Dunlop Dynamometer Does Duty After Delay for Dramatic Development
The Birmingham, UK-based dynamometer of Dunlop Aerospace Braking
Systems has completed a 6 million euro reengineering program to
upgrade it to the most advanced facility anywhere for the testing
of aircraft wheels and brakes. Used to validate the components
manufactured by Dunlop Aerospace at nearby Coventry, the dynamometer
now has increased load and mechanical energy capacity and can
operate under radial loads of up to 150,000 lb and a mechanical
inertia equivalent to 80,000 lb. This is unique within the aerospace
industry and makes the equipment suitable for testing brakes and
systems for the largest aircraft currently envisaged: the Airbus
A380 and latest variants of the Boeing 777.
