In 2007, the TATA specification called for a fibre optic vibration system to avoid electromagnetic radiation problems associated with accelerometer systems. QPS Photronics Partners with Mechanalysis (India) Ltd, a company that has 30 plus years experience supplying machinery protection monitors in India, it had supplied 29 SEW systems to BHEL in the past using the older accelerometer technology. Built upon their experience, QPS integrated VibroFibre™ system with MIL8800 on-line protection monitor (API670) to provide traditional plant communications. TATA Projects of Mumbai were convinced that the MIL-QPS solution was superior to two other overseas bidders and was awarded the contract in Nov 2007. System commissioning was completed at TATA Bhira on TG3&4 in 2008. For more information on our next generation SEW vibration monitoring solution, please visit our product and solution pages.