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m+p international
Newsletter
Issue 3
Welcome to the m+p international Newsletter, the periodic technical review presented by m+p international - the test and measurement system specialists. The m+p international Newsletter is cirulated
exclusively to test engineers and managers involved in vibration test,
data acquisition and signal analysis and hopes to bring you some useful
technical snippets gleaned from around the world and from around the test
and measurement industry. We always look forward to your inputs, m+p international – ISO 9001:2000 certified |
In this Issue:1. Online and Parallel
Throughput Processing for Random, Sine, Shock and Acoustic
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1. Online and Parallel Throughput Processing for Random, Sine, Shock and Acoustic DataThe VibRecorder is m+p international's data acquisition and analysis system based on Agilent's VXIbus hardware technology and MS Windows NT/2000/XP operating system. It provides online and parallel throughput processing for random, sine and shock data. The throughput function allows users to record all channels continuously in the time domain on the embedded VXI disk - irrespective of the channel count and the frequency range utilized. With the simple addition of m+p international's SmartOffice software modules, VibRecorder will also provide online and parallel throughput processing for acoustic data.
Please download more information on the VibRecorder as pdf-file. |
2. VXI Technology Acquires Agilent Technologies' Mechanical Data Acquisition ProductsAgilent 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.For any questions, please contact your local m+p international sales office: mpi@mpide.de(Europe and Asia) or sales@mpina.com (USA and Canada).
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3. Multi-Channel Transient Recorderm+p international's TransRecorder is a multi-channel transient recorder featuring a 800 kSA/s sample rate. Based on the 4-channel Agilent E1564A VXI digitizer, which allows input ranges of up to 256 V, a VXI mainframe and an IEEE-1394 FireWire interface card system, configurations of up to 48 channels are supported. The data can be stored on the on-board memory of up to 128 Mbytes. The transient recorder is ideally suited for recording and analysing electronic and mechanical transient waveforms in manufacturing test, product development and engineering research. This also applies to environments with high levels of electrical noise, requiring particularly good common mode noise rejection. Applications include underwater acoustics, pyroshock and jet-engine testing.
Please download more information on the multi-channel transient recorder as pdf-file.
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4. SmartOffice Supports National Instruments PCI-4472 and PXI-4472 Cardsm+p international's SmartOffice was developed to meet customer requirements for the next generation. The Noise & Vibration tools provide advanced features in a fully integrated, intuitive and easy-to-use implementation. Key benefits of this powerful native Windows application include handling a wide variety of standard NVH data file formats, 2D and 3D graphics, animation, ActiveX Viewers, wizard-driven acquisition, analysis and reporting. Fully integrated with Microsoft Office, ActiveX documents provide unique and unmatched capabilities. SmartOffice supports National Instruments dynamic acquisition measurement hardware. Based around the National Instruments PCI/PXI-4472 cards, systems can be configured from 2 to 112 input channels. A wide variety of measurement functionality includes FRF, auto- and crosspower, power spectral density, transfer function, coherence, auto- and crosscorrelation. SmartOffice provides dedicated wizards for modal, MIMO, impact testing, rotating machinery/order tracking, acoustics and digital throughput of time data to disk. Other features include on-line graphics for time and frequency domain analysis along with an advanced Post-Processing wizard for analysis of previously recorded signals. Beyond all standard SmartOffice capabilities, the built-in Visual Basic like programming language allows users unlimited expandability and direct connection with LABView® and MatLab®. Last but not least, our SmartOffice Assistant will guide a novel user through a complete interactive training. Please contact your local m+p international
sales office for more information on SmartOffice: Check out http://www.ni.com for more information on the National Instruments products.
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5. m+p international Wins Army ContractThe U.S. Army in Fort Huachuca, Arizona recently awarded m+p international of Verona, New Jersey a contract for four VibRunner Vibration Control and Data Analysis Systems to be utilized by EPG Testing Group. The contract requires complete automatic control of four existing climatic chambers via LAN with or without vibration simulation. The VibRunner, m+p international's mid-range vibration control and analysis system based on Agilent's VXIbus hardware technology and Windows NT/2000/XP operating system, will provide all control modes including Random, Sine (both with notching), Shock, SRS, Sine-on-Random, and Random-on-Random. Data Analysis tools include m+p international's SmartOffice for multi-channel DSA, structural analysis, rotating machinery analysis, acoustic analysis, and vibration control analysis, with the SmartOffice e-Reporter guaranteeing seamless integration with Microsoft Office products for test reporting. The VibRunner is configured with m+p international's Chamber Control and Interface software for complete set-up and control of the climatic environment. Please read more information on our VibControl systems.
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6. Dates for Your Diarym+p international will show its latest products
at the following trade
shows.
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7. Interesting WebsitesAgain, we have found some websites that may be of interest to you or a colleague - don't keep them secret, pass them around... http://www.matweb.com A good data base of
material properties. There are details of all material properties here
from stiffness to density on thousands of materials and because it's
entered by the manufacturers it has lots of specials too.
Download our VibSlideRule,
the multi-function vibration calculator from m+p international, or read
the interesting
articles describing vibration and acoustic control
applications.
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8. Thought for the Day
'Common sense is genius dressed in its
working clothes.' - Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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Well, that brings to a close this edition of the m+p international Newsletter. If there are items of info you would like to see here or if you have useful tips for the rest of the environmental test world, then please send us your pointers and we'll include them in the next edition. Please forward this Newsletter to your colleagues if you have found it of interest, spread the word... We look forward to hearing from you all. With regards, m+p international listens to customers... |
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