New 100 Grms HALT/HASS Vibration System Exhibited at IEEE ASTR 2005 Meeting in Austin, TX

At the Annual ASTR IEEE 2005 Meeting, Hanse Environmental, Inc. introduced a new technological breakthrough with their new HALT/HASS vibration systems. The invention doubles the available six-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) vibration force from the general industry specification of 50 Grms to 100 Grms for accelerated stress testing of products. This is a 100% increase and allows larger product loads to be tested for reliability and/or production screening while markedly reducing air consumption per Grms by 50%.

Austin, Texas, (PRWEB) October 11, 2005 -- At the Annual ASTR IEEE 2005 Meeting, Hanse Environmental, Inc. introduced a new technological breakthrough with their new HALT/HASS vibration systems. The invention doubles the available six-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) vibration force from the general industry specification of 50 Grms to 100 Grms for accelerated stress testing of products. This is a 100% increase and allows larger product loads to be tested for reliability and/or production screening while markedly reducing air consumption per Grms by 50%.

ASTR attendees were anxious to learn more because this U.S. Patent Pending invention will mean that as manufactures of electronic products they will be able to markedly shorten time to market of new products and improve production throughput. Prior to this, Highly Accelerated Life Tests (HALT) and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) were limited by the weight of products tested. HALT is used by manufactures to develop reliable robust products. HASS is used in production to screen out early life defects.

The Hanse 6DoF Vibration system consists of a specially designed table with pneumatic actuators underneath. The system can generated up to 100 Grms over a frequency range of 10 to 10,000 Hz in three axes and rotational about each axis. The energy is largely contained below 4,000 Hz for excellent low frequency response.

The Hanse exhibit displayed the actual Power Spectral Density (PSD) plots that demonstrated this breakthrough achievement. The large number of inquires by the ASTR attendees demonstrated their keen interest in this new breakthrough.

Importantly, the vibration table and exciters are unconditionally warranted for 3 years. Eight standard models are available ranging from 1 to 36 square feet.

For HALT and HASS testing the vibration systems are installed in specially designed environmental chambers capable of temperature change rates of 70°C per minute. The chambers have a temperature range from –65 to 200°C. Humidity is also available as an option.

The new Hanse Vibration Systems are available as a:

In addition, a new HALT/HASS test laboratory with two more being established by our global strategic partners will provide testing facilities to users and will introduce the new 100 Grms vibration capabilities. Hanse is spearheading this global effort.

Over the years, Hanse has concentrated their engineering efforts to continually improve their products. The result is system performance that leapfrogs the industry as witnessed by this new invention.

Recently a fourth building has been added to the Hanse complex in Allegan, Michigan to house their World Headquarters and expanded R&D operations. More information and summary specifications are available at: http://www.hanseenv.com.

The IEEE ASTR 2005 Meeting and Workshop purpose was to share ideas on better ways of accelerating and detecting hidden defects, flaws, and weaknesses in electronic and electro-mechanical hardware that would result in failures during usage. These techniques are focused on testing electronic hardware to destruction limits and root cause investigation to determine the physics-of-failure. The goal of AST is to produce mature products at market introduction and, in making it robust, the product can be screened for manufacturing defects with high combined stresses (beyond end-use specifications) for shorter lengths of time. Hanse stated that they totally support the IEEE ASTR goals and objectives.

CONTACT INFORMATION

John Sexton
Sexton Corporation
Tel: 616-335-8290
Fax: 616-335-9774
sexton@macatawa.org

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