Vibration testing is the process of applying a pre-defined amount of vibration to a test specimen by controlling the parameters including frequency, acceleration, displacement and duration. Equipment can be subjected to vibration testing for many purposes including establishing reliability, detecting resonances or demonstrating compliance with a standard. At LabTest, the test article is securely mounted on our electrodynamic shaker table and vibration is applied at the levels required to meet your needs.
Save time & money
The best way to save time and money is to know how to prepare your product before sending for testing. Make sure to provide the appropriate mounting fixture with the test sample.
What makes for a good mounting fixture?
Is your product ready for Shock & Vibration Testing?
The first step is to know what your goals are!
- Do you need to demonstrate that your product functions during vibration?
Do you need to demonstrate that your product still functions after vibration?
- Are you testing for lifetime fatigue?
- Are you trying to locate the weakest points resonance search test?
- Are you assessing if the product is ergonomically usable or comfortable?
Vibration and Shock capabilities are as follows
Benefits of Vibration Testing
Vibration testing can provide a range of useful information from the early research and development stage of a product through to the final design verification and/ or certification stages. Some of the useful benefits of performing vibration testing include:
- Demonstrate that a product complies with the criteria of various test specifications.
Identify resonant frequencies.
Verify that a product can physically withstand the expected vibration exposure of its life cycle.
Verify that a product can operate throughout the expected vibration exposure of its life cycle.
- Locate ‘weak links’ in the design during the development stage to identify where the most effective improvements can be made.
- Generate maintenance schedules with confidence
Standards for Vibration Testing
- MIL-STD-810, Department of Defense Test Method Standard: Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests
- IEC/EN 60945 – Environmental Testing for Marine Equipment
- DNV-CG-0339, Electronic and programmable equipment and systems
- IEC 60068 series, Environmental testing
- IACS UR-E10 Rev7
- 46 USCG CFR 162.060-30
- and more…
Vibration & Shock Testing Services
- Sine Sweep/Resonance Search, Track and Dwell (RSTD).
- Shock Response Spectra (SRS).
- Multi-Sine and Sine Oscillator.
- Transient Time History (TTH) and Transient Random Control.
- Earthquake Control
- Time Waveform Replication.
- Transportation Simulation.
- Military Equipment Testing.
- Vehicle Component Testing.
- Aircraft Component Testing.
- Marine Component Testing.
- Li-Ion Battery Transport Testing.
- Vibration Sensor Verification.
- Combined Vibration/ Temperature Testing
- and more…