Testing - Products

Vibration testing/structural monitoring accelerometers Piezoelectric accelerometers from Kistler support aircraft, satellite, unmanned aerial vehicle, helicopter, and missile ground vibration testing as well as large-scale MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) and SIMO (single-input, multiple-output) aerospace structural monitoring. Read full story

Turret lathe measurement For critical manufacturing process monitoring requirements, Kistler introduces the Type 9129A three-component system designed to offer high-precision measurements of cutting tool machinery forces up to 8 kN when turning outside and inside turret lathe diameters. Read full story

Optical scanners Creaform offers a line of MetraSCAN optical CMM scanners for accurate reverse engineering applications in the lab and on the shop floor. Read full story

Mobile NDT system Automation Technology’s C-CheckIR thermographic inspection system is used for nondestructive testing (NDT) of composite materials. Read full story

Airflow system configurator Horton introduces an online application that offers users access to the company’s airflow management knowledge. Read full story

Leak detection Spectronics’ OPK-541 Industrial Leak Detection Kit was designed to pinpoint the source of leaks in hydraulic equipment, compressors, engines, gearboxes, fuel, and other synthetic and petroleum-based fluid systems. Read full story

Inspection software The 2012 release of Delcam’s PowerINSPECT hardware-independent inspection software includes a number of extra options to make inspection easier, as well as features the addition of basic reverse engineering functionality to the point-cloud module. Read full story

Electromechanical transducers Linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs) from RDP Electrosense are electromechanical transducers used to monitor railway tracks. Read full story

Portable accelerometer Meggitt Sensing Systems’ Endevco model 28959F/28959FV portable all-in-one accelerometer shaker and calibration system with integral signal conditioning was designed to provide both excitation and calibration of charge and voltage mode piezoelectric, piezoresistive, and variable capacitance accelerometers. Read full story