Information to move your mechanical testing to new levels of certainty
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IN THIS ISSUE Aerospace Testing No. 14/ April 2009 Lead StoryWhy any actuator won’t do for aerospace testingMaterials FeatureImprove cost-efficiency with proactive test system maintenanceProduct FeatureIncrease simulation utility and efficiency with signal-based command functionality
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Critical design differences make actuators engineered for
testing far superior to those produced for industrial
applications.
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Some aerospace test labs purchase actuators from industrial
suppliers to save money, assuming that all actuators are essentially
equal. While industrial actuators may look the same as those
designed for testing, the two actually perform differently,
especially over the long term. Because industrial actuators are
neither engineered nor tested to undergo millions of cycles, they
run a greater risk of reaching structural failure, jeopardizing both
lab personnel and valuable test articles. MTS senior product manager Sterling Anderson details the specific design differences between industrial and “test” actuators, to explain why the latter provides a far more cost-efficient choice for static and dynamic aerospace structural testing. 
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  MTS Routine Maintenance (RM) provides an affordable, proactive approach to keeping your test system operating at peak efficiency. You’ll get quality, recommended maintenance, scheduled at the right intervals, to maximize your uptime and productivity.
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Automatically
adjust test loads based on the physical influences of external
aircraft systems during testing with signal-based command
functionality, available as an optional feature for AeroPro™ 6.1
Control & Data Acquisition software. 
