Aerospace Industry Portfolio

Our Aerospace group has more than twenty years testing experience in the industry. Working closely with the leading aerospace manufacturers, our engineering staff brings a deep understanding of how to configure the best solution for your test and conduct tests that deliver precise results quickly and with confidence. Specific areas of expertise within the group include:

•    Aerospace testing with respect to
     control and data acquisition
     systems
•    Instrumentation, transducer
     calibration and cabling for
     structural tests
•    Controller configuration - managing test inputs into the controller
•    Data acquisition configuration - managing signals not used in the control loop
•    Test article safety - managing the safeties built into the test systems
•    Test startup
•    Test execution
•    Aircraft calibration
•    Test performance optimization
•    Test data management
•    Unusual requirements: floating test article / highly cross coupled test articles
•    Test article air pressurization

In addition, our Aerospace team supports our customers with:

Hydraulic systems
•    Hydraulic layout
•    Hydraulic requirements (accumulation and cleanliness)
•    Hydraulic component placement

Test fixturing
•    Self-reacting fixture, fixed fixture
•    Pros and cons of fixture types (open sections, closed sections)
•    Sometimes the fixture is what causes test problems

Application of force to the test article
•    Connection of the actuator to the test article
•    Connection of the actuator to the reaction fixture
•    Connection quality of mechanical joints

Bird strike testing
•    Building and commissioning of a bird gun
•    Using the facilities to perform the bird strike tests