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From intercity buses to Air Force helicopters, our Health and Usage Monitoring (HUMS) hardware is used on more than 1,000 vehicles to pin-point faults before they become catastrophic failures. Machine health monitoring is critical to data acquisition and control applications in order to mitigate failures, detect performance issues, and avoid steep maintenance costs. Our systems provide actionable intelligence to allow for better informed maintenance decisions.
A recent study of HUMS on AH-64 Apache helicopters found the following:
Tyonek Global Services LLC was awarded a contract to implement HUMS on the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Bell UH-1N Huey Helicopters. Tyonek has many in-house capabilities that made them the perfect candidate to provide the U.S. Air Force with a full end-to-end solution. For a successful HUMS system, Tyonek needed a flexible, rugged, and accurate data acquisition device that would be used to collect the information from the various sensors within the UH-1N. A challenge Tyonek faced was finding a company that had COTS hardware with the capabilities to collect both standard and advanced data and signal information. Standard information to be collected included the status of aircraft safety equipment (signal lights, warnings indicators, etc.), oil temperature, engine speed and acceleration. More advanced signals to be collected were engine torque, heading, pitch angle, roll angle, ground speed, latitude/longitude and date/time reference.
The UEI-HUMS1 system was the perfect match as the rugged chassis is DO-160 and MIL-STD-810 tested as required by the USAF for deployment on the Bell UH-1N Huey Helicopter. The UEI-HUMS1 solution simplifies life cycle management and increases reliability by providing a single Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) r eplacing two separate LRUs on a previous design. The I/O provided in the UEI-HUMS1 includes dozens of Analog, Digital, Synchro/Resolver, Speed/Rotation and ARINC-429 interfaces which monitor critical aircraft systems including engine, transmission, flight control positions fuel and hydraulic systems and more.
“UEI’s data aggregation system enables us to deliver a system design for the U.S. Air Force with superior data accuracy and processing power. The ability to customize the UEI component allows us to effectively match the signal processing and size constraints to the program’s requirements, ” said Andy Gignilliat, Senior Aviation Program Manager, Tyonek Services Group, Inc. “The UEI system offers these enhanced capabilities while reducing material costs and increasing the ease of integration.”
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Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), one of the world’s leading bus and coach builders using BAE Systems Hybridrive pictured below, needed a better way to monitor the health of their bus fleets . UEI’s HUMS system, in the form of UEI's COTS compact Cube chassis with I/O, enabled ADL to log critical data from diesel engines, hybrid control systems (from BAE), battery optimization subsystems, and AC units via CAN-bus. With the use of two RS-232 ports on the same chassis, data from door control systems (VAPOR) and GPS could also be collected.
The UEI’s HUMS allowed data to be securely accessed (and stored) in real-time while busses were in service through automatic WiFi uploads to a fleet health monitoring system. ADL uses this information to prevent major breakdowns, better determine maintenance and repair times, and ensure that busses operate at peak performance and efficiency. UEI's HUM solution has been so successful it has been deployed on over 1000 buses worldwide.
In this webinar we explore practical insights and real-world applications of continuous monitoring systems in the industry, as well as extending the technology to on-platform test. Discover the surprising connection between a Coca-Cola machine at Carnegie Mellon and turbine engines: both utilize continuous-based Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) to enhance maintenance, extend lifespan, and improve reliability. #HUMS
UEI now offers an ARM based platform that offers a number of new features including optional HDMI output. #processing #ethernet #hardware #flexible
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When failure isn’t an option, one system leads the mission. Introducing the DNR-MIL-4 from United Electronic Industries. The MIL-4 is a rugged, reliable data acquisition and control solution engineered for extremes. From launch pads to the front lines, this is the COTS I/O system redefining aerospace and defense applications. #COTS #rugged #military #defense #hardware
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BAE Systems HybriDrive® Propulsion System is a smart electric drive propulsion system that can power inner-city transit at lower costs than traditional diesel propulsion systems. Learn how UEI created a reliable and cost-effective solution for BAE & watch video of BAE bus in action here .