aero-online.org August 2013 Dassault Aviation’s nEUROn Vibro-acoustic Countermeasures Metals Re-emerge What’s Online Top Products Top Articles Adjustable retraction for cable guidance SAE G-19 Committee Triflex RSP cable-guid- making progress on ance systems from igus counterfeit parts feature an adjustable re- standards traction system; they are SAE International’s G- designed for secure 19 Counterfeit Electronic cable guidance on large Components Com mittee, robot arms or for robots chartered to address the programmed to perform different aspects of pre- complex movements. venting, detecting, re- The force at which the sponding to, and coun- unit retracts can be ad- teracting the threat of justed by changing the counterfeit electronic pressure inside its pneu- Phil Zulueta, Chairman of the SAE G-19 components, provides a Committee. matic cylinder. The system can be attached to various robot status report on the ac- models quickly and easily via compact mounting brackets. tivities of the committee and its subcommittees. Read more at Read more at www.sae.org/mags/aem/12008. www.sae.org/mags/aem/12100. Capacitor charging power supplies Battery safety starts in the factory UltraVolt Inc.’s high-power 8C-30C series capacitor charger At an April 2013 NTSB forum on batteries, a Saft represen- modules feature an output power of 250W, which is a 100% tative said the company tests every one of the cells it pro- increase compared to the previous offering of 125W. The duces — something not all cell makers can say. Read more at modules were designed for applications including pulsed www.sae.org/mags/aem/12113. power, cap-charger, pulse generators, Q-switch and Pockell cell drivers, lasers, and TDR (time domain reflectometer) test Pratt & Whitney moves additive manufacturing into equipment. Read more at www.sae.org/mags/aem/12006. production Pratt & Whitney is quickly ramping up its capabilities for Filters for industrial gas sampling additive manufacturing, using parts made with additive Mott Corp.’s all-metal inertial gas sampling filters allow the processes on an engine that is being tested on a new Bom- collection of particle-free samples from virtually any gas bardier jet. The engine manufacturer also christened a new stream, including those that are heavily contaminated and laboratory that will focus on this rapidly emerging manufac- run at extreme temperatures. Typical applications include gas turing technique. Read more at www.sae.org/mags/aem/12061. sampling in stack testing, lime or cement kilns, fluid catalytic crackers, coking oven off-gas atmospheres, and general Boeing and FAA confident in 787 battery fix (video) process control and emission control monitoring. Read more U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on April 23-24 will at www.sae.org/mags/aem/12005. hold a hearing focusing on the design and certification of the 787’s battery system. Read more at www.sae.org/mags/aem/12040. Eddy current tester The portable four-frequency eddy current instrument from Diesel aircraft coming soon to an airport near you? UniWest offers single- and multi-frequency eddy current in- The recent development of diesel technology has made the spection, good signal-to-noise ratio, frequency mixing capa- two-stroke, compression ignition engine an interesting op- bilities, USB and Ethernet data storage, digital strip chart data tion for light aircraft manufacturers, seeking power units of collection, and a color display. The device’s strong signal-to- 100-300 hp, preferably not heavier than existing SI power- noise and filtering capabilities allow for inspection in applica- plants. Read more at www.sae.org/mags/aem/11241. tions normally outside of the scope of portable eddy current equipment. Read more at www.sae.org/mags/aem/12004. Excimer laser mirrors Newport Corp.’s long-lived, deep ultraviolet (UV) excimer laser mirrors have projected lifetimes greater than 30 billion pulses when used in the proper photocontamination-controlled environment. The mirrors feature all-dielectric, high-reflector coatings to minimize absorption and maximize reflected energy at 193 nm. Read more at www.sae.org/mags/aem/12003. 20 aero-online.org Aerospace Engineering, August 2013 Free Info at http://info.hotims.com/45606-790 What’s Online Webcasts The following webcasts are available for free on-demand studies, advanced symbolic mathematics techniques for de- viewing at www.sae.org/webcasts: veloping high-fidelity physical models of batteries. 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