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Lead-Lag Damper with Health & Usage Monitoring Systems

Lead-Lag Damper with Health & Usage Monitoring Systems

Lead-Lag Damper with Health & Usage Monitoring Systems

Product catalog summary
Overview
The document discusses the Lead-Lag Damper with an Embedded Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) for helicopters. This system uses sensors to monitor displacement, force, pressure, and temperature, allowing for real-time or deferred data analysis and storage. The system is self-powered through an energy harvester, ensuring continuous data transfer.

Specifications and Standards
The electronic systems are compliant with aerospace standards DO-178, DO-254, and DO-160. These systems are tested on in-flight demonstrators to ensure reliability and performance.

Benefits
The integration of these systems enhances safety, reduces maintenance needs, optimizes life-cycle management, and provides specific operational data for aircraft. The systems are tailored to specific operating conditions and can be configured with various sensors and energy harvesting systems.

Product Family
The document outlines several product families:
  • Engine Mounts: Designed for various jet engines, providing vibration and acoustic insulation.
  • Elastomer Motion Control Products: Bearings for helicopter rotorheads, meeting OEM safety requirements.
  • Lead-Lag Dampers: Visco-elastic and hydro-elastic models ensuring helicopter stability.
  • Avionic Racking Systems: Protect electronic components from extreme conditions, compliant with ARINC and MIL standards.
  • Health & Usage Monitoring Systems: Embedded systems for component health assessment and optimized maintenance.
  • Active Noise & Vibration Control: Systems that reduce cabin noise and vibrations significantly.
  • Electro-thermal Ice Protection: Heating mats for ice protection using electrically resistive materials.
  • Control & Display: Cockpit control panels for communication and system monitoring.

Conclusion
The document highlights the advanced capabilities of the Lead-Lag Damper with HUMS, emphasizing its role in enhancing helicopter safety and operational efficiency through innovative monitoring and control technologies.
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Lead-Lag Damper with Health & Usage Monitoring Systems Lead-Lag Damper with Health & Usage Monitoring Systems With our Embedded Health and Usuage Monitoring System, sensors mounted on frequency adaptors for helicopters monitor displacement, force, pressure and temperature. Data are analyzed and stored in flight, allowing the component’s health to be assessed and data on real operating conditions to be saved. It powers itself: an energy harvester system powers the sensors and ensures that data are transferred in real-time or at a later time. Our solution provides performance assessment capabilities. Our integrated electronic developments are compliant with DO-178, DO-254, DO-160 standards. Our solutions are tested on in-flight demonstrators. These embedded electronic systems on our components offer enhanced safety, streamlined inspections and maintenance, operational availability, life-cycle optimization, and operational data specific to the aircraft. Product Family: Lead-lag dampers for Helicopters + Health & Usage Monitoring Systems Technical Features Embedded systems and their various functions are tailored to :specific operating conditions, information to be assessed and analyzed, and the system in which they they’re integrated. Several configurations are possible: sensors, energy harvesting systems, communication and data analysis. Integration of advanced functions is optimized within products. Assessment modules are designed thanks to our expertise in dynamic behavior of motion control products. Benefits Safety Durability Low Maintenance

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Lead-Lag Damper with Health & Usage Monitoring Systems Vibration Control Systems

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Lead-Lag Damper with Health & Usage Monitoring Systems Engine Mounts Our Engine Mounts are designed for jet engines (piston engines, turboprops and turbofans ) and auxiliary power units. Thanks to their excellent vibration and acoustic insulation, they enhance passenger comfort and safety. Elastomer Motion Control Products for Helicopters We develop all types of elastomer/metal laminated bearings for main and tail helicopter rotorheads. Stiff in some directions while flexible in others, our solutions comply with stringent life and safety OEM requirements. Lead-lag dampers for helicopters Avionic...

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Lead-Lag Damper with Health & Usage Monitoring Systems Health & Usage Monitoring Systems Sensing and health control systems are embedded into parts to allow key data measurement for the health assessment of components or systems. Maintenance operations based on actual operating conditions are optimized. Electro-thermal ice protection products Heating mats are made of heating elements (electrically resistive materials like metal or carbon) embedded in a thin electrical insulating multilayer composed of polymers. Active Noise & Vibration Control System for Helicopters. Active noise & vibration...

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