Sensorium™ SmartBolt — Sensor Module

A fastener/bolt sensing module built on the BLE Smart Sensor Node Platform: monitors load, vibration, looseness, stress, and movement-related signals and sends data to the Gateway. Monitoring support — not a certified structural-health inspection system.

sensorium-smart-bolt · Sensorium™ · Revision Draft (Preliminary) · 2026-07-07 · Status: Preliminary

PRELIMINARY. This overview describes intended functionality and links to the detailed documents. Specifications are not stated here — see the datasheet. Items marked [TBD] are pending confirmation and must not be treated as final.

Figure FIG-001 — Sensorium™ SmartBolt, a fastener sensing module in the Sense layer of the Sensorium™ family.

What it is

The Sensorium™ SmartBolt is a fastener/bolt sensing module in the Sense layer of the 5Tech Sensorium™ family, built on the BLE Smart Sensor Node Platform. It instruments a bolted joint to monitor load, vibration, looseness, stress, and movement-related signals over the life of the joint (FIG-001). The sensing element is [TBD]. Each bolt reports over BLE to a Sensorium™ Gateway, which forwards its data to the 5Tech Platform. There, the dashboard and pipeline visualize trends and the automation/AI logic can flag joints that may need attention and suggest maintenance — recommendations for a person to review, not automatic actions.

It provides monitoring support — NOT a certified structural-health inspection system. It does not predict structural failure, and no structural-health-monitoring certification is claimed. It is for operators who want added visibility of bolted joints they cannot easily or frequently inspect.

Where it fits

Figure FIG-002 — Sense → Connect → Decide. The Smart Bolt is a Sense device; its data reaches the 5Tech Platform through the Sensorium™ Gateway.

In the 5Tech chain, the SmartBolt is a Sense-layer module on the BLE Smart Sensor Node Platform (FIG-002), a sibling of the SafeZone module; the ESP32 Edge IoT Bridge (Phase-1 MVP) validates the sensor-to-cloud pipeline. It does not connect to the Platform directly: each bolt links over BLE to a Sensorium™ Gateway (Connect), which aggregates and forwards its data over MQTT to the 5Tech Platform (Decide). On the Platform, the dashboard visualizes load, vibration, and looseness trends, and the automation/AI logic can raise alerts and maintenance recommendations for an operator to review — a person is always in the loop. In packaged solutions, SmartBolts pair with SafeZone modules in Construction Site Monitoring and underpin Fastener / Bolt Monitoring and Industrial Asset Monitoring.

Highlights

• Instruments a bolted joint to monitor load, vibration, looseness, stress, and movement-related signals — sensing element [TBD].
• Designed to instrument a bolted joint in place of a standard fastener.
• BLE reporting to the Sensorium™ Gateway — no separate wired run to each bolt.
• Continuous monitoring of joint condition in place of periodic manual checks — monitoring support, NOT a certified structural-health inspection system.
• Feeds the 5Tech Platform's monitoring and rule-based/predictive monitoring to surface joints that may need attention; it does not predict structural failure.
• Sensing element, mechanical, electrical, wireless, and environmental ratings: see the datasheet. [TBD]

Documentation for this product

Ordering

[TBD — order codes are defined in the datasheet. Bolt size, grade, and sensing options will map to order suffixes once finalised.]

Works with: Sensorium™ Gateway (aggregation and uplink) · 5Tech Platform (Dashboard · MQTT/Cloud Pipeline · Automation/AI Logic). A module of the BLE Smart Sensor Node Platform, alongside the SafeZone module.

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