or 120 minutes: vibration on three axes, temperature, and shaft speed. You set the cadence to how fast that machine can surprise you.

  2. 02It does the math on board

    The bearing frequencies, velocity RMS, and FFT band energies are extracted in the sensor. The radio carries a small feature packet, and 48 hours of raw waveform stay on the device for a second look.

  3. 03The receiver relays

    Readings arrive over licence-free sub-GHz radio, 902–928 MHz. The receiver passes them on through one outbound connection, MQTT with TLS, over Wi-Fi, Ethernet or LTE.

  4. 04The platform names the fault

    The receiver is a relay and does not diagnose. The platform compares each reading with the ISO 20816 zones and that machine's own baseline, then names the fault.

Installation

What it asks of your plant.

Very little. The hardware is fitted from the outside of the machine and the outside of your network, so production and IT both keep what they have.

No line shutdown
The sensor mounts on the outside of the bearing housing, by magnet or stud, in under a minute, on a running machine.
No wiring, no controls work
Nothing connects to a PLC or a historian. The battery-powered sensors need no power run to them.
No new network for the sensors
Sub-GHz radio reaches the far end of the plant without new cable or access points.
No inbound firewall rule
The receiver opens one outbound connection. Nothing is opened inbound.
One to three receivers
That is what a typical plant uses. They are placed at scoping, not one per machine.
Built for the floor
The sensor is sealed to IP65 / IP67 for washdown and coolant spray. Battery life is 5–6 years, and each sensor reports its own state of charge.