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Is Your Fixture Fit for the Task?

Fixtures play a crucial role in testing, not merely as a bracket to attach your EUT to the armature, but more importantly as a critical interface to provide maximum vibration transmission across the overall structure and to contribute as little non-linear responses into the overall setup as possible. These can look and feel sturdy enough, but have you ACTUALLY checked it?

screenshot with multicolored curves — m+p Analyzer’s powerful ODS analysis package

Poorly designed fixtures lead to:

EUT over/under test
Poor quality test simulation
Unstable control
EUT damage
Wasted drive
In extreme cases; shaker damage, mostly commonly from excessive overturning moments

In a professional laboratory, every fixture should be pretested and qualified as fit for use, in the same way that we check the accuracy of our controllers, shakers and transducers.

Luckily, m+p international offers the perfect solution for this task; the ODS package with our m+p Analyzer software. Simply instrument the fixture and perform a sine sweep. The results can then be mapped over a wireframe model, to produce informative ODS animations, frequencies and damping figures to confirm exactly how your fixture is performing.

Get in touch today if you would like to see this process in action!