Testing Disciplines
Shock
Shock test are performed to assure that a product or component can withstand shocks encountered during it's handling, transportation, operation or service environment. | |
Mechanical shocks will excite a product to respond at both forced and natural frequencies. This response can cause various mechanical and electrical failures. | |
American Environments Company generates shock environments utilizing either Dynamic, Hydraulic, Pneumatic, Mechanical, or drop systems. | |
AECO provides full service shock testing. We control, measure and analyze shock events. |
|
Bench Handling | |
This ability of a
product to be undamaged when subjected to shocks incurred
on a bench during normal servicing. |
|
Crash Hazard | |
Testing of the
mounting system used to secure a product. This test
verifies that the product will stay secured during a
crash. |
|
Component | |
Testing is performed
in accordance with MIL-STD-202 and MIL-STD-883. |
|
Fragility | |
A test performed to
determine a product's fragility level so that packaging
can be designed for it or that it can be confirmed that
the product is compatible with existing packaging. |
|
Functional | |
A product's ability
to operate during shock pulses encountered in it's normal
operating environment. |
|
Gunfire | |
A product's ability
to survive repetitive shocks created by a rapid fire gun
or cannon. |
|
Pyrotechnic | |
A products
ability to survive a shock pulse created by an explosive
event. |
|
Shipboard | |
|
|
The purpose of this
test is to verify the ability of shipboard installations
to withstand shock loading which may be incurred during
wartime service due to the effects of weapons. |
|
Transit Drop | |
A packaged product's
ability to survive being dropped. |
|
Typical Test Specifications | |
FED-STD-101 | BELLCORE GR-63-CORE |
MIL-STD-202 | IEC |
MIL-STD-810 | National Safe Transit Association |
MIL-STD-883 | RTCA DO-160 |
MIL-STD-901 | SAE |