Space Electronics - Mass Properties Measurements

Automotive: transmission parts, torque converters, flywheels
Sport: Golf clubheads and balls
Unmanned vehicles: UAVs, underwater vehicles
Turbines: blades for aircraft engines and steam turbines
Military: Weapons and ammunitions, missile seekers
Aircraft: airfoils, aircraft engines, electronic packages
Helicopters: gimbaled cameras
Space: x-ray mirror, telescope yoke, mass dummies
Computer: hard drive heads
Healthcare: rotating heads, scanning devices

Major Capabilities

• Mass properties on payloads from 1 gram to 6,000 lb

• Dynamic balancing up to highest ISO standard grade (G0,4)

• Gimbal balancing to better than 0.1 g-cm

• Moment weighing of blades with accuracy better than 0.1 oz-in

Over the past 45 years we have accumulated unparalleled experience in mass properties measurement. In 2006, we opened a full-time measurement lab dedicated to mass properties measurement and balancing services at our facilities in Berlin, CT .

Please note that Space Electronics also continues to offer measurement services at the customer's facility upon request.

We offer the following services:
   • Weight measurement
   • Center of gravity measurement
   • Moment of inertia measurement
   • Product of inertia measurement
   • Dynamic unbalance measurement
   • Dynamic balancing
   • Static unbalance measurement
   • Static balancing
   • Gimbaled assembly unbalance measurement
   • Gimbaled assembly balancing
   • Turbine blade moment weight measurement (blade balance)
   • Turbine blade distribution optimization

We identify and provide the best measuring system to suit your needs. As the manufacturer of the most accurate mass properties instruments in the world, we offer the same high level of excellence in our measurement services. All measurement results are referenced to your datum and are certified traceable to the US NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).

We offer test part fixturing and/or fixture design consultation as required. Our experience in designing repeatable fixtures is an indispensable asset to those customers who are looking for the highest measurement accuracy.

Measurement service is done on a time-and-material basis. We can provide an estimate based on the time required to develop any required fixturing, make measurements and balance corrections (as required) and to provide adequate documentation.

Click on the "request a quote" link located in the top right corner of this web page to request a measurement service estimate.