2016 Maintenance Innovation Challenge Easy to Use Portable Vibration Data Logger PROBLEM STATEMENT Vibration characterization of all mechanical systems is needed to provide: Environmental specifications to enable design of new technology and systems for our military Operational data for engineers to determine how, why, and when components fail Qualify new systems Currently a significant labor and material investment is needed to outfit aircraft with required equipment and instrumentation Costs approach $100K per test flight Limited number of outfitted aircraft results in long lead times for engineers BENEFITS Cost effective Ranges from $1,000 to $2,500 per unit Wide measurement range ±25g, 100g, 500g, and 2,000g options Time stamped data to correlate vibrations to known events High sample rate (20,000 Hz per channel) Long rechargeable battery life (>12 hours) Lightweight (40 grams for plastic, 65 for aluminum enclosure) Shock, vibration, and EMI qualified Over 4 billion data points of onboard memory Micro-USB for set-up and download Expected NAVAIR savings of $3-5M in four years Commercially available TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION Developed in a Navy RIF BAA program Handheld unit embedded with: Two triaxial accelerometers (one for high frequency shock and vibration, another for lower frequency) Temperature and pressure sensors CPU for data processing, triggering recordings, and time stamping Analog filters Battery for power in remote locations >2GB of memory for large recordings Easy to use and free software for data processing and analysis GRAPHIC