Honeywell Engines & Systems
Honeywell Engines & Systems is an advanced technology and manufacturing company serving customers worldwide with aerospace and automotive products, chemicals, fibers, plastics and advanced materials.
Rolls Royce, North America (formally Allison Advanced Development Company)
Specializes in research and development of defense and defense-related products for U.S. Government agencies.
Argonne National Labs
Argonne’s research encompasses basic science, scientific facilities, energy resources, and environmental management. Member of Flywheel Containment Working Group.
General Electric Aircraft Engines
Manufacturer of military and commercial aircraft jet engines. Also, provides aero-derivative gas turbine products to the world’s marine and industrial markets.
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Applies science and technology in the national interest. LLNL’s focus is on global security, global ecology, and bioscience. Member of Flywheel Containment Working Group.
NASA Lewis
The NASA Lewis Research Center defines and develops advanced technology for high priority national needs, directed toward new propulsion, power, and communications technologies for application to aeronautics and space.
National Research Council of Canada
Principal science and technology agency of the Canadian federal government.
Northeast Alternative Vehicle Consortium
a non-profit association of private and public sector firms and agencies, working together to promote advanced vehicle technologies in the Northeast U.S.
Oakridge National Labs
ORNL is a multi-program science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation. Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation’s leadership in key areas of science.
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney designs, develops and manufactures gas turbine engines for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft. Pratt & Whitney also sells solid rocket motors, liquid propulsion systems, and gas turbines that provide power for land and sea-based applications.
Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE)
Oversees programs with an emphasis on development of components, vehicle systems, and infrastructure leading to commercialization of electric and hybrid vehicle technologies in medium and heavy-duty vehicles including rail and marine. Umbrella organization for Flywheel Containment Working Group. (Replactment organization for the Sourthern Coalition for Advanced Transportation (SCAT).
AFS Trinity Power Corp
Trinity combines a super-strength composite rotor with an advanced high-speed motor-generator and delivers flywheel power systems. Flywheel Containment Working Group.
University of Texas, Center for Electromechanics
CEM programs view engineering problems from a system’s perspective, develop new and innovative concepts for solving those problems, evaluate competing technical approaches, and generate meaningful solutions and designs. Co-chair of Flywheel Containment Working Group.
Test Devices, Inc. is committed to providing high quality services and products that meet or exceed our customer’s requirements. We accomplish this through product and process innovation, compliance with ISO 9001 and AS9100 standards, and the continual improvement of our quality management system.
Test Devices has a long standing reputation of providing customers with high quality testing equipment and services and have devoted time and resources to building a sound quality management system over the past several years. In fact, our quality management system has been audited and approved by several aerospace OEM’s.
In January 2006 Test Devices hired a dedicated Quality Manager, and made a commitment to obtain formal certification of its quality system. Certification involved finalizing our quality manual and instituting multiple controlled procedures and processes throughout our test, engineering, and manufacturing organizations. As a result of the hard work and dedication put forth by the company and Quality Manager, Test Devices’ quality system was certified to both ISO 9001:2000 (ISO 9001:2008 now), and AS9100:2004 standards.
The improved quality management system helps assure that Test Devices’ products and testing services are designed, manufactured, and delivered to the highest standards in the industry. Our commitment to quality does not end here however. Our quality manual, which includes a cross reference to AS9100 standards, will be updated on an annual basis. Internal quality audits will be conducted yearly, at a minimum, with additional audits scheduled if quality problems reach unacceptable levels. Additionally, Test Devices will be audited by an independent third party twice a year to assure we are compliant with our self-imposed high standards.
Test Devices’ quality management system, commitment to continual improvement, and certification status is proof of our desire to provide customers with the best quality equipment and testing services.
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Test Devices, Inc. 571 Main Street Hudson Maine 01749-3035 978-562-6017 978-562-7939
Massachusetts Turnpike Westbound
Exit the Massachusetts Turnpike at Route I495, go North on I495. Follow I495 North to the third exit (25A) marked "Route 85 Hudson". The exit road is long, go through one traffic light, turn left at the second traffic light at the intersection of the exit road and route 85.Go about 300 yards on 85 north, to the next traffic light. Just past the truck dealer and Mobil station, turn right at the light onto Broad Street. Follow Broad Street 0.8 miles to the first traffic light. Turn right at the light onto Vila Do Porto Blvd. Follow until the next set of lights and turn right onto Main Street. Continue straight on Main St. for 3 miles and you will see our bulding on the right.
