Testing Disciplines
Vibration
| Vibration testing is used to determine the response of a test specimen to mechanical excitation encountered in it's shipping or operational environment. Vibration testing can also precipitate manufacturing or latent defects in products or components. | |
| American Environments Company generates vibration environments utilizing either Dynamic, Hydraulic or Mechanical vibration systems. | |
AECO
provides full service vibration testing. We control,
measure and analyze vibration events. |
|
| Control | |
 Random
Vibration (PSD) |
Sinusoidal
Vibration |
| Random on Random |
Sine on Random |
| Gunfire Vibration |
Shipboard
Vibration |
| Common Carrier
(Transportation) |
Seismic |
| Measurement & Analyses | |
| Transmissibility |
Airborne Noise |
| Resonances |
Structureborne
Noise |
| Modal Analyses |
Rotating
Machinery Signature |
| Defects Precipitated by Vibration | |
| Defective,
Broken or Improperly Installed Parts |
Poor Solder Connections |
| Chaffed
or Pinched Wires |
Loose
Fasteners, Contacts, Wire Terminations or Hardware |
| Intermittent
electrical contacts |
Touching
and shorting of electrical parts |
| Seal
deformation |
Component
fatigue |
| Optical
misalignment |
Structural
defects, cracking or rupturing |
| Loosening
of particles or parts that may become lodged in circuits
or mechanisms |
Excessive
electrical noise |
| Typical Test Specifications | |
| MIL-STD-167 |
BELLCORE
GR-63-CORE |
| MIL-STD-202 |
IEEE 344 |
| MIL-STD-740 |
NAVMAT |
| MIL-STD-810 |
RTCA DO-160 |
| MIL-STD-883 |
SAE |
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