Aerospace Development

News

Fatigue Crack Detection Article, Meas. Sci. Technol. 18 (2007)

Learn About 3-D Vibration Measurement On Your Desktop - PSV-3D Video

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Performance and Reliability of Aircraft and Spacecraft

Structural testing is an integrated part of aerospace product design, development and manufacture. It is an essential step to ensure performance, quality, safety and reliability in the final product.

By using Polytec’s Scanning Vibrometers, aerospace development engineers and scientists can reduce both the time and complexity of vibration testing. Polytec vibrometers are the gold standard for development, quality control and health monitoring in the aerospace industry.

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Aerospace Overview Brochure

Experimental Modal Analysis
- NASA Solar Sails
- Aircraft Wheels

Material and Fatigue Testing
- Nonlinear Laser Vibrometry
- VIB-A-01: Lamb Wave Detection

Engine Testing

Products

Polytec Scanning Vibrometers -
Benefits for Aerospace Testing

PSV-400
Scanning Vibrometer

PSV-400-3D
Scanning Vibrometer

OFV-5000
Modular Vibrometer

Links

Structural Dynamics Branch @ NASA Langley Research Center

Dynamics Research Group @ The University of Sheffield

Chair of Structural Mechanics and Vehicle Vibrational Technology @ Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus

AFIT Uses Polytec’s 3-D Scanning Vibrometer


 

PSV-400-3D Scanning Vibrometer

The perfect measurement instrument for gathering 3-dimensional vibration data from both simple and complex structures. 3

  • Simultaneous measurement using 3 sensor heads at high spatial resolution
     
  • Intuitive 3-D animation of the measurement results with separation of Out-of-Plane and In-Plane vector components
     
  • Data interface to Modal Analysis and FEM Software

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PSV-400-3D Scanning Vibrometer

PSV-400 Scanning Vibrometer

State-of-the-art measurement technology for the analysis of structural vibrations. Entire surfaces in the mm² to several m² range are rapidly scanned and automatically probed with flexible and interactively created scan grids. S
 

  • For resolving noise and vibration issues in the automotive, aerospace, commercial manufacturing and R&D markets

  • Full analysis of vibration data, including graphing, animation and data export


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PSV-400 Scanning Vibrometer

OFV-5000 Modular Vibrometer Controller

The core of Polytec’s latest state-of-the-art laser vibrometer systems M

  • Modular design to be tailored to specific or multiple applications
  • A range of new features that make non-contact vibration analysis even more precise, simple, flexible and rewarding
  • Can be incorporated as part of a small scale lab test, or expanded all the way up to a full scanning vibrometer system

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OFV-5000 Vibrometer Controller

OFV-5000-S/OFV-525 Modular 20 m/s Vibrometer

  • Optimized for vibration measurements at vibrational velocities up to 20 m/s
  • For highly demanding applications such as engine development
  • Based on the OFV-5000 Modular System technology
  • Possible to upgrade to a Polytec PSV-400-H4-S Scanning Vibrometer

 


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Modular 20 m/s Vibrometer



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