News Archive

· Revision 2.8 for VibControl Now Available
· Diskless Computer Technology
· SmartOffice 2.4 with Many Interesting Enhancements
· Time Domain Recording for Vibration and Acoustic Control
· ACON Canister Preconditioning Update
· VibControl Revision 2.7 Now Available
· VXI Technology Acquires Agilent Technologies' Mechanical Data Acquisition Products
· Comprehensive Analysis & Reporting for Agilent's 35670A Analyzer
· Astrium Upgrades VibExec to 128 Input Channels
· m+p international Installs 96-Channel Data Acquisition System
· NASA Contract Awarded to m+p international
· 96-Channel System for Astrium
· KIS Process Data Interface for VW Power Plant
· Airbag Electronics Test System for Volkswagen
· Special Vibration Control Solution for CASA

Revision 2.8 for VibControl Now Available

m+p international continues to keep pace with the most demanding vibration test requirements and productivity needs. With the release of 2.8, m+p international's VibControl software becomes even more powerful and user-friendly. More...

Diskless Computer Technology

m+p international, the recognized solution provider for vibration and acoustic applications, successfully completed a project to establish secure, remote network integration for vibration analysis at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Saving time and money, making operations more efficient and improving computer security are the main benefits of using diskless computer technology in a manufacturing setting. More...

SmartOffice 2.4 with Many Interesting Enhancements

SmartOffice is m+p international's solution for noise and vibration measurement, analysis and reporting. It is scalable and offers modules for FFT, modal, rotate and octave analyses. For user flexibility, the decision regarding acquisition hardware was kept open to allow interfaces with National Instruments, VXI Technology, Bustec and Teac.
Within one application, SmartOffice allows you to import data from more than 20 different standard N&V formats, do real-time data acquisition, analyse results and create reports – in the field, in the lab and in the office. More...

Time Domain Recording for Vibration and Acoustic Control

More and more customers and analysts alike are requesting both the original time data and processed data. m+p international’s vibration control systems such as the VCP_PC, VibPilot, VibRunner and VibExec now support Time Domain Recording while running any vibration or acoustic control mode. Also known as digital through-put, the original gap-free time history data can be very valuable for post-test analysis and historical archiving reasons. Now with the simple addition of a PCI plug-in card and m+p’s SmartOffice Through-Put Wizard, software module up to eight, sixteen, twenty-four, thirty-two channels and beyond can be recorded to disk at rates to 102.4 kHz sampling without compromising control. SmartOffice’s Advanced Data Reduction Wizards for Random, Sine and Shock allow overlap processing, blocksizes over 32,768, different windowing and averaging techniques for Random; overall level, harmonic analysis and COLA spline fit for high accuracy Sine analysis and in Shock up to 1/24^th Octave analysis, primary, residual, positive and negative SRS, signal pre-conditioning and automated processing with multiple damping estimates. Data can be analyzed locally or if the control system is tied up, on a remote PC.

If something fails you’ll never miss having the snapshot of data you need...

Similar to m+p’s Vibco software the SmartOffice Through-Put and Advanced Data Reduction Wizards run in Microsoft Windows NT/2000 or XP environment with an intelligent wizard providing safe, simple and efficient user guidance. An e-Reporter offers many convenient reporting features, for instance, you can copy and paste all obtained graphical results into ActiveX compliant applications such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for richer and more comprehensive reports. SmartOffice is scalable and supports modules for Modal and Advanced Modal Analysis, Acoustic Analysis, Rotating Machinery Analysis along with an Advanced Post Processing Wizard. Repetitive tasks can be automated using a Visual Basic-compatible programming language. The software package also includes a step-by-step approach to create a geometry model of the unit under test for operating deflection shape analysis.

SmartOffice supports National Instruments PCI-4472 and PXI-4472 8-channel dynamic signal acquisition devices. The input channels of these models simultaneously digitize input signals over a bandwidth from DC to 45 kHz. Other features of the NI 4472: 24-bit resolution, 120 dB dynamic range, 102.4 kS/s maximum sampling rate, 45 kHz alias-free bandwidth, ± 10 V input signal range, AC/DC coupling, ICP® conditioning - software configurable.

