This streamlined the creation of an optimised and data-driven maintenance program, significantly accelerating the path to FAA type certification, ensuring passenger safety, and establishing a scalable, cost-effective operational framework.
*Pioneering Urban Air Mobility: Ensuring eVTOL Safety and Maintainability with ReliaSoft MPC Plus (PDF Case Study)
@HBMmeasurement @BruelKjaerUK #Automation #PAuto
The metal bellows couplings series KG, from Jakob Antriebstechnik, optionally also available in stainless steel as series "KG-VA", meets high requirements. The transmission is made via torsionally rigid, two-, four- or six shaft stainless steel bellows, the couplings are available for torque ranges of 5 (MKG) - 3000 Nm (KG) as well as shaft diameters of 12 - 100 mm. It can be used at temperature ranges from -40 ° C to + 300 °C.
The connection between bellows and hub is made by a micro-plasma welding process. This offers constructive advantages, such as the reduced overall length. The coupling is absolutely backlash free, high concentric and has maximum torsional stiffness.
The couplings are particularly suitable for use on the input side of low-backlash worm or planetary gear units. In stainless steel, they are qualified for transport, packaging and filling plants in the food industry. But also in the metallurgical industry, the galvanic industry, the vacuum sector or the area of satellite technology equipment, stainless steel bellows couplings are preferably installed.
@UnnGmbh @PresseBox #jakobantriebstechnik #Manufacturing #Pauto
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| Vincent Guibout CEO, Flying Whales & Stephan Lassausse, Managing Director, Emitech Group |
A strategic milestone for the Emitech/Flying Whale collaboration.
The letter of intent signed between the two companies formalizes:
The PowerWhale test bench: a tailor-made test facility for innovation.
The test bench will enable the critical subsystems of the LCA60T airship to be validated in a controlled environment. It will include:
A partnership based on trust and technical commitment.
The Emitech Group and Flying Whales are continuing their joint approach with the aim of:
This partnership illustrates the Emitech Group's ability to get involved in groundbreaking industrial projects at an early stage, supporting its customers through all the critical stages: engineering, testing, qualification, and long-term support.
“We are proud of the trust Flying Whales has placed in us through this exclusive agreement. Our teams are fully committed to contributing to the success of the LCA60T program.” — Stephan Lassausse, CEO of the Emitech Group
Samtec has expanded its Eye Speed cable family to include Eye Speed Hyper Low Skew Twinax cable optimised for 224 Gbps PAM4 applications. Samtec is currently offering 32 AWG Eye Speed Hyper Low Skew Twinax for inside-the-box cable solutions, with 27 AWG in development for longer reach cabled backplane systems.
Tightly coupled, twinax cable that is co-extruded with drainless shield construction, like the Eye Speed product family, has superior skew performance (as well as impedance and insertion loss stability) even under realistic bending conditions, allowing skew to be completely under the implementer’s control. This is in contrast to other manufacturing techniques for twinax cables that are not co-extruded.
Eye Speed Hyper Low Skew Twinax was specifically developed to target applications where designers need optimal high-speed performance out to 60+ GHz Nyquist frequencies. By holding a maximum intrapair skew of 1.75 ps/m, and offering extreme signal stability, Samtec’s Hyper Low Skew Twinax has the best digital differential pair transmission line performance in the industry.
This Cable Technology includes 4 varieties: Eye Speed Twinax (3.5 ps/meter max skew; 28-36 AWG); Eye Speed Thinax (40% smaller diameter than Eye Speed Twinax, same performance; 34 AWG); Eye Speed Hyper Low Skew Twinax (1.75 ps/meter max skew; 32 AWG with 27 AWG in development); and Eye Speed ThinSETM (thin micro-coax with 0.024” outer diameter cable).
As part of Samtec’s Sudden Service® initiative, Eye Speed cables take a mix-and-match approach with Samtec’s most popular connectors. In other words, a designer can specify what connector is part of each end of the cable assembly. Some of the more popular mixed-end designs include ExaMAX® to AcceleRate® and FQSFP-D8 to NovaRay® connectors. For 224 Gbps applications, a designer could choose Si-Fly® HD Co-Packaged CPX Substrate Connector over Eye Speed Hyper Low Skew Twinax cable® to a Flyover® OSFP 224 Gbps Panel Assembly, for example.
