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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,166 Views
29 Pages

24 April 2026

This study proposes a noise-robust unsupervised acoustic anomaly detection framework for early identification of abnormal operating conditions in rotating machinery under submarine-like environments with severe data scarcity. In such environments, un...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Enabled Smart Sensors for Industry Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
454 Views
15 Pages

In semiconductor and optoelectronics manufacturing, the reliability of turbo molecular pumps (TMPs) is vital for maintaining vacuum integrity and ensuring product yield. However, acoustic monitoring in cleanrooms faces severe challenges due to ambien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,390 Views
14 Pages

Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Applied to Φ-OTDR

  • Antonio Almudévar,
  • Pascual Sevillano,
  • Luis Vicente,
  • Javier Preciado-Garbayo and
  • Alfonso Ortega

29 August 2022

Distributed acoustic sensors (DASs) based on direct-detection Φ-OTDR use the light–matter interaction between light pulses and optical fiber to detect mechanical events in the fiber environment. The signals received in Φ-OTDR come from...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,262 Views
12 Pages

14 July 2021

Human operators often diagnose industrial machinery via anomalous sounds. Given the new advances in the field of machine learning, automated acoustic anomaly detection can lead to reliable maintenance of machinery. However, deep learning-driven anoma...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,297 Views
19 Pages

MIRA: A Transformer-Based Framework for Idler Roller Anomaly Detection and Localization

  • Younho Nam,
  • Su Yeon Shim,
  • Kyeong Su Shin and
  • Young-Joo Suh

8 December 2025

Monitoring the condition of belt conveyor idlers is critical for ensuring safe and efficient operation of industrial conveying systems. However, existing methods often suffer from limited scalability and delayed fault detection, particularly under va...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,241 Views
13 Pages

Label-Free Anomaly Detection Using Distributed Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensing

  • Yuyuan Xie,
  • Maoning Wang,
  • Yuzhong Zhong,
  • Lin Deng and
  • Jianwei Zhang

19 April 2023

Deep learning anomaly detection is important in distributed optical fiber acoustic sensing (DAS). However, anomaly detection is more challenging than traditional learning tasks, due to the scarcity of true-positive data and the vast imbalance and irr...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,600 Views
20 Pages

Using Deep Learning to Detect Anomalies in On-Load Tap Changer Based on Vibro-Acoustic Signal Features

  • Fataneh Dabaghi-Zarandi,
  • Vahid Behjat,
  • Michel Gauvin,
  • Patrick Picher and ,
  • Hassan Ezzaidi and
  • Issouf Fofana
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30 March 2024

An On-Load Tap Changer (OLTC) that regulates transformer voltage is one of the most important and strategic components of a transformer. Detecting faults in this component at early stages is, therefore, crucial to prevent transformer outages. In rece...

(This article belongs to the Topic High Voltage Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,980 Views
19 Pages

5 November 2023

Acoustic sensing provides crucial data for anomalous sound detection (ASD) in condition monitoring. However, building a robust acoustic-sensing-based ASD system is challenging due to the unsupervised nature of training data, which only contain normal...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,044 Views
20 Pages

2 February 2026

Unsupervised anomalous sound detection aims to learn acoustic features solely from the operational sounds of normal equipment and identify potential anomalies based on these features. Recent self-supervised classification frameworks based on machine...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Edge Computing: Algorithms, Security, and Artificial Intelligence-Driven Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,114 Views
18 Pages

19 January 2026

Industrial pumps are critical components in manufacturing and process plants, where early acoustic anomaly detection is essential for preventing unplanned downtime and reducing maintenance costs. In practice, however, strong background noise, severe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Techniques for Fault Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognostics in Machinery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,296 Views
15 Pages

Leak Event Diagnosis for Power Plants: Generative Anomaly Detection Using Prototypical Networks

  • Jaehyeok Jeong,
  • Doyeob Yeo,
  • Seungseo Roh,
  • Yujin Jo and
  • Minsuk Kim

1 August 2024

Anomaly detection systems based on artificial intelligence (AI) have demonstrated high performance and efficiency in a wide range of applications such as power plants and smart factories. However, due to the inherent reliance of AI systems on the qua...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,555 Views
35 Pages

Growing concern over anthropogenic underwater noise, highlighted by initiatives like the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and its Technical Group on Underwater Noise (TG Noise), emphasizes regions like the Western Black Sea, where increasin...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
571 Views
28 Pages

29 August 2026

Underground petrochemical pipelines face severe risks from unreported third-party damage during excavation. Existing monitoring systems based on supervised deep learning or distributed acoustic sensing often require expensive hardware and large volum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Condition Monitoring of Distributed Energy Equipment and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
448 Views
17 Pages

4 September 2026

End-of-Line (EoL) quality inspection of electric motors requires reliable detection of manufacturing faults before products leave the production line. However, conventional supervised deep learning approaches depend on a sufficient number of labeled...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Process Monitoring and Quality Optimization in Manufacturing Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,640 Views
36 Pages

Explainable AI-Driven Quality and Condition Monitoring in Smart Manufacturing

  • M. Nadeem Ahangar,
  • Z. A. Farhat,
  • Aparajithan Sivanathan,
  • N. Ketheesram and
  • S. Kaur

30 January 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly adopted in manufacturing for tasks such as automated inspection, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring. However, the opaque, black-box nature of many AI models remains a major barrier to industr...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)