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Cargo Bay Door Actuator for Extreme Loads

Cargo Bay Door Actuator for Extreme Loads

An aerospace component manufacturer needed an automated test system for a gear box it manufactured for U.S. military applications to certify correct operation under extreme load. SIS designed and built a test stand capable of generating up to 100,000 in-lbs...

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Component Testing

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Component Testing

Verifying that a flight critical component operates under extreme battle conditions is imperative to the success and safety of modern fighter jets. SIS designed, built, and verified a system to apply extreme stress loads to the electro-mechanical system, then measure and analyze dozens or...

High Volume In-Process Verification

High Volume In-Process Verification

An automotive parts supplier needed an in-process monitoring system for high volume deburring of small parts using electrochemical machining (ECM). The company discovered their ECM process was not 100% reliable, leading to parts being quarantined by their customer, and extremely time consuming...

Endurance Automotive Mirror Cycler

Endurance Automotive Mirror Cycler

An automotive parts supplier needed a system to perform accelerated life cycle testing for side view mirrors under extreme temperatures. The system monitors 160 channels of analog data simultaneously to instantly detect failures in any mirror at any time in the cycles.  To save space and...

Door Handle Cycling Test Stand Upgrades

Door Handle Cycling Test Stand Upgrades

We recently worked with one of our automotive customers to upgrade two of their door handle cycling test stands.  These stands are used to simulate a person opening a car door thousands of times in various environmental conditions.  The stands were operated with basic PLCs and had no...