The Three-Zone Thermal Shock Test Chamber is a highly specialized testing equipment used to simulate and test the effect of sudden temperature changes on a product. Its advanced features, such as three separate chambers, wide temperature range, high-accuracy temperature control, and large specimen capacity, make it an ideal testing solution for industries that require the highest level of precision and accuracy in their product testing. With benefits such as quality assurance, cost-effectiveness, time-saving, compliance with industry standards, and customizable testing, the Three-Zone Thermal Shock Test Chamber is an indispensable tool for ensuring the quality and reliability of your products.

Vibration testing is a critical aspect of ensuring the safety and reliability of marine equipment and structures. In the dynamic and demanding marine environment, vibration can be a significant source of equipment failure, leading to costly downtime, repairs, and safety hazards. By subjecting equipment to simulated vibration conditions, potential issues can be identified before they cause costly downtime or safety hazards. Learn more in our blog post.

Vibration testing is a crucial aspect of ensuring the reliability and durability of electronic components. This testing involves subjecting the components to mechanical stress and vibration to simulate the conditions they may encounter during their intended use. By identifying potential flaws early in the development process, manufacturers can improve the quality and safety of their products and reduce the risk of failure. At AscendTech Group, we offer a range of vibration testing systems and services to help ensure the success of your electronic components.

NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) prediction is a critical process in the automotive industry to ensure customer satisfaction, safety, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Modal analysis is a popular technique used for NVH prediction, involving both testing and simulation. The goal of modal analysis is to measure the natural frequencies, damping ratios, and mode shapes of a structure, which can be used to identify the sources of noise and vibration and make improvements to the design. While modal analysis offers several benefits, such as cost savings and faster time to market, there are also some challenges associated with the technique, including complexity and cost. In this article, we will explore modal analysis for NVH prediction, its benefits, and its challenges.

Aircraft manufacturers are facing stricter regulations for aircraft emissions, including environmental noise, and increased pressure to improve cabin acoustic comfort. Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles, currently being developed to enable urban air mobility (UAM), must also be optimized to minimize noise pollution in densely populated areas. This challenges engineering teams to efficiently troubleshoot noise issues and develop quieter aircraft designs without compromising weight and performance objectives. Simcenter™ software and hardware offer a complete solution for detailed acoustic testing and sound engineering. The solution features a number of technological advancements that help engineers perform acoustic measurements more efficiently for both exterior and interior noise.

Calibration services and measurement are critical components of many industries, including healthcare, transportation, and manufacturing. Calibration refers to the process of verifying and adjusting the accuracy of measurement equipment, while measurement involves quantifying a physical property, such as length, mass, or temperature. In this article, we will explore the importance of calibration services and measurement.

Regular calibration is essential to ensure that your data loggers are providing accurate measurements. This comprehensive checklist covers all the necessary steps for data logger calibration services, including verifying accuracy, checking for sensor drift, inspecting the physical condition, verifying battery life, calibrating the data logger, recording the results, and providing a calibration certificate. By following this checklist, you can ensure that your data loggers are calibrated accurately and reliably.

The engineers at engineering consultancy R&D CFD are accustomed to applying CFD simulation to the challenges of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) design. A recent project called on them to apply their analysis techniques to a different type of “ICE”--ICE cream. Their approach, however, was the same—using Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Multiphysics CFD software allowed the engineers to simulate 2000 variegator design variants in 17 days, and then optimize the design of the feeding chamber to guarantee that the final product would have the desired home-made, variegated appearance each time.

Shock and Vibration Compliance Testing is an essential part of product development for manufacturers across various industries. These tests ensure that products can withstand environmental stressors and meet necessary compliance standards, providing peace of mind to manufacturers and customers alike. At our ISO 17025 accredited laboratory SAC Singlas, our experienced team of engineers uses the latest testing equipment to conduct these tests efficiently and effectively. By partnering with us for your testing needs, you can ensure that your products meet compliance standards, are reliable, safe, and meet customer expectations.

