Field Measurement

Batteries have become an integral part of our daily lives, powering devices that keep us connected and entertained. To ensure the safe transport of lithium-ion batteries, they must be tested to comply with international shipping standards per UN/DOT specifications. Lansmont has the expertise and equipment to enable you to perform these tests, including UN/DOT 38.3's T3 (Vibration), T4 (Shock), and T6 (Impact) tests.

ATK, a leading solid rocket propulsion systems producer, sought efficient means to assess Reusable Solid Rocket Motors' health upon arrival in Florida post-rail transport from Utah. Timely data provision to NASA for acceptance and buy-off was critical.

When we describe transport vibration, we typically use Power Spectral Density (PSD) plots to define meaningful characteristics (frequency bandwidth, amplitude within discreet frequency bandwidth bins, and overall spectrum intensity).

Part 1 - Before You Measure Before initiating any transport-based vibration measurements, it’s important to first establish clear expectations as to what you want to learn.

Introducing Lansmont's newest addition to our TruMotion™ product family - Acceleration Test Sleds - used for determining Unit Load Stability.

The relaunching of America’s manned space exploration program begins here, with vibration testing at NASA’s Space Power Facility, located in Sandusky, Ohio.

Sea Launch is a multi-national joint venture company that provides spacecraft launch service from a mobile sea launch platform.

This giant container ship is tossed around by heavy seas – almost as if it were a tiny personal watercraft.

SAE has an Aerospace Standard that governs seat designs for civil rotorcraft, transport aircraft, and general aviation aircraft.

Thanks to gravity, your test specimen is guaranteed to fall onto some sort of impact surface during a drop test.

Lansmont recently participated in GlobalPack 2012, hosted by the Central Philippine University in Iloilo City.

Lansmont introduces a heavyweight drop tester to our product line with the PDT 700 Precision Drop Tester, for payloads up to 1,540 lbs (700 kg), developed for common ASTM, ISTA and ISO test standards.

Santa's a busy guy, getting more and more stops added to his route every year.

This year's ISTA China Packaging Symposium will be held in Suzhou City on September 18-20. Lansmont, the Platinum sponsor for this event, will be well represented during this informative international program.

Our PDT model numbers identify the maximum payload capacity of the drop tester in kilograms.

The U.S. Army uses 60, 81, and 120 mm mortar systems.

Flextronics' Advanced Engineering Group invited David Jin, Lansmont's Asia Area Sales Manager, to speak at their Reliability Testing Workshop earlier this month in Zhuhai, China.

Lansmont has completed a comprehensive update to our PDT Drop Tester Products.

Fraunhofer provided a tour of their state-of-the-art facilities, highlighting their most recent addition, the Lansmont Load Stability Horizontal Impact Test System (HITS).

When using your SAVER Field Instruments, you have to consider the recording setup and the number of trips to collect the data you are interested in analyzing. You can think of this as developing your SAVER game plan.

Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) wanted to better understand the effects of vertical impacts produced by explosive blasts, most commonly known these days as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), on the human body to better protect our soldiers in dangerous combat theaters like Afghanistan.

Thursday, June 13, Lansmont cooperated with the Belgian Packaging Institute (BPI), located in Brussels, to host a one-day seminar, titled "Behavior of Packages During Transport; Field-to-Lab® Simulations Test Procedures & Standards".

Lansmont Equipment and Instruments replicate and measure dynamic environments for numerous applications.

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland hosted the 26th International Association of Packaging Research Institute's (IAPRI) Symposium on Packaging this past June 10-13 2013 on its Otaniemi campus, located in Helsinki.

Engineers are curious people by nature. We like figures and charts and graphs.

IoPP’s - Golden Gate Chapter recently invited Lansmont Corporation to host a presentation discussing Field-to-Lab methodologies.

For most situations it has served us well over the years and provides the answers we need. But the real world moves in 3 dimensions - and now your tests can too.

The Field-to-Lab® methodology has always been a guiding principle for the development of Lansmont Testing systems.

The most important shock machine design criteria is the ability to repeatedly subject test items to potentially damaging impacts.

Lansmont and Adams Technologies, our representative in India, are holding three educational seminars in India this week.

The week of July 23rd, Central Philippine University (CPU) will host GlobalPack 2012, in Iloilo City.

