FlexTest® Controllers

Leverage the highly scalable FlexTest architecture and industry-proven 793 software toolset to define and automate virtually any material, component, subsystem or structural test. Foundational to the MTS testing portfolio, FlexTest controllers are deployed worldwide, delivering high-speed closed-loop control, function generation, transducer conditioning and data acquisition for myriad applications spanning aerospace, automotive, biomedical, civil engineering, rail and more. 

Test Specimens

Key Product Features

Accurate

Optimum test data fidelity is achieved with adaptive control techniques, calculated channels, cascaded control loops and RPC interoperability

Versatile

An evolved EtherCAT interface, full-featured 793 software and MTS application software provide the tools needed to address a diverse array of test requirements

Scalable

Industry-proven, modular architecture can be readily scaled to support demands for higher performance, growing test complexity and expanding project volume

Synchronized

FlexTest controllers employ the same internal clock as MTS FlexDAC 20 units to provide the industry's only truly synchronized control and data acquisition solution

Model Comparison

FlexTest 40

  • Test stations: 1 or 2
  • Control channels: up to 4
  • Conditioned transducer inputs: up to 12
  • Auxiliary data inputs: up to 16

FlexTest 60

  • Test stations: up to 4 (or 6 if on/off HSMs)
  • Control channels: up to 8
  • Conditioned transducer inputs: up to 24
  • Auxiliary data inputs: up to 32

FlexTest 100

  • Test stations: up to 8
  • Control channels: up to 16
  • Conditioned transducer inputs: up to 40
  • Auxiliary data inputs: up to 64

FlexTest 200

  • Test stations: up to 8
  • Control channels: up to 40
  • Conditioned transducer inputs: up to 80
  • Auxiliary data inputs: up to 96

Elite Performance

FlexTest Models 60, 100 and 200 equipped with significantly increased processing power, which can be used to gain:

  • Higher Channel Counts
  • Increased Computational Horsepower
  • Faster System Rates

Featured Case Studies

National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR): Expanding Full-Scale Structural Testing
BWI - improving productivity with lab monitoring

Technical Overview

Enhanced Processing Power for Evolving Test Complexity

Strategic enhancements to the FlexTest digital system controller platform have yielded significant increases in processing power.

Developed to help test labs address evolving test complexity and demands for increased accuracy, economy and efficiency, new FlexTest Elite Performance Models 60, 100 and 200 are purpose-engineered to deliver:

  • Higher Channel Counts
  • Faster System Rates
  • Increased Computational Capacity

 FTEP
 Maximum System Update Rates

Control
Channels

FlexTest 60

FlexTest 100

FlexTest 200

Standard

Elite Performance

Standard

Elite Performance

Standard

Elite Performance

1-2

6144 Hz

8192 Hz

6144 Hz

8192 Hz

6144 Hz

8192 Hz

3-4

4096 Hz

8192 Hz

4096 Hz

8192 Hz

4096 Hz

8192 Hz

5-8

2048 Hz

6144 Hz

2048 Hz

6144 Hz

2048 Hz

6144 Hz

9-16

NA

4096 Hz

2048 Hz

4096 Hz

2048 Hz

4096 Hz

17-32

NA

NA

NA

4096 Hz

2048 Hz

4096 Hz

32-40

NA

NA

NA

NA

1024 Hz

4096 Hz

40+

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

4096 Hz

The Elite Performance Advantage - Automotive The Elite Performance Advantage - Aerospace

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