Ensuring Performance Under Extreme Acceleration Forces
Applied Technical Services (ATS) performs centrifuge testing to help ensure client products and components withstand high-G forces expected in service.
Certain products must contend with an additional force beyond the stimuli they are expected to withstand. Accelerating an object to supersonic speeds imposes massive forces on its components and materials — the resulting dynamic loads are unlike those experienced by consumer or commercial products outside of impact events.
While relatively few components of the millions produced daily will need to withstand significant g-forces, those that do must perform to expectations for the safety of the people who use them and the success of their mission. To help manufacturers ensure the quality and safety of their products, ATS provides centrifuge testing to validate components’ reaction to high stresses from acceleration.
Our Centrifuge Testing Capabilities and Expertise
Also known as acceleration testing, we regularly perform this method in our mechanical testing lab to detect any flaws in the sample component that may arise from gravitational forces acting on it, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Leaking seals
- Malfunctioning actuators
- Excessive structural deflection
- Damaged circuit boards
- Broken mounting hardware
- Malfunctioning sensors
ATS centrifuge unit offers the following capabilities to test integral components resistance to acceleration forces:
- Centrifuge chamber: 72” radius arm
- Acceleration potential: 40g
- Weight capacity: 200lbs
- 8x slip rings for powering or monitoring the UUT while under acceleration
- Hydraulic pressure port
- RF capability
Our lab personnel conduct centrifuge testing to the following standards for which we maintain an ISO 17205 accreditation through the A2LA to perform:
- MIL-STD-810 (Base–G), Method 513
- MIL-STD-202 (E–G), Method 212A
- MIL-STD-1344A (through Notice 6), Method 2011.1
- RTCA/DO-160 (B–G), Section 7
- SAE/USCAR 28 (Initiator Requirements) June 2005
The ATS Advantage
We pride ourselves on delivering a level of professionalism and expertise that our clients come to rely on. ATS regularly serves companies from a variety of industries, but our centrifuge testing capabilities primarily benefit aviation, aerospace, and military customers.
Contact Us
If your company requires centrifuge testing services, contact us today by submitting a web request form or call us directly at 1 (888) 287-5227 for a free quote.
