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Aerospace, Avionics, Aviation Applications
- Jet Engine Testing – NEW
- The MiniLab™ Gas Turbine Power System, specifically intended for universities and technical institutes around the world contains an embedded IOtech Personal Daq data acquisition system and is being used both as a teaching tool and as a test stand for numerous research projects.
- Military Aircraft Modal Testing – NEW
- Structural and dynamics engineers use IOtech’s ZonicBooks to perform modal tests on US Military aircraft before and after installing rocket launchers and similar gear to ensure that the craft’s flight dynamics continuously meet specifications.
- Ballistic Ejection Seat Testing
- IOtech's WaveBook measures acceleration, pressures, and forces in ballistic-driven mechanisms and rocket motors used on pilot ejection seats.
- Aerospace Rocket Engine Testing
- A LogBook/300 measures critical rocket engine temperatures on SpaceShipOne during development, and IOtech’s Remote Operation Display provides the pilot with real-time readings during flight.
- Exercise Machine Monitoring
- IOtech Personal Daq data acquisition systems gather in-flight data from NASA Johnson Space Center’s new Advanced Resistive Exerciser Device aboard the orbiting space station.
- Diesel Aircraft Engine Testing
- IOtech's Personal Daq data acquisition system tests new experimental diesel engines for personal aircraft.
- Optical Fiber Testing
- Dynamic testing with IOtech’s WaveBook outperforms dedicated optical amplifier testers and costs one-fifth as much.
- Wind Tunnel Rotor Blade Testing
- Turbine compressor blades for wind tunnel testing are statically balanced using IOtech's DaqBook.
- Space Simulator Chamber
- The TempScan monitors liquid nitrogen levels and cryogenic and bake-out temperatures in a space simulator vacuum chamber.
- Solid-Propellant Missile Testing
- Rocket scientists monitor the effects of stress on instrumentation during missile test launches into orbit.
- Aircraft Field Service
- Aircraft operators use portable PC-based data acquisition systems to troubleshoot electrical problems.
- Atmospheric Research
- A NASA laboratory employs a notebook-PC-based data acquisition system for atmospheric research, reducing size, weight, and cost while increasing performance.
Automotive Applications
- Hole Gauging System
- An automotive small parts supplier is using an IOtech DaqBoard/2000 data acquisition system to measure hole size and location parameters in die cast engine mounting brackets.
- Automotive Brake Testing
- IOtech’s WaveBook dramatically cut costs on dynamic brake tests for warranty returns.
- Hydraulic Motor Testing
- Eaton’s hydraulic motors are audited and reliability tested with IOtech DaqBooks before leaving the production line.
- Load Cell & Vehicle Jack Testing
- IOtech's DaqBook measures load, torque, and displacement on an automobile jack to verify that it complies with its capacity ratings and safety requirements.
- Timing Chain Testing
- A WaveBook records and analyzes critical data during the validation and life testing of automobile timing-chain systems.
- Hydraulic Component Testing
- Hydraulic components for off-road vehicles have a better life when IOtech WaveBooks monitor their durability tests.
- Automobile Torque Converter Testing
- WaveBooks help characterize high-performance cars as well as fuel-efficient commuters for achieving optimal durability and drivability.
- Automatic Transmission Testing
- WaveBooks provide the shift test data needed to assign realistic engineering units to otherwise subjective vehicle-handling performance parameters.
- Off-Highway/Utility Engine Testing
- LogBook/360 fine-tunes Kawasaki’s small gasoline engines for tractors and mowers providing mobility and data with the accuracy and dynamic range essential for successful tests.
- Electric Window Testing
- The DaqBoard/2000 eliminates the “aperture of uncertainty“ in a PC cell controller during manufacturing and safety testing of electric motor-driven automobile windows.
- Military Vehicle Body Mount Testing
- Military vehicles run over wild terrain while engineers measure and record engine mount performance in real time with IOtech’s WaveBook – conveniently powered from the on-board 12 VDC supply.
- Vehicle Noise, Vibration, and Harshness Testing
- New production vehicles that don’t meet QA’s noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) standards immediately loop back through the test lab and connect to IOtech’s WaveBook data acquisition systems for analysis.
- Vehicle Transmission and Brake Testing
- A company that designs and builds precision test machines and vehicle test systems for major auto makers and automotive component manufacturers, chose the WaveBook due to its modularity, software compatibility, and easy integration.