ACON Canister Preconditioning Update

Our ACON system for automated vehicle canister preconditioning is used by the automotive industry, test facilities and the manufacturers of carbon canisters. The vehicle canisters will be automatically preconditioned, i.e. purged and loaded, to prepare them for the subsequent HC emission measurements (SHED tests) according to CARB/EPA.

The latest version of ACON offers you some powerful enhancements. The ACON components are now mounted on boards which are fixed on telescopic rails and can be pulled out to the front of the rack, enabling a very easy access to the components. More...

VibControl Revision 2.7 Now Available

The latest update of m+p international's VibControl shaker control systems offers interesting software enhancements. They make the VibControl systems for environmental test simulation and vibration analysis even more powerful and user-friendly.

VibControl now provides a complete solution for time domain replication of field data on electrodynamic or hydraulic shakers. The powerful graphical editor simplifies the reviewing and compiling of your field sample data and ensures test feasibility is thoroughly evaluated at an early stage. An unmatched range of powerful tools is available at test completion to generate informative reports.

Typical applications include: roadload simulation, engine vibration replication, replication of flight recorded vibration such as gunfire, replication of package transportation vibration data, long-time transient signal replication (e.g. earthquake simulation). More...

VXI Technology Acquires Agilent Technologies' Mechanical Data Acquisition Products

Agilent Technologies, our partner for high-quality VXIbus-based data acquisition systems for many years, and VXI Technology announced an agreement for VXI Technology to acquire Agilent’s mechanical data acquisition product segment within its test and measurement business. Agilent, spun off from Hewlett Packard Company in 1999, said it is divesting this product segment as part of an overall effort to redefine its strategic focus.

VXI Technology, headquartered in Irvine, California, is a global supplier of modular VXIbus test systems. The company possesses excellent ressources for the development, sale and support of sophisticated signal analysis solutions. Many Agilent employees will be employed by VXI Technology assuring the product expertise and long history in this market will continue.

VXI Techology will not only be responible for the sale of the acquired Agilent products, but will present interesting new noise and vibration products in the immediate future. m+p international plans to continue support of these products.

You, our customers, who work with m+p international products based on Agilent VXIbus hardware, can expect innovative and powerful system solutions. Of course, all Agilent products will be fully supported by m+p international and our new partner VXI Technology – from sales to support and service. There will be no changes in the quality you have come to expect from m+p international and Agilent Technologies.

We look forward to new leading edge VXIbus products and our cooperation with VXI Technology!

Please visit www.vxitech.com for information on VXI Technology inc.

You will find a joint press release from Agilent Technologies and VXI Technology at http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2003/26mar2003a.html.

Comprehensive Analysis & Reporting for Agilent's 35670A Analyzer

The Agilent 35670A 2- or 4-channel portable FFT dynamic signal analyzer is now supported by m+p international's SmartOffice software. Once imported into SmartOffice's e-Reporter, the data measured with the 35670A analyzer, either in the field or in the lab, can be displayed and analyzed. The e-Reporter offers many convenient reporting features, for instance it you can copy and paste all obtained graphical results into ActiveX compliant applications such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint for richer and more comprehensive reports. Repetitive tasks can be automated using a Visual Basic-compatible programming language. The software package also includes a step-by-step approach to create a geometry model of the unit under test for operating deflection shape analysis.

The SmartOffice runs in the Microsoft Windows environment with intelligent wizards for safe and efficient user guidance as well as metadata for user-definable documentation. SmartOffice also support software modules for Modal and Advanced Modal Analysis, Acoustic Analysis, Rotating Machinery Analysis along with an Advanced Post Processing Wizard for processing of time history data. The SmartOffice Measure Data Acquisition module provides a seamless interface to the Agilent VXI measurement hardware.

Astrium Upgrades VibExec to 128 Input Channels

The Astrium Environmental Test Laboratory has been working sucessfully with our VibExec 96-channel vibration control system for more than a year. To test the INTELSAT 10-01 C-BAND ANTENNAS, Astrium now increases the number of input channels by 32 to a total of 128 channels. Channel count extension is very easy: You only have to plug additional digitizers into the existing VXI mainframe.

