Albarbar, A.Mekid, S.Starr, Andrew G.Pietruszkiewicz, R2013-01-162013-01-162008-02-06A. Albarbar, S. Mekid, A. Starr and R. Pietruszkiewicz. Sensors, 2007, volume 8, issue 2, pp784-7991424-8220http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s8020784http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7742With increasing demands for wireless sensing nodes for assets control and condition monitoring; needs for alternatives to expensive conventional accelerometers in vibration measurements have been arisen. Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer is one of the available options. The performances of three of the MEMS accelerometers from different manufacturers are investigated in this paper and compared to a well calibrated commercial accelerometer used as a reference for MEMS sensors performance evaluation. Tests were performed on a real CNC machine in a typical industrial environmental workshop and the achieved results are presented.Condition MonitoringMicro-Electro Mechanical SystemMEMS AccelerometerVibration MeasurementsTransfer FunctionArticle