The transportation of goods can be a stressful process for businesses, as the products are often subjected to a variety of shocks and vibrations that can damage them during transit. To ensure that products arrive at their destination undamaged, businesses need a reliable and effective solution for mechanical testing in transportation simulation. AscendTech Group's TS Transportation Simulation Test System provides just that - by simulating actual road conditions, our solution evaluates the effect of working conditions on products, packaging, and internal structure of goods. With our testing system, businesses can optimize their transportation processes and protect their products from transportation stresses and strains.

Thermal characterization is crucial for comprehending the behavior of complex electronics. It involves analyzing and measuring heat generation, dissipation, and management. This article provides a basic overview of thermal characterization, including structure and function of electronic components, and various techniques and tools used in the field. Get a better understanding of thermal characterization and its significance in ensuring the reliability and safety of electronic components.

The evolution of power, size, and temperature in electronics design has led to new challenges in system reliability and lifetime. In the past, overheating of critical components was the major cause of system breakdown, but today, other issues also arise. Cooling is a 3D effect, and accurate thermal characterization is necessary for optimal design. The development of thermal transient measurements has culminated in the Cauer-ladder network model and the Simcenter T3STER™ thermal transient analysis software system. Using structure functions, engineers can now identify the physical characteristics of layers and evaluate the thermal performance at the system level, from LED packages to laptops and laser printers.

The Shock Response Spectrum was first conceived by Dr. Maurice Biot and is described in his Ph.D. thesis published in 1932. Therefore, the SRS has been in existence for a long time. It has been used to characterize the frequency response of shock environments to estimate the maximum dynamic response of structures. The SRS is commonly used to characterize the frequency content of an acceleration time-history record. Shock response spectrum analysis is the maximum response of a series of single degree of freedom systems having the same damping to a given transient signal.

Transformer noise is caused by a phenomenon called magnetostriction. In very simple terms this means that if a piece of magnetic sheet steel is magnetized it will extend itself. When the magnetization is taken away. It goes back to its original condition. A transformer is magnetically excited by an alternating voltage and current so that it becomes extended and contracted twice during a full cycle of magnetization.

The severity of the drop testing can be affected by a variety of factors, including the height of the fall, the surface on which the object lands, and the shape and composition of the object.

Shape and composition are two additional factors that affect severity. Objects with sharp edges or points are more likely to suffer damage than those that are smooth and round. Additionally, objects made of sturdy materials are less likely to break than those made of weaker materials.

Are you a consumer electronics manufacturer looking to know more about the drop test standards that your products need to meet? You’ve come to the right place. We will discuss the various drop test standards that consumer electronics need to pass in order to be considered safe for use by consumers. We will also look at how these tests are conducted, their purpose, and the consequences of not meeting these standards. Finally, we will provide tips on how manufacturers can go about ensuring their products pass these tests. Read on to learn more!

Pressure transmitters are an important part of many industrial processes, providing accurate and reliable measurements of pressure in a given system. The accuracy of these readings is dependent upon the proper calibration of the device. Calibrating a pressure transmitter can be a tricky business, and doing it wrong can lead to inaccurate readings.

Calibration plays an important role in avoiding producing an inaccurate part, which is why you cannot overstate the benefits of calibrating machinery and measuring devices. Calibration for measuring equipment makes sure your QA processes are accurate, and you are not accepting parts that you should be rejecting. Without routine calibration, equipment may deviate from specifications, providing inaccurate measurements and endangering equipment quality, safety, and durability.

Strength and fatigue analysis made easier in simulations. Templates for fatigue analysis and their strength-only counterparts are relatively recent additions to Simcenter 3D. As a result, many engineers are unaware of them or the benefits that they can bring.

The strength analysis case provides static and fatigue strength analysis for any finite element set-ups created in Simcenter 3D. It is fully integrated into finite element workflows and fatigue workflows. You can use material data from a material database (inherited from finite element analysis) or directly in the analysis case.

A load cell is an electro-mechanical sensor used to measure force or weight. It has a simple yet effective design that relies upon the well-known transference between an applied force, material deformation, and the flow of electricity. They are incredibly versatile devices that offer accurate and robust performance across a diverse range of applications, and although they can be used to measure other forces such as torque, compression, pressure, etc. we will focus on weight-measuring applications in this article.