- Turbocharger Testing
- Researchers needed a PC-based data acquisition system to monitor, record, and analyze their supercharger's performance.
- In-Vehicle Temperature Testing
- An automaker tests engine temperatures under extreme operating conditions.
- Vehicle Crash Testing
- An airbag manufacturer tests its products with a sturdy, stand-alone data acquisition system.
- Truck Turbocharger Testing
- Engineers testing diesel engines used a DaqBook and 20 transducers to measure turbo charger performance data.
- Military Vehicle Off-Road Testing
- Automotive engineers monitor the effects of extreme off-road environments on a military vehicle using the IOtech WaveBook.
- Electric Car Battery Testing
- An electric utility company evaluates attempts at improving an electric vehicle's operating efficiency using IOtech's DaqBook.
- Airbag Testing
- A manufacturer of airbag ignitors uses the WaveBook to examine the ignitor's response time and trigger detection mechanism during the unit's design and test phase.
- In-Vehicle Brake Testing on Trucks
- An original-equipment manufacturer of truck braking systems uses the WaveBook to verify lab tests in the field.
- In-Vehicle Seat Suspension Testing
- Engineers choose IOtech's DaqBook to develop a seat suspension system for maximizing comfort and safety in heavy-duty construction equipment.
- Testing Manufacturing Equipment
- A company that manufactures equipment for engine component production (i.e. pistons, crank shafts, valves) for the OEM market selected IOtech’s WaveBook data acquisition system for their application.
- Aluminum Welding
- A major auto manufacturer investigating better ways to optimize the welding of aluminum performed by robots, selected IOtech’s WaveBook PC-based data acquisition system for their application.
Battery Industry Applications
- Battery Monitoring
- Battery-test engineers automate their battery testing process without encountering the problems typically associated with integrating multiple discrete instruments.
Biomedical and Medical Applications
- Chiropractic Alignment Tool Testing
- IOtech’s DaqBook measures and records thrust force pulses produced by a Chiropractor’s impact tool, which treats joint displacements and stimulates muscle tissues.
- Prototype Wheelchair Testing
- IOtech's DaqBook data acquisition systems let designers certify durability and reliability tests on wheelchairs and scooters for people with disabilities.
- Biomechanical Impact Testing
- IOtech's LogBook measures force, strain and acceleration of racehorse’s hooves to help owners and trainers prevent common equine injuries.
- Vibration and EMI Monitoring of MRI
- Before engineers approve sites for MRI machines, they use IOtech data acquisition systems to measure and eliminate mechanical vibrations and electromagnetic fields that can affect the images.
- Hearing Implant Research
- Specialty hearing aid designed with PC-based data acquisition system can help people with severe deafness.
Building Materials Applications
- Lumber Research
- The water content and fiber structure of raw stock board is an important characteristic in determining its strength and use – university researchers chose the WaveBook PC-based data acquisition system.
Energy Applications
- Microturbine Testing – NEW
- IOtech ZonicBooks were selected over another stand-alone system for microturbine testing because of its ability to measure turbine speed over 60,000 rpm.
- Nuclear Pump Bearing Testing – NEW
- EME Associates designed and built a novel simulator for testing nuclear pump bearings and integrated an IOtech ZonicBook in the control panel to record vibrations and shut down the pump motor in the event of excessive temperature, speed, or vibration.
- Generator Shaft Stress Testing
- The Army Corps of Engineers maintains about 75 hydro generators around the country to ensure their safety and longevity. Recently, it purchased an IOtech LogBook to measure generator shaft stresses and bending moments.
- Power-Grid Balance Testing
- IOtech's WaveBook collects the critical data that systems analysts need to create accurate models and simulators to ensure safe and reliable power-generating systems.
- Transient Voltage Measurements
- Motor current transient at the Sizewell Nuclear Power Plant in Great Britain are measured, monitored, and analyzed with an IOtech WaveBook.
- Turbine Generator Vibration Testing
- Finite Element Models of MW generators are fine tuned with vibration tests in the lab.
- Remote Turbine Vibration Monitoring
- IOtech’s ZonicBook used to capture generator and exciter vibration signals on a gas-turbine-powered machine.
- HVAC Energy Efficiency Testing
- A lab depends on IOtech LogBook/360 data acquisition systems to measure temperatures to better than one degree F, as well as relative humidity, airflow, speed or rpm, and compressor pressure.
