12th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring

The Vasa Museum in Stockholm houses Vasa, a 17th-century Swedish warship raised from the seabed in 1961. Almost completely preserved, she is both a cultural icon and a full-scale research platform for naval architecture, materials science, and maritime archaeology. But preserving a 400-year-old oak hull on land poses a critical structural challenge: without buoyancy, the ship’s weight is carried through discrete support points, and slow deformation has already been detected. To protect Vasa for future generations, the museum is replacing the original display cradle with an adjustable steel support system equipped with a real-time force monitoring and long-term structural health monitoring (SHM) solution.

China Wind Power (CWP) has become the benchmark event for the global wind industry. Join us October 14–16, 2026, in Beijing to discover the latest innovations driving the future of wind energy.

In August, we set aside an afternoon at Gantner Instruments and asked the entire company the same question: what should we build next? More than 25 ideas came back, three minutes each, no scoring and no ranking. Anyone could present: development, production, calibration, sales, support, administration. The only rule was that an idea had to be explained in the time it takes to make a coffee.

Engineers and technicians often have a lot of problems when they are dealing with complicated data acquisition setups. These setups can include large amounts of data, the use of different devices, and the need for information in real time. Addressing these challenges head-on, Gantner Instruments proudly announces the latest evolution of our industry-leading software, GI.bench.