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Structural Health Monitoring

Civil and industrial structures must withstand a wide variety of loads from environmental factors and design conditions. Robust, high-accuracy

ESR sensors from HEIDENHAIN and LEINE LINDE measure structural strain and vibration for comprehensive monitoring. They provide solid data for optimizing the operation and maintenance of cranes, bridges, wind turbines, industrial mixers, high-load buildings and automated warehouse systems.

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Protect your structural assets with
digital, high-accuracy sensors
combining HEIDENHAIN and LEINE LINDE expertise

Measure strain and vibration

Our ESR strain sensors enable structural monitoring for bridges, wind turbines, industrial mixers and automated warehouse systems, along with other industrial equipment and buildings exposed to high loads, offering clear advantages over conventional foil-based systems:

  • Dynamic, high-accuracy measurement
  • Fast and reliable data transmission
  • Sealed, robust design

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Wind turbines and cranes Machines, automated equipment, buildings, and bridges

High resolution: The sensor with opto-electrical strain measurement

ESR strain sensors deliver notably higher measurement accuracy compared with foil-based systems.

Benefit from this added accuracy, especially when measuring dynamic loads. You can even measure and analyze short-term events such as load peaks from a single tractor trailer driving over a bridge.

Digital measurement data and more:
Fast and lossless data transmission over long distances

ESR sensors provide fast, reliable, and long-distance transmission of strain, vibration, and resonance measurements, but that’s not all. Their bidirectional digital interface also lets you leverage other key data for structural health monitoring:

  • Sensor diagnostic and status data
  • Acceleration and temperature data from external sensors

Maintain a complete overview of your investment and the status of your monitoring sensors.

Versatile mounting technology
for any application

Benefit from versatile measurement with ESR strain sensors, wherever and however you need the data:

  • Adhesive mounting for permanent installation
  • Screw fastening for repeated measurements
  • Magnetic mounting for short-term usage

Use one and the same device for a wide variety of applications, including:

  • Long-term monitoring
  • Periodic testing
  • One-time certification

Optimal wind-turbine performance

Monitor your wind power assets with our robust and accurate ESR sensors, delivering the data you need for:

  • Optimized pitch control
  • Continuous structure monitoring
  • Component inspection (e.g., tower and rotor blades)

Protect your structural assets by optimizing their efficiency and service life through high-accuracy load measurement.

Your benefits:

  • High scanning frequency
  • Digital interface
  • Condition monitoring of the sensor

Structural maintenance

Maximize the service life of your structural assets by executing optimized maintenance planning based on precise static and dynamic load measurement. Condition monitoring with the ESR strain sensors enables:

  • Long-term structural monitoring
  • Crack monitoring
  • Load measurement

Their digital interface reliably carries measurement data over long distances and enables condition monitoring of the sensor itself.

Your benefits:

  • Robust design
  • High-accuracy measurement
  • Condition monitoring of the sensor

Wind energy

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Drive systems

Discover solutions featuring high accuracy, dynamics and performance, including encoders for motor feedback and position control, a wide variety of motors, and motion control systems.
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Machine tools

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