Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been finding interesting opportunities of improvement as a consequence of the rapid diffusion of IOT technologies. PPE devices can provide a valid support in mitigation of hazards at work emanating from production process. In the unfortunate case of imminent risk or work accident a responsive cloud-connected PPE, could dramatically reduce the first aid intervention time. This work describes a new development system based on the results of S.A.L.V.O. project preliminary device [1]. The hardware architecture has been here upgraded allowing the monitoring of the environmental physical and chemical quantities of interest. A new software has been developed in order to efficiently control the system and the communication protocol. The sensor node exchanges messages by means of cloud connection, with a control software that gives back to the human operator a comprehensive representation of the worker exposure to dangerous gasses, loud noise, free fall event, indoor and outdoor position and ParticulateMatter (PM) exposure. Preliminary trials have been conducted and the results will be reported in the last section. The whole system serves as a test bench to prove the effectiveness of the proposed solution.
A Novel Sensor Node for Smart Personal Protective Equipment
Formisano F.;Del Giudice A.;Di Francia G.;
2023-01-01
Abstract
Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been finding interesting opportunities of improvement as a consequence of the rapid diffusion of IOT technologies. PPE devices can provide a valid support in mitigation of hazards at work emanating from production process. In the unfortunate case of imminent risk or work accident a responsive cloud-connected PPE, could dramatically reduce the first aid intervention time. This work describes a new development system based on the results of S.A.L.V.O. project preliminary device [1]. The hardware architecture has been here upgraded allowing the monitoring of the environmental physical and chemical quantities of interest. A new software has been developed in order to efficiently control the system and the communication protocol. The sensor node exchanges messages by means of cloud connection, with a control software that gives back to the human operator a comprehensive representation of the worker exposure to dangerous gasses, loud noise, free fall event, indoor and outdoor position and ParticulateMatter (PM) exposure. Preliminary trials have been conducted and the results will be reported in the last section. The whole system serves as a test bench to prove the effectiveness of the proposed solution.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
