Aerospace
Aerospace components work between deep cold at altitude and heavy vibration on take-off. The demands on accuracy and reliability run higher than in almost any other industry, and at the same time every gram counts against payload.
The highest demands on accuracy and certification on one side, a strict weight and maintenance budget on the other: between those two limits, many interesting points simply go unmeasured. Not because it is technically impossible, but because the measuring chain is too heavy, too maintenance-hungry, or both.
A contactless sensor with nothing to wear out moves that boundary. The measurement sits on the part that is already there rather than adding an assembly to the load path, and maintenance stops being a question at all.
Torque measurement on rotor shafts, actuators and test benches
Rotor shafts
On helicopters and electric eVTOL concepts the rotor shaft is safety-critical. Measuring directly on the shaft makes power delivery visible and lets mechanical fatigue be spotted early.
Flaps and actuators
Flap control is critical during take-off and landing. Monitoring the actuators keeps the mechanical forces inside the specified range and makes synchronisation errors between flaps visible.
Test bench and aerospace testing
Thousands of test hours come before the first flight. On test benches our systems validate engines, gearboxes and auxiliary drives under realistic conditions and supply the load profiles the design is based on.
What aerospace demands technically
Integration under lightweight constraints
Weight-critical systems can be instrumented without eating meaningfully into payload or efficiency, because no extra component enters the load path.
Electronic overload detection
As a light alternative to a mechanical slip clutch, the sensors can detect overload electronically, saving the weight of the mechanism.
No maintenance intervals
With nothing wearing mechanically, the elaborate and expensive service cycles that otherwise attach to every measuring point in aerospace fall away.
The same measurement in test and in service
What was validated on the test bench can be captured in flight with the same measurement, so test data and service data stay comparable.
Technical guide values
We match the actual design to your shaft geometry, load profile and installation.
Systems suited to aerospace applications
MEGA Telemetry
Modular near-field telemetry for multi-channel measurement on the rotating part.
View →SensorsTorque measurement
Light, contactless measurement directly on the shaft, with no added component in the load path.
View →ServiceServices
Design, system development and support through to commissioning on the test bench.
View →Use caseTorque measurement in aircraft flaps
Read more →MeasurementNatural and resonant frequencies and what they do to torque measurement
Read more →FundamentalsWhat is a contactless torque sensor?
Read more →Measuring point and requirements abstimmen.
Rotor shaft, actuator or test bench rig: tell us the installation, the torque range and the weight budget. We will look at what can be measured there.