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International standard · Continuous monitoring

ISO 10816 and ISO 20816:
from the standard to
continuous protection

The international standard for evaluating industrial machine vibration has been around for decades, and it has changed: the ISO 10816 series has been replaced by ISO 20816. Applied as a fixed threshold, however, it remains a criterion that flags late. The white paper explains what continuous monitoring adds, and what it does not.

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See also: Vibration analysis: what it can and cannot tell you about a machine

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ISO
10816 / 20816
Global reference standard
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Machine health zones
monitored continuously
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Configurations required
for day-zero ISO protection

Not just theory — an operational view of the standard

ISO 10816, now replaced by the ISO 20816 series, is the standard everyone quotes and few actually apply continuously. This white paper explains how it works, what changed with the new series, the real limits of the standard used on its own, and how a continuous monitoring system uses it as a foundation rather than a ceiling.

Written for people working in production and for machine builders. No unnecessary jargon. Only what matters.

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ISO 10816 and ISO 20816:
from the standard to
continuous protection
How the international standard for
evaluating machine vibration becomes the
starting point of a modern monitoring system.