HBM lands big structural test equipment contract for the F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter
In terms of data channel count, HBM has been awarded its largest ever
order from the F-35 Joint Strike fighter consortium to provide structural
load testing systems for all three variants of the aircraft. FCS Test
Systems, in conjunction with HBM, will supply six fully integrated load
control and data acquisition systems based on the latter's MGCplus
hardware and Catman Enterprise software.
Three of the test rigs are for static tests with 4,000 channels each,
while the other three have 2,500 channels each and are dedicated to
capturing data during durability tests on the aircraft structure. The
order also includes HBM's new MD Trend software, which allows automatic
detection of potential fatigue damage during long term durability tests.
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