The mix-and-match strategy allows system architects to specify Samtec high-speed cable solutions for mid-board to mid-board applications, or near-chip/on-chip to front panel, or ASIC-adjacent to the backplane. Whether PCB-attach or Direct-attach type cable assemblies, Samtec’s HDR Group
Anritsu Company is expanding the analysis bandwidth along with the addition of a Tracking Generator option for the Field Master Spectrum Analysers. These spectrum analysers provide benchtop performance in a ruggedised handheld battery power format that has made them indispensable for RF engineers working in a wide range of communication industries.
An additional benefit of the enhanced analysis bandwidth is that the Real Time Spectrum Analyser (RTSA) now has an industry leading maximum span of 150 MHz. An RTSA has become the essential tool for monitoring interference in the RF spectrum as well as detecting intermittent or transient signals.
A Tracking Generator option has been added to the Field Master MS2080A instruments. This fully featured option provides for sweeping amplifiers and filters in the field including diplexers and tower mount amplifiers commonly found on commercial radio transmitters. An offset tracking feature expands the use cases to include conversion loss and bandwidth measurements on downconverters and mixers commonly found at satellite ground stations and radar sites.
Additional enhancements included in the new software release include decoding of LTE and 5G Country Codes and Network Operator name, automated smart THD measurements and side-by-side display of signal strength from two different radio networks following a coverage mapping drive.
Key operators and specialists in the aviation industry are invited to a dedicated and unique event showcasing the latest test and measurement solutions for this rapidly developing sector.
Rohde & Schwarz and various partner companies will explore solutions for ground, flight and drone-based air navigation testing, as well as spectrum intelligence and investigations at airports, and insights into fixed wing drone-based services for flight inspection.
Attendees will explore practical steps, detailed explanations and demonstrations of solutions for ground, flight and drone-based air navigation testing, as well as spectrum intelligence and investigations at airports, and insights into fixed wing drone-based services for flight inspection.
A wide range of test and measurement products and solutions will be presented for ground, flight and drone-based flight inspection of such navigation aids as VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR), Instrument Landing System (ILS) and Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS). It is essential that such systems continually deliver maximum levels of precision, accuracy, flexibility, efficiency, safety and compliance.
Other topics the event will focus on include solutions for ground and flight inspection of Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) stations as well as hands-on experience in the testing of modern-day Air Traffic Control (ATC) radios. Visitors will also see the latest advances in systems for direction finding and interference hunting at airports, including how to find unwanted signals.
A detailed presentation by Gerald Maher, Sales Manager and Application Engineer from Rohde & Schwarz will look at wireless communication testers for typical signals used at airports, including the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) for communicating between aircraft and ground stations, and the VOLMET system of continuous broadcasting of meteorological information for aircraft in flight and the Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS). He will also cover maritime distress communication systems, localizer horizontal guidance systems, 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G, hand-held radios, radio stations, TETRA terrestrial trunked radio, weather radar and WiFi.
Semahat Korkmazer, Product Manager, Avionics and Navigation Analysers, at Rohde & Schwarz, will explain the technology behind the range of navigation aid analysers for ground, flight and drone inspection. The analysers are known for their ease of use, robust performance in harsh environments and excellent functionality, making them ideal for ensuring the safety and reliability of air navigation systems.
The MS27200A is a self-contained unit designed to be part of a larger system. The module can perform VSA-type measurements, such as 5G and LTE measurements. It is the perfect tool for adding spectrum awareness into any platform looking for interference or coverage mapping. With RTSA capabilities, users can monitor the RF environment without missing any intermittent signals. In addition, the module has the ability to capture and stream IQ signal components of unknown signals for future analysis. The MS27200A can stream and capture the IQ in full 32-bit and at 110 MHz bandwidth. This means the module can capture in great detail a large bandwidth of signals of interest in a single go without the need to combine or stitch IQ data.
In dynamic environments, a reliable sensor package to monitor the RF spectrum can be critical for operations, and the MS27200A combines Anritsu's decades of experience into a single package. The module is packed with features that can be accessed with SCPI commands.
