The Application of Internet of Things (IOT) Technology in the Safety Monitoring System for Hoisting Machines

Good accessibility to the internet, cheap and reliable wireless sensor network (WSN), together with the explosion of ubiquitous wireless devices like computers, PDA and smart-phones etc, extend the application of the Internet of Things (IOT) technology from traditional fields such as the logistics to engineering fields in which the real-time monitoring of the function and the reliability or safety of machines or engineering structures like bridges becomes more and more crucial. The work in this paper aims at the development of a monitoring system for the type of cranes which are used to hoist heavy loads in the open air environment by using the technology of IOT. And a safety monitoring system, which consists of both hardware unit and software, has been developed and is now being practically applied in engineering. The software of the system is developed on NET platform and the operating platform is Windows operating system.