EES Europe, Smart Energy Europe & Intersolar

Engineers face significantly complex challenges when deciding which future-proof, robust, and expandable data acquisition systems are best for their application(s). Thankfully three industry experts from Gantner Instruments will be presenting in a series of webinars hosted by our Canadian partner, Hoskin Scientific, to help make the DAQ selection process a little bit easier.

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.

The amount of data generated in an aircraft structural test program continues to grow. The density of load introduction points (actuators) and sensors (strain gauges, thermocouples, LVDTs) on a test article is increasing progressively and model validation requires higher data sample rates to capture more detail. The risks and costs involved in aircraft validation and certification are significant, and the requirement for quick entry-into-service is high. To minimize the impact of retrofitting in-service aircrafts, the ability to generate test results quickly is crucial to the success of a test program.

April 22–23, 2026 | Charlotte Convention Center | Charlotte, NC | Visit us at Booth 2230 (FLW Southeast)