A few weeks ago we talked with you about NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft and the measurement project that Lansmont undertook in preparation for the Space Shuttle Trainer’s trip from Houston to the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Here’s video of the FFT Crew Compartment arrival in Seattle.

Cargo Securement Rules exist to reduce the risk of accidents resulting from freight shifting or falling off the truck during transport.

The Cal Poly Packaging Program will host the 18th IAPRI World Packaging Conference June 17-21, 2012.

Last year, Lansmont initiated a Customer Support Survey, to gather valuable feedback from those customers that had received services from our Customer Support Group.

It sounds ironic, but it was in Waterloo, NY on May 5, 1866 that the first Memorial Day observation took place. Originally known as Decoration Day, this holiday was set aside to honor the soldiers who had died in the Civil War.

SAVER Mounting Kits Vehicle and structural measurements are common applications for our SAVER Field Instruments.

Lansmont Shock Systems have many applications - but perhaps the main function - is to assess the fragility and / or survivability of products and components.

The Spacecraft Techology Expo will take place May 8 - 10 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

NASA’s Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) never actually flew – until it retired.

ASTM Committee D10 on Packaging oversees many of the ASTM specifications utilized for packaging material testing and performance testing.

Lansmont and SGS delivered a Package Testing Seminar at SGS's Shanghai offices.

Lansmont just completed an active and productive week of activity in Orlando at the ISTA Transport Forum.

The United Kingdom's University of Bath, in collaboration with Pira International is undertaking research to create an improved simulation method that embodies more realistic vehicle vibration for the purpose of optimising packaging.

When using your SAVER Field Instruments, it is important to develop a plan before beginning the data collection process.

Lansmont verifies the performance of every Compression Test System we build.

On April 12, Lansmont and SGS will be offering a Package Testing Seminar in Shanghai.

Cargo transported over the road endures all the dynamic and environmental conditions that we talk about frequently--vibration, shock, temperature, relative humidity.

The Healthcare Packaging Consortium (HPC), established at Christian Brothers University in 2010, is conducting research to improve healthcare packaging.

We've developed a new handheld controller for our unique, easy-to-use Precision Drop Testers. If you are familiar with the "ED" controller, you will find it a simple transition to the new ruggedized design

Lansmont will be showcasing our products and services at the upcoming MD&M West show in Anaheim, CA.

When analyzing field data in SaverXware, it’s not uncommon to spot a trend from one of the QuickHistory views that makes you want to focus-in further to investigate the characteristics of that trend.

Early last month, Unisource Engineered Solutions (UES) celebrated Grand Openings of Engineering Centers in New Berlin, WI and Cerritos, CA.

It’s the busiest time of year for shipments, fortunately Lansmont has SAVER’s in stock, ready to go. If you've got year-end money to spend, we typically can ship credit card orders on the same day

Rather than allowing you to experience downtime from normal maintenance and repair - we’ll replace your actuator!

Lansmont has designed an innovative new accessory for our Shock Test Systems, called the Opposing Force Gas Programmer (OFGP).

Knowing that one big impact can cause damage is important, but what about the cumulative effects of normal wear and tear?

For some applications the ability to survive extreme events is critical to the function.

Lansmont GEN3 hydraulic power supply (HPS) for Vibration Test Systems, the engine that drives our test systems.

The ISTA European Symposium, held October 18-19 in Valencia, Spain, provided practical insight into economic and environmental optimization of packaging for distribution.

Batteries power many of the things that enable and fulfill our everyday lives.

SaverXware’s Summary Selector is a great tool for fine tuning the event population you wish to analyze. A common task is to de-select ultra low level events from the data population when generating a vibration summary.

Lansmont sponsored and presented at ISTA’s 2011 China Symposium which took place at Lanzhou Jiaotong University, in Lanzhou City, China this September.

Shipping safely from Point A to B can be a challenge in today’s global supply chain.

When we recommend equipment to a customer, we take the size and weight of your test specimens into consideration. Testing an 8 foot long, 8,000 lb. product is not your typical case though.

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has selected Lansmont as the MSFC Small Business Subcontractor of the Year.

Five Rings contacted Lansmont about using our SAVER 9X30 to record the dynamic conditions of the J32 aircraft during flight operations in order to provide actual vibration data to the imaging system manufacturer for review.

Today’s soldier is protected and assisted on the battlefield by technology unimagined just a handful of years ago.