In an industry where failure is not an option, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ can help to ensure that aircraft engines meet all safety standards and testing requirements.  Our powerful equipment gives us the ability to reproduce the extreme vibration conditions of an aircraft engine facing a catastrophic failure, such as a fan blade out event.

Aero Engine Testing

Assure passenger safety with Nadcap accredited testing

Fan blade out events occurs when a foreign object (normally a bird) is ingested by an aircraft’s engine, causing rotor blades to detach. The result is windmilling vibration, which often causes enough damage to halt power production, although the engine will continue to rotate due to the incoming airflow. This phenomenon is known as sustained engine imbalance, or ‘windmilling,’ and places a significant strain on an aircraft’s flight systems.

Windmilling testing ensures that these systems can handle the stress and remain operational. While these extreme conditions are difficult to replicate in standard testing, our LDS V8 electrodynamic test system can simulate even extreme events, providing the certainty you need to demonstrate your product’s compliance to any standard.  

 

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Advantage

In addition to windmilling, Element has the largest capacity for aerospace EMC and environmental testing in the UK, testing over a thousand aerospace products each year across six locations. We work with you to provide support through all stages of product qualification testing, helping to ensure that you can deliver against airframe manufacturers’ imposed qualification milestones. We can help you mitigate the risk of failing to meet critical deadlines such as safety of flight, and of receiving punitive measures for late delivery.

UKAS accredited to BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005, we deliver a unique range of wider testing and validation often required by aerospace manufacturers during qualification, including: 

Our reliable results and timely approach have made ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ the preferred testing partner for many of the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers. Whether you are performing routine testing or looking to develop and take your products to market, we can help make your project a success. 

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High Cycle Fatigue Testing of Engine Airfoils

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ provides indispensable High Cycle Fatigue Testing (HCF Testing) of engine airfoils for service life limit analysis, simulating high vibrations conditions of airfoils during operation.

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Engine Casing Testing

Main Engine Casing of the compressor modules of aircraft engines have to be capable to withstand high loads from multiple directions and large numbers of fatigue cycles throughout their life. To simulate these environments and load conditions, specifically designed test rigs with more than 30 actuators operated simultaneously are used by ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ to apply these multi-axial load scenarios.

The project typically includes the development of the test concept, all necessary computer simulations, the design and adaptation of the facility, mechanical equipment and adjacent dummy parts as well as in the proper instrumentation of the specimens with e.g. strain gauges. This type of test usually is running for several months in 24/7 testing mode using full authority controls.

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Spin Testing Services

A critical part of aero engine development, experts at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s spin testing facilities examine nearly every kind of rotating components of aero engines, turbine compressors, turbochargers and blowers under realistic conditions using highly sophisticated spin test rigs.

Our team of over 9,000 Engaged Experts in North America, Europe, The Middle East, Australia, Asia and Africa are ready to help you.