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Massachusetts Turnpike Eastbound
Massachusetts Turnpike East to exit 10, Auburn. Keep left out of the tollbooths, proceed north and east on Route 290. Follow Route 290 approximately 17 miles until it ends at Route I495. Do not get on Route I495, but continue straight as the road crosses Route I495, heading toward Hudson and Route 85. The exit road is long, go through one traffic light, turn left at the second traffic light at the intersection of the exit road and Route 85.Go about 300 yards on 85 north, to the next traffic light. Just past the truck dealer and Mobil station, turn right at the light onto Broad Street. Follow Broad Street 0.8 miles to the first traffic light. Turn right at the light onto Vila Do Porto Blvd. Follow until the next set of lights and turn right onto Main Street. Continue straight on Main St. for 3 miles and you will see our bulding on the right.
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Logan International Airport to Test Devices
From the airport, follow signs for the Ted Williams Tunnel (toll required), into route I90 West(Mass Pike). Follow the Mass Pike about 30 miles west (through two mandatory toll stops) to Route I495. Follow Route I495 North to the third exit (25A) marked "Route 85 Hudson". The exit road is long. Go through one traffic light, then turn left at the second traffic light at the intersection of the exit road and Route 85. Go about 300 yards on 85 north, to the next traffic light. Just past the truck dealer and Mobil station, turn right at the light onto Broad Street. Follow Broad Street 0.8 miles to the first traffic light. Turn right at the light onto Vila Do Porto Blvd. Follow until the next set of lights and turn right onto Main Street. Continue straight on Main St. for 3 miles and you will see our bulding on the right.
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Providence (T.F. Green) Airport to Test Devices
From the airport, follow signs out of the airport to get on Route I95 North. Take Route I95 North to Route I495 North. Travel Route I495 North to Exit 25A, labeled Hudson – Route 85 (state route). The exit road is long. Go through one traffic light, then turn left at the second traffic light at the intersection of the exit road and Route 85. Go about 300 yards on 85 north, to the next traffic light. Just past the truck dealer and Mobil station, turn right at the light onto Broad Street. Follow Broad Street 0.8 miles to the first traffic light. Turn right at the light onto Vila Do Porto Blvd. Follow until the next set of lights and turn right onto Main Street. Continue straight on Main St. for 3 miles and you will see our bulding on the right.
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From North to Test Devices
Get to Route I495 in Massachusetts. Travel Route I495 South to Exit 26, labeled Hudson – Route 62 (state route). Head east on Route 62. Follow Route 62 for approximately 2 miles through several traffic lights until you come to a rotary in downtown. Go 3/4 around the rotary onto Main Street (Route 62). Continue straight on Main St. (no longer following Route 62) for 3.6 miles and you will see our bulding on the right.
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For over 30 years, Test Devices, Inc. has been the world’s premier source for realistic rotational testing systems and services. Our reputation for safety and innovation is proven and unparalleled.
We serve clients in the aerospace, aviation, power generation, energy storage, air handling, automotive, electronics, and medical devices industries, offering our customers the world’s most advanced and accurate spin testing equipment and services
Our clients include:At Test Devices we focus on a careful review and understanding of what our customers need, working with them to develop the most realistic test scenarios possible – precisely simulating the arduous conditions rotating components will face in real life.
Our evaluations and data help our customers improve the accuracy of their lifing models, reduce the risk of engine test cell failures, shorten testing programs, and lower the cost of testing.
Test Devices operates in a state-of-the-art 50,000 square foot facility in Hudson, Massachusetts. We are the leader in our industry, offering spin testing services and equipment to customers around the world.
Flywheels
Researches are developing ways to ensure that power-packed flywheel-battery systems stay safely contained.
Ensuring Spin Test Safety
Spin testing cautions for dealing with high energy parts.
The Spin Doctor
Aerospace testing international, November 2005
Spin Testing Systems...
Allow one to understand the stresses and failure modes of high speed devices in a safe environment.
Anatomy of an Accident.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Vol 115. No 12.
Copyright © 2000 IEEE.
Published Conference Article on Crack Detection
Spin Rig Testing Results
Published Article on Spin Rig Testing
New Generation of Spin Rigs
Creating Realistic Engine Operating Conditions
Thermal Mechanical Fatigue Testing
Realistic Engine Thermal and Centrifugal Stresses During a Spin Test
Honywell Engines & Systems
Honeywell Engines & Systems is an advanced technology and manufacturing company serving customers worldwide with aerospace and automotive products, chemicals, fibers, plastics and advanced materials.
Rolls Royce, North America (formally Allison Advanced Development Company)
Specializes in research and development of defense and defense-related products for U.S. Government agencies.
