Interior Component Testing

Interior component testing involves all the elements that make up the interior of commercial aircraft, including seats, partitions, window covers, stow bins, lavatories, galleys and more. Interiors are the most flexible part of the aircraft’s design, in terms of how these elements can be configured. Some tests are simple pass/fail setups that evaluate the component’s normal service conditions (abuse loads) or crash conditions (crash loads), depending on the nature of the component. Other tests, particularly those for seats, can be very complex, involving crash loading (16 G dynamic pulse) an aircraft floor section with attached seats, seat tracks and crash test dummies.

With more than four decades of experience serving the aerospace industry, MTS brings a unique level of understanding to component testing, including the nuances of interior component testing. We also deliver all the technology test teams require to conduct interior component tests with speed, accuracy and confidence. Offerings related to interior component testing include:

• High-performance, fatigue-rated actuators and custom fixturing
• Customized solutions, such as a unique “crash sled” for complex seat and seat
   track testing
• State-of-the-art software that seamlessly integrates control and data acquisition 
   channels and is optimized for large channel counts and large amounts of data
• Versatile digital controllers for high-speed, real-time closed loop control, data
   acquisition, function generation and transducer conditioning
• Clean, quiet hydraulic power units