Head Injury Prevention

Head Injury Prevention

HEAD INJURY PREVENTION

Helmet Testing Application Photo Credit Virginia Tech
Hybrid III head with MMA Glove Impact Testing - Photo Credit USC

HEAD INJURY PREVENTION/INJURY BIOMECHANICS TESTING

IMPROVING TEST METHODS TO REDUCE SPORTS & FOOTBALL HEAD INJURIES & CONCUSSIONS

 Testing Challenges:

  • Developing new testing methodologies for helmet-on-helmet concussion testing
  • Large off-board data acquisition systems with moving test articles
  • Cables that can tangle and cause issues with noise or data loss
  • Sensor ranges for human factors
  • Complicated test setups with multiple test articles
  • Synchronizing high-speed cameras, trigger, power, and communication

DTS Key Features:

  • Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
  • High-performance sensors: angular rate, accelerometers, six degrees of freedom (6DOF) sensor packages, 6DOF data logger
  • Designed to embed in the test article near sensors, eliminates trailing cables, reduces test setup time, and improves data quality
  • Data writes to non-volatile flash memory
  • Easy-to-use software for set-up, viewing, and data export
  • Reliable, repeatable test data to validate new methodologies

 

DID YOU KNOW? The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) used DTS in-dummy data acquisition systems for a research project aimed at reducing sports-related concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Researchers built an 80-foot railed track with a motorized sled to recreate impact scenarios and analyzed game footage to identify and test “worst-case” collisions.

DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR HEAD INJURY PREVENTION

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

DTS 6DX PRO-A Sensors Landing Page

6DX PRO-A

DTS DDR Dynamic Data Logger

DDR

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UAV & Drones

UAV & Drones

UAV & DRONES

DRONE, UAS, UAV, & SUAS TESTING / COUNTER-UAS

UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS & UNMANNED ARIEL VEHICLE TESTING

Testing Challenges:

  • Collecting physical measurements on drones, UAS, and UAV including force, vibration, shock, strain, and temperature
  • Varied test scenarios: laboratory, sled, flight testing/in situ
  • Harsh test environments, including wide temperature ranges
  • Size, weight, and power constraints
  • Complex, time-intensive test setups
  • Short development cycles; limited access to test articles
  • Long lead times on test instrumentation

DTS Key Features:

  • SWaP (size, weight & power)-optimized data acquisition units and sensors
  • Rapid deployment, embeds in the test article, no long cable runs
  • High-shock rated, wide operating temperature, and environmental ratings
  • Universal analog sensor support
  • Onboard memory and real-time streaming options
  • Time synchronization
  • Standalone, network, or integrate into an existing FTI solution
  • COTS products; standard 4-6 week delivery
DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR UAV & DRONE TESTING

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE6 AIR

DTS SLICE6 AIR-BR Data Acquisition Unit

SLICE6 AIR-BR

The DTS TSR AIR Data Logger

TSR AIR

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE MICRO

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Product R&D

Product R&D

PRODUCT R&D

PRODUCT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

PRODUCT VALIDATION TESTING, PRODUCT PERFORMANCE TESTING, PRODUCT USAGE TESTING

Testing Challenges:

  • R&D, product development, validation, safety, & usage testing 
  • In situ or field testing of dynamic properties
  • Wide sensor support: stress, strain, force, vibration, etc.
  • Strict size and mass constraints
  • Flexibility for short-duration tests and long-term monitoring
  • Complicated test setup or extended cable runs

DTS Key Features:

  • Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
  • Trigger threshold options ensure meaningful data collection, not random movements
  • Low power draw, able to monitor days, weeks, or months
  • Wide range of sensor support, options for built-in sensors
  • Data writes to non-volatile flash memory; real-time streaming options
DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR R&D TESTING 

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE MICRO

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

TSR PRO

The DTS TSR AIR Data Logger

TSR AIR

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE IP68

DTS 6DX PRO-A Sensors Landing Page

6DX PRO-A

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Mining

Mining

MINING

MINING AND BLAST TESTING

HIGH RATE SHOCK & VIBRATION DATA 

Testing Challenges:

  • Collecting field test data for mining, equipment validation, down-hole and blast detonations
  • High shock test environments, extreme temperature ranges
  • Remote test sites with limited or no access to test equipment once it is set up
  • Synchronizing high-speed cameras, trigger, power and communication
  • High sampling rates, large data files
  • Recovery of data and in tact instrumentation

 

The DTS Key Features:

  • Rugged DTS data recorders and sensors designed for high-shock environments
  • Ultra-small, onboard standalone systems, solutions survivable up to 20,000 g
  • Variable sampling rates up to 1M samples per second/channel
  • High bandwidth options, excitation and universal signal conditioning
  • Multiple recorder modes and trigger options
  • Store in place reliability, data writes directly to flash memory
  • Trusted complete solution provider and expert in dynamic testing
DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR MINING

DTS SLICE HG Data Acquisition System Product Photo

SLICE HG

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

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Helmet Testing

Helmet Testing

HELMET TESTING

Helmet Testing Application Photo Credit Virginia Tech

SPORTS HELMET TESTING / MILITARY HELMET TESTING

HELMET SAFETY & PERFORMANCE TESTING, CONCUSSION RISK, AND HEAD INJURY ANALYSIS 

Testing Challenges:

  • Analyzing the structural integrity of helmets for blunt and penetrating trauma injuries 
  • Critical injury analysis, high-speed impact, and rotational data

  • Strict size and mass restrictions
  • Laboratory and field testing
  • Flexibility to support a variety of test scenarios: linear impactor, drop tower, helmet-to-helmet, ballistics, munitions, etc.

  • Trailing cables that can alter test dynamics 

  • Accuracy and repeatability of data sets

DTS Key Features:

  • Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
  • High-performance sensors: angular rate, accelerometers, six degrees of freedom (6DOF) sensor packages, 6DOF data logger
  • Designed to embed in the test article near sensors, eliminates trailing cables, and improves data quality
  • Supports a variety of test devices including: full family of ATDs, NOCSAE headforms, Hybrid III headforms, and Sport Thoracic Chest Surrogate (STCS)
  • Data writes to non-volatile flash memory
DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR HELMET TESTING

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE6

DTS 6DX PRO-A Sensors Landing Page

6DX PRO-A

ARS3 PRO Sensor

ARS3 PRO

ACC3 PRO-A Accelerometer Sensor Product photo

ACC3 PRO-A

DTS DDR Dynamic Data Logger

DDR

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Fatigue Life

Fatigue Life

ROTATION & TORQUE

DTS SLICE NANO - Rotating Shaft Mount - Application
DTS SLICE NANO - Rotating Shaft - Application
DTS SLICE NANO - Rotating Shaft

ROTATING TEST ARTICLES

IN SITU TESTING OF FATIGUE LIFE, TORQUE MEASUREMENTS & TRANSIENT LOAD DATA

 Testing Challenges:

  • Collecting data on rotating test articles like drive shafts or rotors
  • Cost and maintenance of slip rings
  • Complicated cable runs to sensors
  • Accuracy of alternative test methods eg, engine dynomometer

DTS Key Features:

  • Miniature rugged data acquisition systems and sensors 
  • Embeds on/in the test article eg, on a drive shaft or rotor blade
  • Modular, configurable, low and high-channel-count tests
  • Onboard memory, data writes to non-volatile flash memory

DID YOU KNOW? The University of Florida Formula SAE used SLICE NANO to collect transient load data to calculate fatigue-life of drivetrain and suspension components to improve acceleration performance, plus tuning of spring and dampers to improve acceleration performance. The low power draw of SLICE NANO made it easy; three 9V batteries were wired in parallel and attached to the rotating shaft. See the University of Florida Formula SAE White Paper

DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR TORQUE & TRANSIENT LOAD

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

ARS PRO Sensor & ARS HG Sensor

ARS PRO

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Pipeline Inspection

Pipeline Inspection

PIPELINE INSPECTION

PIPELINE INSPECTION PIG & SMART PIG TESTING

EMBEDDED MINIATURE DATA RECORDERS FOR PIGGING

Testing Challenges:

  • Remote, high shock & vibration test environments
  • Limited access to pipelines (oil, gas, water, industrial)
  • Disruption of flow and production delivery
  • Size and mass constraints
  • Remote reliability, limited or no access to test equipment for extended time periods

DTS Key Features:

  • Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems
  • Embeds in test article for field testing
  • Supports a variety of analog sensor options
  • Data writes directly to non-volatile flash memory
  • Ideal for in-line inspection pigs, maintenance data, structural integrity, and vibration testing
DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR PIPELINE INSPECTION

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

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Surface Testing

Surface Testing

SURFACE TESTING

DTS SLICE MICRO DAQ - Racehorse Application

SPORTS & RECREATIONAL SURFACE TESTING

SAFETY, COMPLIANCE & INJURY RISK ASSESSMENT

Testing Challenges:

  • Laboratory and field testing of indoor & outdoor surfaces
  • GMax testing: shock absorption, impact attenuation  
  • HIC testing: head injury assessment
  • Portability of test equipment
  • Cables or wires that can tangle or alter testing
  • Complicated and time-consuming test setups

DTS Key Features:

  • Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
  • Solutions with built-in sensor options
  • Portable, easy to transport, and set up in the field
  • Embeds in the test article for cable-free testing
  • Ideal for a variety of different indoor and outdoor surfaces
  • Data writes to onboard memory, plus streaming options available
  • Intuitive set-up, control and viewing software

DID YOU KNOW? The University of Guelph in Canada used a SLICE MICRO data acquisition system to study how different ground surfaces impact equine foot and leg injuries. A 9-channel SLICE MICRO, equipped with a triaxial IEPE accelerometer and six strain gages, was mounted directly on horse hooves to measure acceleration and strain, capturing critical data for injury prevention research.

DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR SURFACE TESTING

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE MICRO

The DTS TSR AIR Data Logger

TSR AIR

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

TSR PRO

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Pharmaceutical Packaging

Pharmaceutical Packaging

PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING

Plane Crash Test - Photo Credit Discovery Channel
DTS DDR Pharmaceutical Packaging Application
Helicopter Crash Test - Hard Landing - Photo Credit NASA Langley

PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGE & TRANSIT MONITORING

SHOCK & VIBRATION TESTING DURING MANUFACTURING & SHIPPING

Testing Challenges:

  • Understanding the physical forces, like shock & vibration, that pharmaceutical products experience during the manufacturing process and in transit
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of product packaging
  • In situ testing based on real-world factors
  • Cables that can interfere with or alter test dynamics

DTS Key Features:

  • Ultra-light, miniature data acquisition systems and sensors 
  • Embeds directly on or in the test article, cable-free testing
  • Onboard memory and real-time streaming options
  • Ideal for creating an instrumented “Golden Unit” matching the size and weight of products that can be run through the manufacturing and/or shipping processes
DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING

DTS DDR Dynamic Data Logger

DDR

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

TSR AIR

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Hard Landing

Hard Landing

HARD LANDING

Plane Crash Test - Photo Credit Discovery Channel
Helicopter Crash Test -  Photo Credit NASA Langley
Helicopter Crash Test - Hard Landing - Photo Credit NASA Langley

FIXED WING & ROTORCRAFT HARD LANDING TESTING

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & OCCUPANT SAFETY 

Testing Challenges:

  • Dynamic, high-energy test environments
  • Environmental factors, including weather and altitude
  • Full-scale drop tests
  • Managing high channel count tests
  • Reliable data collection
  • Synchronizing power, triggering, communication, & cameras

DTS Key Features:

  • Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
  • Flexible modular configurations
  • In-dummy DAS & offboard DAS solutions
  • Onboard memory, data writes to non-volatile flash memory
  • Powerful set-up, control, and data viewing software
  • Experts in dynamic safety testing and injury biomechanics

DID YOU KNOW? On April 27, 2012, DTS staff and equipment were featured on Discovery Channel’s Curiosity, capturing data during a controlled Boeing 727 crash near Mexicali, Mexico to study real-world crash dynamics.

DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR HARD LANDING

SLICE PRO Data Acquisition System

SLICE PRO

DTS SLICE6 AIR-BR Data Acquisition Unit

TSR 6DXP

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE MICRO

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Missile/Ordnance

Missile/Ordnance

MISSILE/ORDNANCE

MISSILE, FUZE, ORDNANCE, BUNKER BUSTER & HARD TARGET TESTING

RELIABILITY, SAFETY, AND PRECISION IN HIGH-SHOCK TEST ENVIRONMENTS

Testing Challenges:

  • Dynamic, high-energy test environments
  • Remote locations, limited access to test article
  • Strict size and mass constraints, no space for protective housing or large power supplies
  • Complications with trailing or external cabling
  • High-value assets, costly test setups
  • Reliability and security of data transmission

DTS Key Features:

  • Miniature rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
  • High-shock rated systems up to 20,000 g, proven reliability
  • Designed to embed in the test article near sensors; small enough to fit into an artillery round
  • Data acquisition and data logger options with built-in sensors
  • Onboard memory, plus real-time streaming options
  • Trusted solution provider; experts in crash, blast, and injury biomechanics testing
DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR ORDNANCE TESTING

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE6 AIR

DTS SLICE6 AIR-BR Data Acquisition Unit

SLICE6 AIR-BR

DTS SLICE HG Data Acquisition System Product Photo

SLICE HG

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

DTS SLICE6 AIR-BR Data Acquisition Unit

TSR 6DXP

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Blast Testing

Blast Testing

BLAST TESTING

Military Vehicles Feature Image - MRAP Testing - Photo Credit-USMC

MILITARY BLAST TESTING & VELOCITY OF DETONATION (VOD)

VEHICLE VALIDATION, STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY & SOLDIER SAFETY

Testing Challenges:

  • Dynamic, high-energy tests, often in remote locations
  • Measure the effect of blast waves on a wide range of test subjects, including vehicles, structures, and occupants
  • Occupant safety, accurate injury kinematics
  • Extensive time and monetary investment in test setup
  • Destruction of test article(s), which may include prototypes
  • Synchronization of high-speed cameras, triggers, power, and communication

DTS Key Features:

  • High-shock rated data acquisition systems and sensors
  • Miniature systems designed to embed on or in the test article
  • High data sampling rates, up to 1 million samples per second
  • Survivable up to 20,000 g, no special enclosures required
  • Accurate and reliable, data writes to non-volatile flash memory
  • Trusted solutions provider; experts in crash, blast, injury biomechanics testing

DID YOU KNOW? DTS manufactures the Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin (WIAMan) for the U.S. Army—the most biofidelic and technologically advanced test manikin ever developed for underbody blast and IED testing

DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR BLAST TESTING

DTS SLICE HG Data Acquisition System Product Photo

SLICE HG

SLICE PRO Data Acquisition System

SLICE PRO

DTS SLICE6 AIR-BR Data Acquisition Unit

TSR 6DXP

DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

SLICE MICRO

SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

SLICE NANO

ATD-Vertical-Load-Blast

WIAMan

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Ejection Seats

Ejection Seats

EJECTION SEATS

Ejection Seat Application Feature Image Thumbnail

EJECTION SEAT TESTING

FULL-SCALE EJECTION SEAT TESTING FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, PERFORMANCE, &  PILOT SAFETY 

 Testing Challenges:

  • Dynamic, high-energy test environment
  • Collecting physical measurements force, moments, vibration, shock, strain, and injury criteria
  • Structural integrity and aerodynamics characterization
  • Varied test scenarios: wind tunnel, rocket sled, flight testing/in situ
  • Size, mass, and power constraints
  • Complex, time-intensive test setups

    DTS Key Features:

