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Open and flexible test rig automation with PC-based control and TwinCAT 3

Open and flexible test rig automation with PC-based control and TwinCAT 3

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| worldwide | germany PC Control 02 | 2018 Open and flexible test rig automation with PC-based control and TwinCAT 3 Augsburg, Germany-based Renk Test Systems GmbH (RTS) developed a test rig for the world’s most powerful aircraft gearbox, which will be used in the new Rolls-Royce UltraFanTM engine for commercial aircraft. The result is an advanced system with a very high rigging capacity of 97.6 megawatts (MW). In this system, PC-based control with TwinCAT 3, as the real-time platform of the RDDS.NG test bench software, forms the basis for efficient gearbox testing and development. Rolls-Royce test rig for the world’s most powerful aircraft gearbox © Steffen Weigelt/Rolls-Royce| PC Control 02 | 2018 worldwide | germany| worldwide | germany PC Control 02 | 2018 Michae

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