Structural Testing Stevenage

Our Stevenage Structural Test Facility has over 60 years of experience in structural, component and fatigue testing.We offer a complete range of design, development, test and analysis services that can be adapted to suit your needs. Static testing for qualification and verification of structural integrity Proof testing of Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) Shock and deployment testing of spacecraft mechanisms, including pyrotechnic initiation and release Proof testing of production articles Support investigations and developments Design, stress and development of test set ups specific to user requirements Test rigs are a combination of modular and bespoke providing flexibility and capacity Load control and data acquisition system with an additional, programmable, closed loop safety interlock

 

Facilities

The Stevenage Structural Test Facility is in a selfcontained building with a floor area 750 m²

 

Facility maximum working height is 5.3m head height with multiple 5 Tonne cranes and up to 4 Tonne fork trucks to aid movement and assembly.

 

Three test beds with matrix bolt down facility »» L= 6 m x W= 6 m

»» L= 5 m x W= 4 m»» L= 4 m x W= 3 m

 

Fluid power distribution system to provide up to 3000 PSI (210 bar) 75 Litres per minute

 

Dead weight testing up to 6500kg.

 

Multiple data logging systems capable of 2400Hz scans per channel. 300 channels per system available (Expandable if required)

 

Electronic load control system

 

Load application and synchronisation of up to 24 channels (expandable on request)

 

Load application of up to 600kN.

 

Load measurement range from 50N to 600 kN

 

Capable of measuring various transducers not limited to but include:»» Displacement measurement 20 μm to 1 m»» Temperature measurement»» Pressure transducers»» Strain gauges»» Load measurement