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class="wire-block-title-link news-link" data-id="115950" href="/en/news/Setra_Heby_invests_in_online_condition_monitoring_system_115950/">Setra Heby invests in online condition monitoring system</a> </h2> <div class="wire-block-meta"> <div class="wire-byline"> <time class="wire-byline-time" datetime="2024-11-11T23:53:08+03:00">November 11, 2024</time> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wire-block-third"><p>The powerful measurement system measures in parallel on all sixteen channels and offers, among other things, the possibility of triggered measurements based on signals from the sawline's control system, such as measuring only during log gaps–the short spaces between logs passing through the sawing machine.</p></div> </article> <article id="news_115288" class="story-package wire-block-image wire-blocks"> <div class="wire-block-first"> <figure class="wire-block-media"> <picture> <img alt="" src="/assets/files/news_xl/BSfMZhuQxSZrTE4XsgGs.jpg"></figure> </picture> </figure> </div> <div 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