Argonne National Labs
Argonne’s research encompasses basic science, scientific facilities, energy resources, and environmental management. Member of Flywheel Containment Working Group.
General Electric Aircraft Engines
Manufacturer of military and commercial aircraft jet engines. Also, provides aero-derivative gas turbine products to the world’s marine and industrial markets.
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Applies science and technology in the national interest. LLNL’s focus is on global security, global ecology, and bioscience. Member of Flywheel Containment Working Group.
NASA Lewis
The NASA Lewis Research Center defines and develops advanced technology for high priority national needs, directed toward new propulsion, power, and communications technologies for application to aeronautics and space.
National Research Council of Canada
Principal science and technology agency of the Canadian federal government.
Northeast Alternative Vehicle Consortium
a non-profit association of private and public sector firms and agencies, working together to promote advanced vehicle technologies in the Northeast U.S.
Oakridge National Labs
ORNL is a multi-program science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation. Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation’s leadership in key areas of science.
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney designs, develops and manufactures gas turbine engines for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft. Pratt & Whitney also sells solid rocket motors, liquid propulsion systems, and gas turbines that provide power for land and sea-based applications.
Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE)
Oversees programs with an emphasis on development of components, vehicle systems, and infrastructure leading to commercialization of electric and hybrid vehicle technologies in medium and heavy-duty vehicles including rail and marine. Umbrella organization for Flywheel Containment Working Group. (Replactment organization for the Sourthern Coalition for Advanced Transportation (SCAT).
AFS Trinity Power Corp
Trinity combines a super-strength composite rotor with an advanced high-speed motor-generator and delivers flywheel power systems. Flywheel Containment Working Group.
University of Texas, Center for Electromechanics
CEM programs view engineering problems from a system’s perspective, develop new and innovative concepts for solving those problems, evaluate competing technical approaches, and generate meaningful solutions and designs. Co-chair of Flywheel Containment Working Group.
QC Inspection Services, Inc.
QCIS provides dimensional and instructional quality services.
Industrial Metrology
INSCO is the calibration laboratory for all types of measurement devices provides ISO accredited calibration services for research equipment, laboratory equipment and measurement weights.
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A World of Knowledge
When the world’s most advanced manufacturers of rotating equipment need the world’s most accurate spin testing systems and services to evaluate the critical components they’re designing and fabricating, they turn to Test Devices, Inc.
Test Devices provides rotational testing services and equipment to an array of demanding markets with exacting applications and requirements.
For its many aerospace, aviation and power generation clients, Test Devices offers rotational testing services and equipment that more closely represent operational engine environments. Any closer to the real thing and components would be tested in real engines – a scenario that is simply too risky and time-consuming for most OEMs to pursue at the component level.
Safer than actual jet engine or turbine testing, Test Devices saves its clients millions of dollars through test simulations that more accurately replicate the arduous operating environments of engines. Full engine testing costs millions; high quality, accurate simulations cost a fraction of that.
Test Devices also provides comprehensive spin testing services and testing equipment for energy storage, air handling, automotive, electronics, and medical devices.
Test Devices has developed the world’s most precise, accurate and efficient test solutions because the company employs very experienced and accomplished scientists and engineers. For almost 40 years Test Devices has developed and advanced the science of centrifugal, vibratory and thermal stress testing and measurement of rotational components – critical solutions engineers need to evaluate the integrity and validate the life of component parts.
Test Devices provides the comprehensive spin testing results and data that engineers and scientists need to refine their assumptions, improve their models and select the best materials; in short, to research and develop the safest, most reliable, best-performing products in the world.
Working with Test Devices Makes A World of Difference.
News/Announcements
09.19.2011
Test Devices Successfully Conducts High Cycle Fatigue Blade Testing at Elevated Temperatures
Test Devices recently bucked convention by demonstrating their unique APG technique to perform HCF tests in high-temperature conditions to evaluate advanced new blade designs
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09.19.2011
New Frontiers in Precision, Control for Tight Thermal Gradient and Real-Time Spin Testing
The research and development efforts that Test Devices has invested in advanced spin testing paid off twice recently when customers presented unique challenges to the firm.
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08.03.2011
High Temperature Spin Testing Validates Turbine Engine Component
Component spin testing at engine temperatures offers a method to reliably evaluate components in extreme operating environments.
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06.20.2011
Russian and Chinese Researchers Tap Test Devices for $17 Million in Jet Engine Test Equipment
Two of the world’s leading Turbine Engine Research Institutions have purchased nearly $17 million dollars in jet engine test equipment from Test Devices.