- Hydroelectric Generator Maintenance
- Hydroelectric generators keep humming with the help of IOtech’s ZonicBooks that detect vibrations in worn or unstable turbine shaft bearings long before they are serious enough to cause catastrophic failures.
- Oil and Gas Well Drill Monitoring
- An energy service firm uses a PC-based data acquisition system to monitor and analyze underground detonations.
Field Service Applications
- Paper Mill Equipment Field Service
- A data acquisition package small enough to fit into the overhead compartment of a jetliner is used to improve field service in the paper industry.
IEEE 488 Applications
- IEEE 488 Troubleshooting
- To efficiently diagnose, troubleshoot and verify IEEE 488 systems, you should first have some basic knowledge of the IEEE bus. This note contains a brief IEEE tutorial followed by troubleshooting techniques.
Industrial Applications
- Bridge Crane Testing – NEW
- IOtech's high-speed ZonicBook/618E allowed the capture of high-speed, transient data on multiple inputs to accurately predict wheel assembly failures.
- Liquid Air-Separation Compressor Testing – NEW
- IOtech's 600 Series DSA was used to obtain waveform and spectra data in testing centrifugal compressors which operate at extremely high speeds.
- Compressor Testing – NEW
- Using IOtech's ZonicBook, vibration testing and 3D animation exonerates a suspected failure source.
- Pyrotechnics Device Testing – NEW
- IOtech's WaveBook data acquisition system is used by a manufacturer to acquire critical information during the testing of pyrotechnic devices.
- Refrigeration Compressor Testing – NEW
- IOtech’s ZonicBook detects insufficient coolant flow in a refrigeration compressor for a pharmaceutical chill room.
- Slurry Pump Development
- IOtech’s DaqBook measures and records critical heat-treating and cool-down temperatures of gigantic slurry pump castings during manufacturing and product development.
- Steam Turbine Rotor Testing
- Watson Engineering, Inc., uses an IOtech ZonicBook to troubleshoot large turbine and compressor problems that originate from unbalanced rotors and bearing problems.
- Gearbox Testing
- IOtech’s ZonicBook monitors the vibration profile of giant gearboxes for mixers used in chemical processing plants to prevent costly failures and avoid downtime.
- Extrusion Machine Testing
- DaqBook helps extrusion machine specialists reduce dead-cycle time and increase aluminum billet throughput.
- Slip Ring Testing
- DaqBoard/2000 plug-and-play board for PCI bus computers provides both data acquisition and motor control for testing slip rings.
- Material Characterization Tester
- A universal mechanical strength tester uses a data acquisition DaqBoard/2000 in a computer-operated test system for evaluating all forms of adhesion, microelectronic wafer interconnects, material characterization, and QC tests.
- High-Energy Shaker Monitoring
- IOtech data acquisition system is used to monitor and record high-energy vibration wave shapes and displacements in large moving-mass vibrating process equipment.
- Pharmaceutical Control Testing
- Process control engineers at a pharmaceutical company selected a portable, PC-based digitizer as the primary production line monitoring tool for the startup, optimization, and maintenance of a new production line process.
- Conveyor Field Service
- A producer of custom conveyors and cam-driven parts-handling systems uses a portable,
PC-based digitizer to identify excessive mechanical vibration sources at customer sites upon installation.
- Injection-Molding Testing
- WaveBook replaces DSO used for plastic injection mold machinery test diagnostics.
- Surface Grinder Monitor
- A manufacturer of ceramic wheels for precision surface grinders uses the WaveBook to monitor vibration, breaking force, and acoustic emission on multiple units in an industrial environment.
Litigation Applications
- Data Gathering for Accident Reconstruction
- Accident reconstruction and litigation companies use IOtech's Out-of-the-Box™ software to not only record data simultaneously, but to time-correlate the data in real-time.
Machine Design Applications
- Rotating-Shaft Bearing Testing
- IOtech's DaqBook’s modularity, accuracy, portability, and open software features give users the flexibility needed to measure a wide range of vibrations in machinery.
- Machine Shock & Vibration Testing
- Optimized support frames isolate sensitive machines from shock and vibration.
Manufacturing Applications
- Refrigerator Testing– NEW
- IOtech's DaqScan is used in revealing extraordinary or sinister anomalies that might get past
the day-to-day quality assurance procedures.
