The world's leading aerospace companies rely on HBM

Here are just a few of the testing programs that have adopted HBM's innovative technology...

JSF (USA/UK): F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

Aerospace Testing with HBM at JSF Joint Strike Fighter F-35
  • Structural tests on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
  • Ability to remotely view real time data from
    different sites worldwide
  • Complete measurement system from HBM
  • > 20,000 channels

F-35 Lightning II test aircraft benefits from HBM equipment

IABG (Germany): A380 full scale fatigue tests

  • Large-scale fatigue strength tests on a fully assembled Airbus A380
  • Use of the CANHEAD distributed measurement electronics gives huge savings in the amount of measurement cable required.
  • 7,000 channels.

Airbus A380 large-scale test using HBM measurement technology

Embraer, Brazil: 4,000 channel structural test system

Embraer
  • Structural testing data acquisition system for the Embraer ERJ 170/190 program
  • Measurement of strain, force, displacement
  • Complete measurement system from HBM - including software.

Fatigue testing at Embraer: HBM goes samba

Cessna, USA: Systems for structural and ironbird tests

Cessna
  • Static and dynamic testing on airframes
  • Synchronous data acquisition with individual A /D converters on each channel
  • Complete measurement system from HBM - including software
  • 1,800 channels.

Flying high in aerospace testing... Measurement system from HBM for Cessna

Structural test systems at EADS, Spain

EADS
  • Structural tests for aircraft HTP (horizontal tail planes)
  • Space vehicle component tests Ariane 5
  • > 1,500 channels.

NASA, USA: HBM helps enhance safety on space shuttle

NASA
  • HBM measurement equipment (MGCplus and catman®) fitted on the Mobile Launch Platform for NASA's space shuttles
  • Monitoring of the loads to ensure that the weight is equally distributed across the platform
  • 1,000 channels.

Airbus, UK: 1,000-channel structural test system for A340

A340 testing
  • Static and dynamic wing fatigue testing
  • Measurements of approximately 1,000 channels of strain, force, displacement
  • Complete measurement system from HBM - including software
  • 1,000 channels.