Aerospace & Defense Telemetry

Many Aerospace & Defense applications are custom designed around rotating machinery measurements for specific needs. Transmit temperature, strain, pressure, vibration and torque measurements off of the shaft using single or multi-channel digital wireless techniques. Our solutions are ideal for making measurements in high EMI environments and from shafts rotating at high RPM. Applications include:

• Aerodynamic and stress studies on helicopter blades
• Measurement of torque and vibration on land and sea based propulsion systems
• Gas turbine design verification and stress surveys
• Torque measurements on aircraft engines during take-off
• Stress and temperature testing on aircraft wheel and brake systems
• Driveshaft torque testing on military ground vehicles
• High RPM shaft torque measurement
• Blade strain or shaft torque in-flight measurements
• Force measurements on aircraft propellers
• Stress and temperature testing on aircraft wheel and brake systems

Application Notes

• Making High RPM Torque Measurements - Wireless torque telemetry of a strain gage signal from 2 inch outer diameter shaft rotating at 17 000 RPM
  
• Monitoring Dynamic Blade Loading for Aerospace Engines - Wireless torque telemetry of strain gage signals on inducer and quill shafts of an axial flow pump
  
• NASA / AMES Helicopter Rotor Blade Telemetry - Measuring dynamic rotor blade surface pressures using silicon diaphragm transducers on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter model
  
• Brake Test Stand Temperature Monitoring - Measuring and transmitting temperature measurements with an alternative to slip rings for aerospace brake testing