Rion Accelerometers have an enviable reputation for accuracy and longevity. Rion manufacture a wide range of accelerometers including a reference standard accelerometer (the PV-03), a tri-axial high sensitivity low frequency ground accelerometer (PV-83CW for use with the Rion VM-54), a triaxial seat accelerometer (PV-62), a tiny (mass 4.7g) tri-axial transducer for hand-arm vibration and single axis accelerometers ranging from the PV-08 (mass 0.7g with a charge sensitivity of 0.1pC/ms-2) to the PV-87 (charge sensitivity of 41 pC/ms-2 with a mass of 115g).

Click here for details of the PV-Series of accelerometers.

Information on selected accelerometers is given below.

PV-83 CW High-sensitivity triaxial accelerometer set in practical casing suitable for site work 60 mV/ms-2 sensitivity Mass 310g Designed for building vibration and ship vibration Frequency range 0.5 – 80 Hz For use with the Rion VM-54 Noise floor 0.0001 ms-2 or less (wm weighting)
PV-97C Miniature triaxial accelerometer (4.7 grams) Excellent for hand-arm vibration measurements where size and weight are critical Frequency range 1 – 10 000 Hz 0.12 pC/ms-2 sensitivity
PV-93 Small triaxial accelerometer (28 grams) M6 thread mount Frequency range 1 – 4000 Hz 0.831 pC/ms-2 sensitivity
PV-62 Seat accelerometer Practical, reliable and site-proven Can be used with any vibration meter with suitable charge amplifier input 7.1 pC/ms-2 sensitivity
PV-57A Accelerometer with built in pre-amplifier Practical engineering accelerometer with robust curly cable, M6 stud and magnetic attachment (Rion extension leads can also be used) Can be plugged straight into Rion sound level meters for vibration measurements 5.1 mV/ms-2 sensitivity Frequency Range 1 – 5000 Hz
PV-87 High sensitivity accelerometer with wide frequency range Can be used with any vibration meter with suitable charge amplifier input Can be used with Rion DA-20 or VM-54 with VP-80 Charge Amplifier 41 pC/ms-2 sensitivity Frequency Range 1 – 3000 Hz
PV-03 Reference Accelerometer with M6 cavity for coincident mounting of accelerometer to be calibrated Nominal 0.47 pC/ms-2 sensitivity (individual calibration sheet supplied) Frequency Range 20 – 1000 Hz ± 1%