CASE STUDIES
SMART SERVOS IN PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS
Smart Rotary Servo Actuator Integrated position, speed and torque control loops Integrated disengage clutch Very high reliability for autopilot flight surface actuation ARINC 429 communications interface Independent dual-lane digital control Redundant sensors and monitors [...]
SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS
Kaney has provided countless rapid response solutions due to quality and delivery issues, typically involving low-cost economy suppliers. Cases have ranged from material integrity and certification issues, long-lead items being dimensionally discrepant days prior [...]
ADVANCED VSCF CONVERTER R&D
A Tier-1 aerospace manufacturer launched a technology development program for next-generation Variable Speed Constant Frequency (VSCF) converters. The technology needed to be quickly matured from TRL3 to TRL6. New technologies and control algorithms were [...]
SPACECRAFT PAYLOAD GROUND TRANSPORT ANALYSIS
In late 2018, a spacecraft mission launch provider had a dedicated mission that included integration of customer spacecraft in Auburn, Washington with delivery to Vandenberg AFB, California. The critical payload included 60+ satellites [...]
US GOV. RESEARCH AGENCY; FACILITY ASSESSMENT
A United States Government Research Agency is conducting analytical research, experimentation and hardware in the loop testing to influence the design of future aircraft architectures compatible with high electrical power loads. Tests are planned [...]
CONFORMED ELECTRICAL POWER TEST LABORATORY
An aerospace Tier 1 company was selected as the supplier of choice for an advanced alternate electrical power generation and conversion system. To meet the high-power density and power demands of the next generation [...]
SYSTEM INTEGRATION TEST FACILITY
An aerospace Tier 1 original equipment manufacturing company developing a primary electrical power distribution sub-system agreed with its customer that it would take responsibility for performing technical maturation and risk reduction development testing. To [...]
AIRCRAFT LEVEL RISK REDUCTION TEST PROGRAM
An aircraft manufacturing company developing an advanced fly by wire, state of the art, next generation aircraft needed to maintain non-advocate independence in its early risk reduction development test program. Although the validation and [...]
TIER 1 ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM ASSESSMENT
An aerospace electrical power system manufacturing company developing an advanced next generation power distribution and load management system had set out to evolve a legacy system developed decades previously. As the electrical power system [...]
CUSTOMER COLLABORATION; PRODUCT ENHANCEMENT
One of Kaney’s advanced servo system actuators is used in a multi-platform advanced flight control system provided by a Tier 1 aerospace manufacturing company. The system has been in reliable operation for over a [...]
MILITARY VEHICLE; PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT
A branch of the Military had a successful legacy vehicle in which the legacy wiper motor no longer fit the bill as it severely impacted radio communications from a noise perspective. Because the existing [...]