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The PCB® Aerospace and Defence Division specialises in products and programs developed exclusively for the global aerospace, civil and military aviation, defence, homeland security, nuclear, and test and measurement markets.

Products include space-rated high temperature and high-g shock accelerometers; space-qualified hardware; sensors and instrumentation for Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS), for UAV's, helicopters, fixed wing aircraft and ground vehicles; system electronics; combustion monitoring pressure sensors; high temperature engine vibration monitoring sensors; launch and separation shock sensors; Active Noise Cancellation products; and aircraft hydraulic pressure sensors, amongst others.

Typical applications include vibration and fatique testing; qualification testing; aircraft and engine ground, flutter and flight testing; blast pressure and hydraulic system pressure measurementsl; structural dynamics; engine vibration monitoring; launch and separation shock studies; pressure, wind tunnels and aerodynamic studies; aircraft and ground vehicle prognostics; and noise cancellation applications.

Applications

  • Qualification Testing
  • Ground Vibration Testing (GVT)
  • Structural Dynamics
  • Engine Vibration Monitoring
  • Engine Test Stands
  • Shock and Separation Studies
  • Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS)
  • Wind Tunnel Testing
  • Flutter Testing

Measurements

  • Vibration
  • Acceleration
  • Acoustics
  • Pressure
  • Load
  • Dynamic Force
  • Dynamic Strain
  • Torque

Technology

  • ICP
  • Charge Output
  • MEMS
  • DC Response