- Steel Mill Monitoring and Vibration Testing – NEW
- IOtech's ZonicBook measures vibration on cold and hot-strip rolling mills and uses eZ-Analyst software with FFT and waterfall presentations to solve problems.
- Ceramic Kiln Temperature Testing
- A leading US kiln manufacturer, uses IOtech's Personal Daq for measuring internal kiln temperatures to ensure uniform heat distribution.
- Glass Production Testing
- To detect equipment malfunctions and to minimize scrap, a leading glass-products manufacturer installs a PC-based data acquisition system.
- Appliance Testing and Design
- A nationally known supplier of commercial air conditioning systems uses the WaveBook data acquisition system to provide the aggregate speed and resolution required to capture and display acquired waveforms.
- Golf Club Testing and Design
- The WaveBook is used in the design a golf club which delivers the maximum amount of force to the ball without generating excessive shaft vibration that will be transferred to the hands of the golfer.
Materials Development and Testing Applications
- Materials and Component Failure Testing
- A testing lab for bicycle frames and components, currently uses an IOtech DaqBoard for verifying that new products meet specifications and government regulations.
- Liquid Chromatography Polymer Testing
- DaqBooks monitor the output signals of liquid chromatographs to determine molecular weight distributions of new polymers developed in the research lab.
Military Applications
- Military Vehicle Body Mount Testing
- Military vehicles run over wild terrain while engineers measure and record engine mount performance in real time with IOtech’s WaveBook – conveniently powered from the on-board 12 VDC supply.
- Military Vehicle Off-Road Testing
- Automotive engineers monitor the effects of off-road driving on a military vehicle.
- Explosive Ordnance Testing
- Engineers at an explosive ordnance test site validate the effectiveness of earthen protective structures with the WaveBook/512.
- Pilot Training
- A military-based company developed an approach to gauge how well pilots-in-training were firing their aircraft's weaponry.
Petrochemical Applications
- Compressor and Turbine Vibration Testing
- Petrochemical company uses IOtech's ZonicBook to monitor vibrations and analyze problems in high capacity process pumps and turbine generators.
Petroleum Exploration Applications
- Deep Water Platform Analysis
- IOtech DaqBooks and WaveBooks collect high-frequency vibration signals from simulations of a floating oil rig's support structure.
Power Industry Applications
- Microturbine Testing – NEW
- IOtech ZonicBooks were selected over another stand-alone system for microturbine testing because of its ability to measure turbine speed over 60,000 rpm.
- Nuclear Pump Bearing Testing – NEW
- EME Associates designed and built a novel simulator for testing nuclear pump bearings and integrated an IOtech ZonicBook in the control panel to record vibrations and shut down the pump motor in the event of excessive temperature, speed, or vibration.
- Turbine Generator Balance Testing
- ZonicBook's adaptability lets vibration consultants balance turbine generators used in all private, commercial, and public utility industries.
- Power Quality Testing
- A power industry supplier develops a compact notebook PC-based power-demand and line-quality monitoring system.
Quality Control Applications
- Refrigerator Testing
- A refrigerator manufacturer replaces a manual testing system with an integrated control and data acquisition system to improve product reliability.
Safety
- Fire-Fighting Apparatus Testing
- IOtech's DaqBook uses over 100 channels to measure and analyze pressure, speed, flow and temperature on firefighting equipment to ensure that it withstands especially rough handling during emergencies.
Transportation Applications
- Forklift Truck Testing
- Data acquisition system records data on forklift truck shakedown tests.
- Black Box for Trains
- IOtech's LogBook helped engineers determine root causes of failures, which has resulted in preventive maintenance schedules that have reduced downtime.
- In-Vehicle Brake Testing
- Group researches braking behavior when drivers encounter unexpected obstacles.
- Bridge Monitoring
- A civil-engineering consulting firm has developed an easy-to-use, nondestructive solution to accurately determine the support-piling depth of bridges.
TV Broadcast Applications
- Video Signal Alarm Monitoring
- A company uses Personal Daq/56 modules and DASYLab® software to look for several types of common video failures, including frozen images, lost video signals, or completely black, green, or blue screens.
Utility Applications
- High-Current Generator Testing
- A major supplier of electricity and natural gas on the west coast chose IOtech’s WaveBook data acquisition system as the best solution for their test application.
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