 • Great performance out of the box: The frequency range is from 9 kHz to 54 GHz with up to 110 MHz of analysis bandwidth. In addition, the unit has RTSA capabilities as well as the ability to store and stream IQ data at 32-bit and 110 MHz bandwidth. Furthermore, it has VSA measurements such as WCDMA, LTE, 5G, AM/FM, and other quality measurements built into the unit. • Proven reliability: Anritsu has been making spectrum analyzers for decades, and we are providing this experience to integrators via MS27200A. With the MS27200A, users won't be chasing a ghost such as input-related spurs or need to spend significant time wondering if the module is working properly. |
The MS27200A microwave spectrum monitor module is unique; it is designed from the ground up to be integrated into other systems and platforms. It strikes a fine balance between performance, usability, and reliability.
In order to reduce the difficulty of these tasks, manufacturers are seeking to automate them. Nevertheless, they are confronted with the complexity of robotization, due in particular to the diversity of the parts and their number, to the expert costs and to the lack of availability of roboticists.
In response to these specific and complex problems, Visionic has designed a robotic cell that includes a chassis, a robot, high-pressure hydraulic circuits, a filtration system and a closed-circuit particle recovery system. It is controlled with Fuzzy Studio. Unique in the market, it allows the robotization of these complex tasks, without expertise in robotic programming and at lower costs.
Automatic trajectory generation without programming, a unique feature.
Generating robotic trajectories requires long and complex programming by a roboticist. Automation is even more complicated for applications such as high-pressure cleaning of aeronautical parts that involve a large number of parts with variable geometries. With Fuzzy Studio, these complex trajectories are automatically generated in a few clicks using 3D information from objects placed in a virtual cell. It is possible to add an unlimited number of waypoints to these trajectories. This feature saves users considerable time and frees them from dependence on robotics experts.
Xavier Savin, CEO of Visionic comments: "The key element of Fuzzy Logic's software is its ability to generate automated trajectories, its simplicity and speed of execution. In this complex application, it introduces a radically new paradigm that is a major shift from classical systems that require a robotic operator. Here, the payoff for our customer is the conversion of a tedious, risky, non-value-added task to a basic operator task."
Ryan Lober, CEO of Fuzzy Logic explains, "With Fuzzy Studio, integration specifications are validated in minutes versus days or weeks and at lower costs. Cell sizing information is displayed for easy decision making, before moving on to real-time robot control with Fuzzy RTOS. Parameters can be quickly modified in the simulation. These advantages are unique in the market, and they allow to drastically reduce the investment risks of a robotics project. They offer the possibility to robotize where it seemed impossible."
Xavier Savin adds, "Projects to reuse this cell are underway in the aeronautics sector. We are aiming further ahead and want to extend this solution to other industrial applications, for example welding or control. It is applicable wherever complex robotic trajectories need to be generated quickly." He concludes: "At Visionic, we are fully convinced of the interest of Fuzzy Logic's software for our customers on the one hand but also for our R&D. It gives us a considerable technological advantage."
Carbon vacuum gripper for cobots
The CVGC carbon vacuum gripper is not just an adaptation of an existing product, but a plug and play product designed 100% for the various cobot models, The lightness of the CVGC due to its carbon material (the smallest model weighs less than 1 kg) facilitates the optimum use of collaborative robots and preserves their lifting capacity. The vacuum generator, control cartridge, vacuum switch, and silencer are grouped together in a compact function block. The CVGCs are versatile, with a foam grip interface suitable for many materials and available in three sizes: 150 x 150 mm, 240 x 120 mm and 320 x 160 mm. In addition, Stéphane Garcia, Marketing and Communication Manager at Coval, points out: "the attachment Interfaces and connectivity are adapted to the particular cobot model in each case, which means that the CVGC fits on all types of cobots. "
Lightweight vacuum gripper for robots
The dimensions and weight of the CVGL vacuum grippers make them one of the lightest and most compact ranges on the market. By reducing the weight and size of its vacuum grippers, COVAL enables integrators and manufacturers to integrate them into low-power robot manipulators. This translates into savings in terms of investment and operating costs.
