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SESSION 6 - Innovations in measurement techniques

Mr. Dennis Booth, Manager

SESSION 6 - Hi-Capacity Balances for future wind tunnel testing

Triumph

"The High Capacity Force Balance continues to prove itself as a high performance balance that is capable of maintaining the accuracy across the full load envelope. The ability to redefine the allowable loads based on test requirements enable a single balance to fill the requirements that would usually take multiple balances to meet.
The Hi-Capacity Force Balance greatly increases the load capacity and improves the state of the art performance.

The Transition of the Hi-Cap balance from concept, development to the current production status is complete. The balances have reached full maturity of design in just a few years; Since 2005 we have completed nearly a dozen balances to a wide range of customers, including government and industry. Each of the balances has successfully met the stated performance goals. The reports from wind tunnel testing on the balances are very positive. We have great confidence in the balances as they have been developed on a foundation of successful predecessors. The high capacity design is now a proven dependable balance that is ideal for meeting the demanding wind tunnel test requirements of today and the future. The presentation will cover design, fabrication and calibration results from a number of the various sizes of balances that have been completed over the previous 5 years. We will also discuss the future direct of balance development for the aerospace industry".

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Mr. Dennis Booth, Manager  

 Dennis Booth
Manager - Force Measurement Systems
Triumph Aerospace Systems NN
San Diego CA, USA


Dennis Booth manages the Force Measurement Systems (FMS) group for Triumph Aerospace Systems. He has 33 years of experience in the force measurement field in a variety of capacities and responsibilities. He has navigated the FMS group through a number of changes in ownership while maintaining the group’s focus on producing balance systems and customer service. He is responsible for maintaining balance standards and advancing balance technology in products and processes and developing wind tunnel model positioning systems tailored to customer requirements. Dennis is a founding member of the International Balance Symposium, has presented at each of the seven previous conferences and presided over the 2004 conference in San Diego. As the number of balance groups decline, Dennis and the FMS team are earnest in their increasing role to provide both balances and expertise to a wide variety of organizations in the aerospace community. As the lead of a small group of balance specialist, he helps in resolving both everyday balance production issues and in solving extremely complex force measurement systems requirements.

 

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