vPod and vPod II Smart Vibration Meters

vPod and vPod II Smart Vibration Meters

INTRODUCTION
The vPod and vPod II are microprocessor-based vibration meters. Powered by the microprocessor, this family of meters can easily measure average, hold or peak hold vibration data, and display them with user selectable unit/detection. The battery charge indicator and sensor bias indicator is also a standard feature of vPod and vPod II. vPod II has built-in memory for storing up to 1000 archive data points. It can transfer data through the RS-232C port with a PC.

GAIN AND PRECISION READING
For those precision machines that have very low vibration levels, a precision reading is necessary. In addition to an extra quiet accelerometer that is supplied as a standard accessory, both vPod and vPod II incorporate a built-in gain circuit to amplify small vibration signals and show the reading in precision mode when you turn the gain mode on. This one button gain function allows the user to increase precision by one decimal place.

BEARING CONDITION MEASUREMENT
Each vPod and vPod II can measure vibration levels in acceleration, velocity or displacement. The users can select to display the vibration results in their preferable units and detections as shown in the photo above. The vPod and vPod II comes standard with a built-in 500 Hz high pass filter. This is significant because most roller element bearings' parts are located between 500 Hz - 2 kHz. This high pass filter method has been proven to be very useful in identifying a bearings condition

MEMORY FOR DATA STORAGE (vPod II)
With the incorporation of built-in EEPROM memory, a vPod II meter can store up to 1000 sets of vibration data. These saved data points can be recalled by entering the meter's REVIEW mode. Every vPod II comes with an RS-232C interface program for downloading the saved data from memory to a PC for post analysis or report building.