To match the application requirements perfectly, the CVGL range of vacuum grippers is available in 3 standard lengths (424, 624, and 824 mm) or a custom length, and a fixed width of 120 mm, with 3 gripping interface technologies (foam, suction cups, or the gel-like COVAL-flex), 3 suction powers, and an integrated or remote generator. They offer a vacuum handling solution suited to parts of various sizes, weights, and materials.
Modular Vacuum Grippers: customization as standard
The MVG modular vacuum gripper, which is mainly used for heavy payload robots and palletizers, offers the possibility of configuring a gripper that is perfectly adapted to each application, for loads of several hundred kg. To achieve this result, major developments have been carried out and patented.
The first choice the user has to make is the size, because MVGs are custom-made to the desired size from 150x150 to 1200x1000 mm. To ensure that the vacuum gripper is perfectly adapted to the specific requirements the user can also configure the vacuum generator and the gripping interfaces such as foams and suction cups. "The MVG grippers are equipped with gripping interfaces, either by means of suction cups, foam, or Coval-flex. These solutions ensure an optimal grip regardless of the size or material of the object to be gripped (cardboard, metal, plastic, glass, concrete/stone, composites, wood, etc.)," explains Stéphane Garcia. "High performance, flexible and robust, the MVG grippers can be multi-zone, i.e. equipped with several independent gripping zones, which makes it possible to ensure staggered or multiple pick-up and drop-off, guaranteeing optimized vacuum management as well as a reduction in leaks and consumption."
Precise vacuum management with multizoning is particularly useful for staggered pick and place, managing different formats to be handled, or optimizing palletizing layers.
Stéphane Garcia adds: "Coval has been recognized for over 35 years as one of the world's specialists in systems and components for vacuum gripping. Our products are renowned for their quality and reliability. Our added value also lies in our teams of specialists who support our customers in the technical definition of the solution that precisely meets their needs and constraints. "
Coval supports manufacturers in various sectors: automotive, aeronautics, packaging, agri-food, plastics, and more.
@COVAL_SAS @mepaxIntPR #Robotics #Manufacturing
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| Irish Minister Hildegarde Naughton with CEO Tomás Flanagan |
The scope of the contract includes manufacturing and testing services for a number of aircraft and will ensure that Gaeltacht innovation will have a massive role in the future of Air travel.
Éire Composites are no strangers to innovative strides having recently secured a contract to design and produce stray light baffles which will form part of the European Space Agency’s ALTIUS satellite. The company which operates an accredited composites manufacturing and testing facility in the Cois Fharraige area currently employs 60 people. ÉireComposites is an innovative design, manufacturing and testing company involved in lightweight, high performance, fibre-reinforced composite materials, with an international customer base in space, aerospace, renewable energy and industrial composites.
Mícheál Ó hÉanaigh, Chief Executive Officer, Údarás na Gaeltachta of which Éire composites is a client company said that he was extremely pleased with the news that an additional 40 jobs will be created in ÉireComposites in the Conamara area. "ÉireComposites is one of our many successful client companies who have shown that innovation and creativity do not always occur in urban areas, the expance of space in the Gaeltacht clearly inspires the workforce here, further driving home the fact that rural Ireland is the perfect base from which to be connected with the world while enjoying world class worklife balance. The company has secured a significant contract which will indeed propel the company’s products and highly skilled staff further. We also welcome Spirit AeroSystems, whose involvement is a wonderful a sign of confidence in the work of Irish suppliers post-Brexit.”
@EireComposites @SpiritAero @UdarasnaG #Aeronautics #Aerospace
Tá ÉireComposites tar éis conradh na million Euro a shíniú le Spirit AeroSystems, an comhlacht is mó déantúsaíochta aerastruchtúir ar domhan, chun páirteanna struchtúrtha a chur ar fáil do scairdeitleán gnó agus airlínéir tráchtála. Mar thoradh ar an gconradh déanfar an 60 post reatha atá in Éire Composites a bhuanú agus tá an comhlacht ag féachaint le 40 post nua a chruthú as seo go ceann trí bliana ag a n-ionad in Indreabhán i gCo. na Gaillimhe.
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| Tomás Flanagan |
Mar chuid den chonradh cuirfidh an comhlacht seirbhísí déantúsaíochta agus tástála ar fáil do chúpla aerárthach nua agus cinnteoidh go bhfuil ról lárnach ag nuálaíocht Gaeltachta i dtodhchaí an aerthaistil.
