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EJECTION SEATS

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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

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    Crash Testing

    Crash Testing

    CRASH TESTING

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    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

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    EV & Hybrid Testing

    EV & Hybrid Testing

    EV BATTERY TESTING

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    BATTERY TESTING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

    TEST DEVICE FOR MEASURING HIGH VOLTAGES DURING EV CRASH TESTING 

    Testing Challenges:

    • Compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 305. U.S. safety standard FMVSS305 ensures the safety of battery systems during electric and hybrid vehicle crashes, especially for occupants and emergency responders
    • Safety concerns with battery fires and voltage discharges post-crash
    • Increased mass and weight of electric cars
    • Key measurements before and after crash

    DTS Key Features:

    • High-voltage isolation measurement system for EV battery testing
    • Safely supports battery and drive system voltages up to ±1200 volts
    • Durable, rugged, factory-tested to 100 g
    • Integrates with DTS SLICE & TDAS hardware via DataPRO software
    • Standalone option; FMVSS305-compliant manual test switches
    • Data writes to non-volatile flash memory
    • Collects HV1′ and HV2′ measurements pre & post-event
    DTS ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS - MINIATURE | RUGGED | HIGH-SPEED

    RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR EV & HYBRID TESTING

    DTS Data Acquisition Product - FMVSS305 High voltage isolation measurement system

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    Helicopter Drop Testing

    Helicopter Drop Testing

    HELICOPTER DROP TESTING

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    HELICOPTER DROP TESTING

    STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & OCCUPANT SAFETY, FULL-SCALE DROP TESTS 

    Testing Challenges:

    • Full-scale fuselage drop test
    • Complicated high-channel count tests
    • Mix of structural measurements & ATDs for occupant safety
    • Onboard DAQ solutions with long sensor cable runs
    • Time-consuming and costly
    • Reliable data collection in destructive tests
    • Synchronizing power, triggering, communication, & cameras

    DTS Key Features:

    • Rugged, crashworthy DTS data acquisition solutions
    • Flexible configurations, in-dummy DAS & offboard DAS
    • Full sensor support: bridge, IEPE, MEMS, strain, load, voltage, temperature, and more
    • Onboard recording, 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? (Images shown above) NNASA’s Langley Landing & Impact Research (LANDIR) facility used DTS solutions to capture critical data during a full-scale drop test of a 45-foot CH-46E Sea Knight Marine helicopter. The helicopter was dropped from 9 meters at 48 km/h, with over 350 sensor channels, 13 instrumented crash test dummies, additional non-instrumented ATDs, and 40 high-speed cameras collecting precise impact data.

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

    RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR HELICOPTER DROP TESTING

    SLICE PRO Data Acquisition System

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    DTS SLICE6 AIR-BR Data Acquisition Unit

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    Sled Testing

    Sled Testing

    SLED TESTING

    SLED TESTING/LOW-G WHIPLASH TO HIGH PAYLOAD CRASHES

    SEAT, RESTRAINT & SAFETY TESTING

    Testing Challenges:

    • Dynamic testing, high-energy environments
    • Wide range of test articles, including restraint systems (seat belts, airbags), automotive/airplane seats, child safety seats
    • Test instrumentation that supports a variety of applications
    • Synchronizing high-speed cameras, triggers, power, and communication
    • Able to withstand high-g pulses, wide sensor support
    • Reliability and repeatability of data sets

     

    DTS Key Features:

    • High shock-rated data acquisition systems and sensors
    • Standalone, modular, configurable systems
    • Complete line of accessories to support ancillary equipment
    • Store in place reliability, data writes directly to flash memory
    • Intuitive software for set-up, logging, viewing, and data export
    • Trusted solution provider for automotive safety and injury biomechanics testing

     

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

    RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR SLED TESTING

    SLICE PRO Data Acquisition System

    SLICE PRO

    SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

    SLICE NANO

    DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

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    DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

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    The DTS TSR AIR Data Logger

    TSR AIR

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    6DX PRO-A

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    Pedestrian Safety

    Pedestrian Safety

    PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

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    PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TESTING/VULNERABLE ROAD USERS/VRU TESTING 

    INTEGRATED  DATA RECORDERS & SENSORS FOR PEDESTRIAN HEADFORMS & LEGFORMS 

    Testing Challenges:

    • Varying pedestrian safety test requirements by country
    • Global harmonization efforts and growing awareness for pedestrian crashworthiness testing
    • Test articles with tight size and mass constraints
    • Tethered test fixtures
    • Cables that can alter free-flight test dynamics
    • Variety of headforms and legforms to instrument

    DTS Key Features:

    • Miniature, rugged data acquisition systems & sensors
    • Designed to embed in pedestrian headforms and legforms
    • Options to add angular rate and six degrees of freedom sensors
    • Cable-free solutions 
    • Turnkey DTS DAQ & sensor integration kits available for:
      • Child and adult pedestrian headforms
      • Advanced Pedestrian Legform Impactor (aPLI)
      • FLEX PLI legforms

    DID YOU KNOW? Over 270,000 pedestrians die annually in road traffic crashes worldwide [Source: World Health Organization]

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

    RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY & VRU TESTING

    SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

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    DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

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    SLICE PRO Data Acquisition System

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    DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

    SLICE6

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    Seat Testing

    Seat Testing

    SEAT TESTING

    PASSENGER SEAT TESTING / SLED TESTING

    OCCUPANT PROTECTION & STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY

    Testing Challenges:

    • Dynamic test environments
    • Sled tests to simulate crash scenarios
    • Structural integrity and occupant protection (ATDs)
    • Seat structural integrity, measuring static and dynamic loads for break points or deformation
    • Restraint system testing, seat belts & shoulder harnesses
    • Managing vast amounts of test data

    DTS Key Features:

    • Rugged, crashworthy data acquisition systems and sensors
    • Modular configuration; supports 3 – 100s of channels per test
    • Onboard data acquisition systems and in-dummy DAS
    • Redundant DAS to validate sled acceleration/deceleration pulses
    • Data writes to non-volatile flash memory
    • Intuitive software for setup, control, and data download
    • Data export capabilities for streamlined post-processing

    DID YOU KNOW? The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) trust DTS data acquisition solutions for safety testing. The FAA sets the standards for aircraft seat certification in the U.S.

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

    RECOMMENDED DTS PRODUCTS FOR SEAT TESTING

    SLICE PRO Data Acquisition System

    SLICE PRO

    SLICE NANO Data Acquisition System

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    DTS SLICE6 Data Acquisition System

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