    • SWaP (size, weight & power)-optimized data acquisition units and sensors
    • Rugged, high-shock rated
    • Embeds in the test article near the sensors, no long cable runs
    • Modular, configurable, high sampling rates up to 1M sps
    • MIL-STD rated systems for temperature, altitude, shock & vibration
    • Wide range of analog sensor support, plus built-in sensor options
    • Onboard memory and real-time streaming options
    DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

    RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR EJECTION SEAT TESTING

    SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

    SLICE NANO

    DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

    SLICE MICRO

    The DTS TSR AIR Data Logger

    TSR AIR

    SLICE PRO Data Acquisition System

    SLICE PRO

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    eVTOL

    eVTOL

    eVTOL / Urban Air Mobility (UAM)

    eVTOL Testing Application Photo1
    eVTOL Testing Application Photo2

    eVTOL – ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING VEHICLE TESTING  

    STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, URBAN AIR MOBILITY SAFETY & IN-FLIGHT eVTOL TESTING

    Testing Challenges:

    • Collecting physical measurements on eVTOL vehicles, including shock, vibration, strain, and temperature
    • Varied test scenarios: laboratory, sled, flight testing/in situ
    • Size, weight, and power constraints
    • Limited access to the test article
    • Complex, time-intensive test setups
    • Short development cycles
    • Long lead times

    DTS Key Features:

    • SWaP (size, weight & power)-optimized data acquisition units and sensors
    • Rapid deployment, embeds in the test article, no long cable runs
    • High-shock rated, wide operating temperature, and environmental ratings
    • Universal analog sensor support
    • Onboard memory and real-time streaming (CH10, IENA or TmNS)
    • Time synchronization via IEEE 1588 PTPv2
    • Standalone, network, or integrate into an existing FTI solution
    • COTS products; standard 4-6 week delivery
    DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

    RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR eVTOL TESTING

    DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

    SLICE6 AIR

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    Crash Testing

    Crash Testing

    CRASH TESTING

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    Use Case Automotive Photo 2 - Photo Credit EuroNCAP
    Crash Test Photo Credit IIHS

    AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY TESTING/CRASHWORTHINESS TESTING

    ONBOARD & IN-DUMMY DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMOTIVE TESTING

    Testing Challenges:

    • Dynamic, high-energy test environments 
    • Full-scale crash test requirements: frontal crash tests, side barrier crash tests, side pole crash tests, rollover resistance tests
    • Safety testing of airbags, seat belts, and seat belt pretensioners 
    • Time-consuming test setups 
    • Increasing channel counts per test (vehicles & test dummies) 
    • Synchronization of high-speed cameras, triggers, power, communication, and data management
    • Harmonization of worldwide safety standards and global NCAP

    DTS Key Features:

    • Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems and sensors
    • Modular and configurable onboard solutions
    • User-programmable sampling rates and high-bandwidth options
    • Ancillary accessories to support power, trigger, & communication
    • In-dummy DAS solutions for the full family of crash test dummies
    • Integrated DAS solutions for pedestrian headforms and legforms
    • Data writes to non-volatile flash memory
    • Experts in automotive crash safety & injury biomechanics testing
    • Supports NCAP testing around the world

    DID YOU KNOW? DTS test and measurement solutions support New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) safety testing worldwide, including: Euro NCAP in Europe, ANCAP in Australia and New Zealand, JNCAP in Japan, KNCAP in Korea, C-NCAP in China, Latin NCAP in Latin America, ASEAN NCAP in Southeast Asia, and US NCAP in the United States, supported by NHTSA-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and IIHS-Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

    DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

    RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMOTIVE CRASH TESTING

    SLICE PRO Data Acquisition System

    SLICE PRO

    DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

    SLICE6

    SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

    SLICE NANO

    DTS 6DX PRO-A Sensors Landing Page

    6DX PRO-A

    ARS PRO Sensor & ARS HG Sensor

    ARS PRO

    DTS Data Acquisition Product - FMVSS305 High voltage isolation measurement system

    FMVSS305

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