SONOMA, Calif. - In an effort to keep reducing wildfire ignitions, Pacific Gas & Electric has upgraded sensors that can tell it more quickly if a power line has been compromised or might spark a fire.

New technologies to monitor power lines are emerging worldwide, part of continuing efforts to harden the power grid and increase reliability and resiliency. Utilities and other operators of ...

PREMSTAETTEN, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high-performance sensor solutions, today launches the 4LS series, adding new faster and higher resolution line ...

With the start of the 2023 hurricane season and record-breaking heat already setting up another concerning wildfire season in the Western U.S., it is hard to ignore extreme weather events and natural ...

Discover how Eaton’s new GridAdvisor 3-line sensor is transforming utility operations with advanced line monitoring, setting the stage for smarter, more resilient grid intelligence at the edge. In ...

Hypersen’s HPS-LCX1000 coaxial 3D line confocal sensor scans up to 35,000 lines/s with a point density of 2048 points/profile and Z-axis repeatability of 0.1 µm. The sensor offers precision ...

Inspection productivity is improved by scanning workpieces at rates of up 700,000 points/second, with a measurement precision figure of merit (MPE(PF) as defined by ISO-10360-2) as low as 12 um, and ...