Prosig Shock Response Analysis
In aerospace and nuclear applications, the failure of electronic components due to mechanical shock is often more difficult to detect than structural failure. These shocks may result from a series…
Rotating Machinery Vibration Analysis: Keeping Your Machines Humming Along
[An Introduction To Vibration Analysis – Part 5] Welcome to Part 5 of our ongoing introduction to the world of vibration and acoustic measurement and analysis. Here, we look specifically…
Vibration Control and Isolation: A Comprehensive Guide for Engineers
[An Introduction To Vibration Analysis – Part 4] Welcome to the fourth part of our ongoing introduction to the world of vibration and acoustic measurement and analysis. In this post,…
Modal Analysis in the Real World
[An Introduction To Vibration Analysis - Part 3] Modal analysis is one of the most widely adopted vibration measurement techniques for studying the dynamic behaviour of structures and mechanical components.…
Vibration Measurement Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide
[An Introduction To Vibration Analysis - Part 2] Introduction This post on vibration measurement techniques is the second in our series, introducing vibration analysis. Future posts will continue the exploration…
Basics of Vibration Analysis: A Technical Dive
[An Introduction To Vibration Analysis - Part 1] Introduction For professionals delving into the worlds of automotive, aerospace, or industrial engineering, vibrations are not just mere oscillations; they're a symphony…
Understanding CAN Bus: The Nervous System of a Modern Vehicle
Understanding CAN bus (Controller Area Network Bus) is essential to modern automotive engineering. The CAN bus, and its variants, are now universal across the automotive industry and beyond. On many…
Electric Vehicles – Vibration & Acoustic Testing
Electric vehicle noise & vibration testing is crucial for vehicle development, ensuring the final product’s comfort, safety, and reliability. While electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles undergo…
Tools for motorcycle dynamics analysis
Tools for motorcycle dynamics analysis - Prosig DATS and Structural Animation Viewer Mechanical engineering covers a vast field of topics, but not many fields feature higher dynamics in time and…
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Using Source Contribution Analysis to analyze complex structural dynamics issues
Using Source Contribution Analysis (SCA) and Structural Animation (STA) in the DATS software for the analysis of complex structural dynamics This post uses Source Contribution Analysis (SCA) techniques and a…
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Analysis of Airflow Instabilities in HVAC units
HVAC (Heat Ventilation Air Conditioning) units are devices used in various applications, such as cars, buildings, aircraft etc. They facilitate the transport and conditioning (heating, cooling, changing of humidity) of…
Prosig supply high channel count data acquisition system to new RAL Space NSTF facility
Download as PDF The National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF) is a new facility in the United Kingdom for the environmental testing of complete satellites and large sub-assemblies. To be operated…
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Seismic Qualification Testing (Part 1)
Seismic Qualification Testing for US Nuclear Power Generating Stations Part 1 (Random Vibration Testing) The nuclear power industry in North America (USA, Canada & Mexico) requires seismic qualification testing for…
Exhaust Vibration Measurement – A Case Study
Exhaust Vibration Measurement - Customer Requirement One of Prosig's customers needed to perform exhaust vibration measurement on some of their vehicles. They contracted Prosig to take the measurements and provide reports of the…
Is Orchestral Noise Damaging Hearing?
Having played the trumpet for over 10 years I have left many an orchestral rehearsal with my ears ringing courtesy of the onslaught of noise from the trombone section behind me. In searching for a topic for my final year research project as part of my studies at Southampton University, the risk of hearing loss to orchestral musicians seemed a natural choice.
Processing pump data – a classic case of amplitude modulation
When dealing with some vibration data from a pump, we observed some strange phenomena in the data. It turned out to be a classic case of amplitude modulation. Here we explain what that means.
Creating An End of Line Vibration Test System
Prosig was contracted by Imperial Electric in Akron, Ohio to integrate a system for end of line vibration test for electric motors they manufacture. The requirement was to qualify motors under…
How Do I Calibrate An Impact Hammer?
The intention of this article is not to present any new scientific theories or ground breaking techniques, but to introduce new users to hammer impact testing and remind seasoned technicians of a method…
How do we design or modify a system to avoid resonance?
After finding the natural frequency of a system, what could be done to stop or reduce the systems resonance being excited? Basically put, how do we avoid resonance This is…
Rotating Machinery Test Rig
A long-standing customer brought along his power station turbine test rig so that we could give the P8000 hardware and DATS software a good workout. Here's a video of the…
Engine Model Being Put Through Its Paces
Our engine model demonstrator being put through its paces. Runups, rundowns and 'overclocking' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7aVK7aBp0
Understanding & Measuring Noise
There are many reasons to measure and analyze noise. It may relate to legislation or regulations that limit noise in certain environments, we could be using the noise to investigate…
Building a new test model
Recently, we decided it was about time we had a new model for testing, training and demonstrations. Specifically, we wanted something that would allow us to test the full capability…
Vibration Condition Monitoring Doesn’t Get More Mobile Than This!
Have you ever wondered if there is a vibration condition monitoring system that can be installed anywhere and then monitored from anywhere else? Even on your smartphone? Well, there is. The following…
In-situ balance of an Open Cycle Gas Turbine
A vibration problem arose at an Open Cycle Gas Turbine. Following an outage on the four gas turbines and two SSS[1] clutches, the machine returned to service with unacceptable vibration…
