NPO Saturn and LMS signed contract at MAKS 2005, International Aviation & Space Salon in Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia – LMS and NPO Saturn today announced the signing of a contract for a 250-channel jet engine testing solution at MAKS 2005, the International Aviation & Space Salon in Moscow, Russia.
The LMS dynamic testing solution will be deployed on Test Bench 26, located at NPO Saturn’s test center near Rybinsk, and dedicated for certification and production testing of the new gas-turbine engine SaM146.
NPO Saturn is a leading Russian company in the field of development and production of gas turbine engines for aviation, navy, energy production and gas compression stations. The renovation of the NPO Saturn Test Bench 26 is realized within the framework of program SaM146, a joint development of NPO Saturn and the French engine manufacturer Snecma. The SaM146 will power all versions of the Russian Regional Jet (RRJ), created by ZAO "Sukhoy Civil Aircraft". The RRJ is a 60, 75 and 98 seats jet plane, for basic and long-range flights, and provides commonality that will give operators substantial savings.
In the highly competitive aerospace industry, efficient testing is vital to improving an engine design and increasing the cost-effectiveness of the certification process. Aero-engine manufacturers are asked to develop silent, clean and more efficient engines by increasing power/weight ratios. This requires many innovations such as, new lighter materials, new and more complex blades geometries and new nozzle shapes. In this process, testing is an important step towards validation of design and/or certification of the engines. The trend in physical testing is towards an increased number of both static and dynamic channels to acquire more data, with increased on-line and post-processing capabilities. This allows engineers to gain better insight into the engine performances and reliability over time.
The LMS offering matches these challenges with its unique combination of the LMS Test.Lab software suite and LMS SCADAS III data acquisition front-ends. The fully synchronized 24bits front-ends are dedicated to vibration and acoustic testing and provide integrated signal conditioning, on-board storage of calibration values, on-board parallel processing, high performance sampling and high throughput to disk rates. These key features support efficient testing with a maximum of engineering insights into the noise and vibration behavior of the engine. LMS Test.Lab offers flexible visualization of the measurements on several graphic screens on the control consoles. It also offers alarm monitoring on all the measurement channels, offering optimal security during the test. The LMS system allows gapless recording of large data volumes during at least 8 hours. All data is stored on a centralized archiving system, and is easily managed through LMS Tec.Manager.
Alexander Piontkovsky, Director Information Technologies, NPO Saturn, sees the selection of LMS as an important step, “LMS is an essential building block in sustaining the NPO Saturn capability to carry out the most advanced development projects and production of gas turbine machinery. The excellent track record of LMS as a supplier for the aerospace industry, and its local support team in Russia, convinced NPO to select LMS. Through the implementation of the LMS large channel count solution and its extensive analysis capabilities, we expect our engineers to securely perform dynamic jet engine testing, while at the same time accelerate data acquisition and test validation, to lead us to maximum return of our testing facilities.”
Filip Pintelon, General Manager of the LMS Test Division, concluded, “We are very pleased with NPO Saturn’s choice for LMS solutions in the challenging application of dynamic jet engine testing. Increasing performance through high channel count, reliable and automatic tracking of channels and digital technology will support NPO Saturn in efficient production and certification testing of state of the art engines. Our LMS Russia representative office is strongly committed to assist in the successful deployment of the LMS solution, and safeguard NPO Saturn’s excellent reputation as the Russian largest designer and manufacturer of gas turbine machinery.”
About LMS:
LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. LMS enables its customers to get better products faster to market, and to turn superior process efficiency to their strategic competitive advantage. LMS delivers a unique combination of virtual simulation software, testing systems, and engineering services. We are focused on the mission critical performance attributes in key manufacturing industries, including structural integrity, handling, safety, reliability, comfort and sound quality. Through our technology, people and over 25 years of experience, LMS has become the partner of choice for most of the leading discrete manufacturing companies worldwide. LMS, a Dassault Systèmes Gold Partner, is certified to ISO9001:2000 quality standards and operates through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.
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