The measurement and control channels used for testing the antennas at Astrium are specified as accelerometers, force transducers and strain gauges. Output limiters protect the antennas again an overload, i.e. against their destruction. VibExec provides an extremely fast measuring data acquisition which is of vital importance especially for high-channel count testing.

m+p international Installs 96-Channel
Data Acquisition System

Orbital Sciences of Dulles, VA recently awarded m+p international of Verona, New Jersey a contract for a 96-channel Data Acquisition & Analysis Systems to be utilized for spacecraft and satellite testing. The contract requires on-line processing, simultaneous digital recording and post-processing of vibration, shock and acoustic data for 96 channels with expansion plans to over 128.

The VibRecorder, m+p international's data acquisition and analysis system based on Agilent's VXIbus hardware technology and MS Windows NT/2000 operating system will provide on-line and parallel through-put processing for Random, Sine, Shock and Acoustic data. The system is configured with two 73 gigabyte through-put disks guaranteeing gap-free recording. Advanced Data Analysis tools include m+p international's Smart Office Post Processing Wizards for random, sine, shock and acoustic data with Smart Office e-Reporter providing seamless integration with Microsoft Office products for test reporting. With the simple addition of Smart Office software modules the system can be easily configured for modal work.

NASA Contract Awarded to m+p international

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama recently awarded m+p international of Verona, New Jersey a contract for an eighty (80) Channel Vibration Control and Data Analysis System to be utilized by MSFC's Structural and Dynamics Testing Group. The contract requires expandability to 96 channels and beyond. More...

96-Channel System for Astrium

Recently m+p international installed a 96-channel vibration control system based on VXIbus measurement hardware at Astrium GmbH in Ottobrunn/Germany.

The VibExec high-channel count system had its first use in a two-week test series in which an ATV (Automatic Transport Vehicle) fuel tank was tested. These development tests were made to determine the dynamic behavior and to prepare the later qualification. The tank under test is part of the Automtic Transport Vehicle which will be used for supply of the ISS (instead of a satellite). More...

KIS Process Data Interface for VW Power Plant

VW Kraftwerk GmbH operates several power plants in Germany. The emission data of all power plants are centrally monitored at Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg. Since 1989, VW Kraftwerk GmbH has used the m+p international ZEMID Central Emission Data System.

The privatization of the German market forced VW Kraftwerk GmbH, among other power plants, to use new production monitoring tools. The main goal of these tools was to generate uniform analyses of all process data with minimum manpower. We are pleased that VW Kraftwerk GmbH has selected m+p international to develop such a production monitoring tool.

The m+p international KIS Process Data Interface collects data from process control systems of different manufacturers as well as directly at the measuring points. The functions of the ZEMID system in use at VW Kraftwerk GmbH were completely integrated into the new KIS system. All graphic and tabular KIS analyses are available for at least ten years. The Windows NT^TM/2000^TM-based KIS Process Data Interface guarantees easy and reliable operation. The flexibility of the system allows importing the KIS data directly into MS Excel or MS Word for customized graphic and tabular analyses.

Airbag Electronics Test System for Volkswagen

m+p international Mess- und Rechnertechnik GmbH recently won a $ 400,000 project for the engineering and supply of an airbag electronics test system at Volkswagen, Wolfsburg, Germany. The test system is based on the m+p international's VibControl software solution and an UNHOLTZ-DICKIE CORP. SA60-LS20 5,500 lbf/20 in long-stroke thruster. More...

Special Vibration Control Solution for CASA

m+p international Mess- und Rechnertechnik GmbH will deliver a VibControl vibration control system with 48 input channels to EADS CASA Space Division, Madrid. As in all m+p international high-end vibration control and analysis solutions, Agilent VXIbus technology will be used as measurement hardware. The vibration laboratory of the EADS CASA Space Division also checks ultra-light satellite antenna. While checking these light and large structures, bending moments appear. Therefore m+p international will develop a customized solution and integrate the limitation of these bending moments into the control.