MIL-STD-810: Vibration Testing Category 7 – Aircraft – Jet
This is part three of a series of blog posts concerning the MIL-STD 810 Vibration Section. This blog was written with reference to MIL-STD-810G w/Change 1 dated 15 April 2014. DES has the experience and expertise to help you determine what profiles are appropriate for your product and to run your MIL-STD-810 vibration test. For more information, please check out our Vibration Testing services page and our other MIL-STD-810 vibration testing blog articles:
MIL-STD-810: Shock and Vibration Testing Category 9 – Aircraft – Helicopter
This is part of a series of blog posts concerning the MIL-STD 810 Vibration Section. This blog was written with reference to MIL-STD-810G w/Change 1 dated 15 April 2014. DES has the experience and expertise to help you determine what profiles are appropriate for your product and to run your MIL-STD-810 vibration test. For more information, please check out our Vibration Testing services page and the other blog posts in this series, MIL-STD-810 Vibration Testing Overview MIL-STD-810: Vibration Testing Category 4 – Truck/Trailer – Secured Cargo Procedure I (General Vibration), Category 9 of Method 514.7 Vibration testing details the vibration…
DES is Looking for a Quality or Test Engineer
For over 30 years, Delserro Engineering Solutions (DES) has been an industry-wide leader in the field of product reliability testing. DES is currently seeking an experienced quality engineer or a test engineer. Responsibilities of this position include: Setting up and performing tests Writing procedures and test reports Have a thorough understanding of test equipment such volt meters, power supplies, data acquisition systems, test chambers & vibration/shock equipment Working within the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 and DES’s operating policies Understanding and following detailed instructions, test standards and specifications Additional requirements of this position include: Must be a US citizen Proficient…
MIL-STD-810: Vibration Testing Category 4 – Truck/Trailer – Secured Cargo
This is part two of a series of blog posts concerning the MIL-STD 810 Vibration Section. This blog was written with reference to MIL-STD-810G w/Change 1 dated 15 April 2014. DES has the experience and expertise to help you determine what profiles are appropriate for your product and to run your MIL-STD-810 vibration test. For more information, please check out Part 1 – MIL-STD-810 Vibration Testing Overview blog and our Vibration Testing services page. Category 4 of Method 514.7 Vibration testing details the transportation random vibration environmental conditions from cargo interaction with vehicle suspension and structures with road and surface…
MIL-STD-810 Vibration Testing Overview
This is part one of a series of blog posts discussing MIL-STD 810 Vibration Testing. This blog was written with reference to MIL-STD-810G w/Change 1 dated 15 April 2014. DES has the experience and expertise to help you determine what profiles are appropriate for your product and to run your MIL-STD-810 vibration test. Check out our vibration testing capabilities here. MIL-STD-810 is a public military test standard that is designed to assist in the environmental engineering considerations for product design and testing. For the purposes of this blog series we will focus on Method 514.7, titled Vibration. This section defines…
Door Open/Close Accelerated Life Test Case Study
Customer Goal A customer contacted DES, seeking to create a reliability test plan for their product based on customer usage, new features and design limits. One of the concerns identified by the customer was the need for an accelerated life test which tested whether their “door assembly” product met the design specification for usage. In other words, the goal was to create an automated test solution which opened and closed cabinet doors to the estimated amount they would see during a lifetime in the field.
Circuit Board HALT Testing Case Study
Customer Goal A customer approached DES looking to perform Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) on a new circuit board design. DES and the customer agreed to test the circuit boards using DES’s traditional HALT test procedure which calls for hot/cold temperature steps followed by rapid temperature ramping, vibration steps and combined temperature and vibration stresses. HALT testing on electrical componentry is quite common across industry to expose design weaknesses; both mechanical and electrical (What is HALT and Why Perform HALT?). Typical failures include poor solder connections, overheating, component failure, etc. (What Kind Of Failures Occur During HALT?)
Rapid HALT – A Cost Effective Alternative to HALT
Rapid Highly Accelerated Life Testing or Rapid HALT is a reliability test method that is used to expose product weaknesses. A Rapid HALT procedure is a modification of a Classical HALT procedure. For more information about Classical HALT procedures, refer to the following blog articles: What is HALT Highly Accelerated Life Testing and why perform HALT? What is a typical HALT procedure? A Rapid HALT is an abbreviated HALT, typically one day of tests, making it a great cost-effective solution for those seeking faster qualitative results. Exposing a product to a Rapid HALT early in the design process can help…
Qualification Testing on Aerospace Connectors
DES recently performed qualification testing on aerospace connectors which involved combined temperature and sinusoidal vibration testing, random vibration testing and shock testing. Combined temperature and sinusoidal vibration tests were performed per EIA 364-28F. EIA 364-28F required test conditions of 10-2000 Hz, 20G maximum acceleration sweeps at temperatures of -54°C and 200°C over the course of 4 hours per axis. Random vibration tests were also performed per EIA 364-28F. Random vibrations at 50-2000 Hz, 46.3 Grms were applied to the connectors for 8 hours per axis. The random vibrations were applied at room temperature. Finally, the connectors were subjected half sine shocks per…
Package Testing Using Combined Temperature & Vibration
Nowadays global markets and expedited shipping methods expose packages to less than ideal conditions during the transport process. International Safe Transit Association (ISTA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) all contain protocols and requirements used to evaluate product package design. Some of these test profiles require combined environments such as combined temperature and vibration testing. This type of testing requires specialized equipment, set up and experience from the lab conducting the test.