Tá sár-chleachtadh ag Éire Composites ar dhul chun cinn nuálach agus iad tar éis conradh a shíniú le gairid chun sciatha solais fhánacha a dhearadh agus a tháirgeadh le bheith mar dhlúthchuid de shatailít ALTIUS le Gníomhaireacht Spáis na hEorpa. Tá áis tástála agus déantúsaíochta ilchodacha creidiúnaithe á fheidhmiú ag an gcomhlacht i gceantar Chois Fharraige (mar atá Read-out féin!) áit a bhfuil os cionn 60 duine fostaithe faoi láthair. Is comhlacht iad ÉireComposites a dhéanann dearadh nuálach, déantúsaíocht agus tástáil ar ábhar ilchodach atá éadrom, ardfheidhmíochta agus snáithíntreisithe. Tá a mbunús custaiméirí lonnaithe in earnálacha an spáis, aeraspáis, fuinnimh in-athnuaite agus ilchodacha tionsclaíocha.
@EireComposites @SpiritAero @UdarasnaG #Aeronautics
Up to now, it has only been possible and standardized on a vibration test stand to adjust the transverse stroke without specimen before the test. During the test, however, the actual resulting stroke declined because the bolted connection was tightened. If the bolt then loosened during the test, the stroke continued to change.
In the field it is ultimately the forced transverse stroke that leads to the loosening of bolt connections. In order to enable a more differentiated test setup, the new TesT 208.200kN allows to control the transverse stroke in a closed loop as desired during the running test. The transverse displacement amplitude can be kept constant. Any desired ramps or other sequences can be simulated.
The product innovation already anticipates the new aviation standard ISO 16130, which describes amplitude regulation during the execution of experiments as preferred. It meets DIN 65151, DIN 25201-4, DIN 16130 and can be used to test all elements of bolt connections and locking systems. With the 208.200kN, TesT has further developed the Junker test decisively, setting new standards in the quality assurance of bolted joints.
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| Force-Moment sensor in wind tunnel |
| Typical applications include: Robot/Human interaction Wind tunnels Aerospace Medical |
Invensys Eurotherm, a global supplier of measurement and instrumentation for process and machine control applications, is launching four new products at the Aero Engineering Show on 12th -13th November 2013 aimed at helping regulated industries meet their performance targets.
Dave Hartley, Global Marketing Director, who is speaking at the event in conjunction with partner Invensys IMServ, comments: “I am very excited about Eurotherm taking part in this year’s Aero Engineering Show, especially as we are launching four highly innovative products that all contribute to our theme of ‘Hitting Your Performance Targets’. The increase in regulations such as AMS2750 and CQI-9 and the competitive nature of the industries we work in such as life sciences, heat treatment, plastics solutions and glass manufacturing - means that engineers and technicians have to be at the top of their game in terms of safety and performance all the time. Our products are all designed to meet these very high standards.”
Dave’s talk will cover ‘Web-based service for support of heat treatment standards’ as part of the ‘Advanced Engineering – Heat Treatment’ track at the show. Eurotherm has been providing engineered solutions for the Heat Treatment industry for more than 40 years and its furnace control solutions enable customers to reduce waste, optimise energy usage and eliminate paper trails, amongst other benefits.
The four products being launched are:
A wide range of software features are available including batch control,
maths functions, totalisers, communications channels and audit trail. Electronic signatures and password control functionality which meets the
requirements of FDA21 CFR Part 11 is also available. Upgrade of both
software and hardware can be easily carried out on site ensuring the
versadac recorder can grow with your process needs.
In addition to these four, Eurotherm will also be previewing its latest contribution to more efficient and effective temperature control with its family of PLC (programmable logic controller) products. The demand for precision manufacturing has never been greater, driven partly by an increase in compliance standards across industry, but also the continuous drive for more accurate manufacturing. To address this need, Eurotherm has introduced its PLC technology to create self-contained complete solutions for when temperature matters. With one easily deployed and installed device it will now be possible to combine future-proof precision control, the general sequencing needed to drive processes and the secure data recording demanded by regulators. This will not only deliver components that conform to the necessary standards but also means less wastage, higher output and lower energy costs.
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