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<strong>Eric</strong> <strong>Whitfield</strong> R<strong>Receives</strong><br />
<strong>Dis</strong> <strong>stinguished</strong>d<br />
Space<br />
<strong>Fligh</strong><strong>ht</strong><br />
<strong>Honoree</strong>e<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
As a reesult<br />
of dedication<br />
to quality work w and flig<strong>ht</strong> saafety,<br />
Lansmmont’s<br />
<strong>Eric</strong> Whitffield<br />
received th he Space <strong>Fligh</strong>t Awareness<br />
Launcch<br />
<strong>Honoree</strong> Awaard.<br />
Recognized d for<br />
his woork<br />
with industrry<br />
partner Alliant<br />
Techssystems,<br />
Inc. (ATTK),<br />
<strong>Eric</strong>’s<br />
commmitment<br />
to flig<strong>ht</strong>t<br />
safety and<br />
dediccation<br />
separated<br />
him from<br />
other<br />
candidates. Inn<br />
addittion<br />
to<br />
receiving<br />
the award, ,<br />
<strong>Eric</strong> wwas<br />
recognized<br />
by hiigh<br />
ranking<br />
<strong>Eric</strong> <strong>Whitfield</strong> left ft, receiving award<br />
goveernment<br />
from Fred Hendricks<br />
of ATK.<br />
officiaals<br />
and was<br />
hosted<br />
to watch the sspace<br />
shuttle launch<br />
at the Kennnedy<br />
Space<br />
Centeer.<br />
Fred HHendricks,<br />
Spacee<br />
<strong>Fligh</strong>t Awaren ness Coordinator<br />
at ATK shared, ,<br />
"We are<br />
very happy too<br />
work with <strong>Eric</strong> c and the entire Lansmont<br />
team to ensure the saafe<br />
delivery of th he space shuttlee’s<br />
two reusablee<br />
rockett<br />
motors. ATK hhas<br />
come to rely y on Lansmont mmeasurement<br />
technology<br />
to ensuree<br />
the safe passag ge and delivery of our space<br />
technology.<br />
As a resuult,<br />
Lansmmont<br />
has becomme<br />
a big<br />
part oof<br />
the space proggram<br />
and wwe<br />
will be countiing<br />
on<br />
them for future missions."<br />
ATK reelies<br />
on Lansmoont's<br />
SAVERR<br />
3X90 instrumments<br />
to<br />
ensure<br />
the safe moveement<br />
and mmonitoring<br />
of the<br />
Space<br />
Shuttlle's<br />
two reusable<br />
solid <strong>Eric</strong> Wh hitfield and his wife Errin,<br />
flanking Shuttle<br />
Astronaut Greg Chhamitoff.<br />
rockett<br />
motors (RSRM).<br />
Assemmbled<br />
at ATK's WWasatch<br />
Division n in Utah, the RSSRM<br />
is<br />
transpported<br />
by speciaal<br />
rail equipmen nt in multiple segments<br />
to the<br />
Kenneedy<br />
Space Centeer<br />
in Florida for assembly and cconfiguration<br />
of<br />
flig<strong>ht</strong> operations. Lannsmont's<br />
SAVER 3X90, an awarrd-winning<br />
test<br />
and mmeasurement<br />
soolution,<br />
is magnnetically<br />
attached<br />
to each<br />
segmment<br />
to ensure thhat<br />
they are nott<br />
exposed to dammaging<br />
shock,<br />
vibrattion<br />
and climactic<br />
conditions wwhile<br />
transported.<br />
"The SFA <strong>Honoree</strong> Awward<br />
is one of thhe<br />
highest recognitions<br />
preseented<br />
to NASA aand<br />
industry emmployees,”<br />
said DDave<br />
Huntley,<br />
Presiddent<br />
of Lansmont<br />
Corporation. "<strong>Eric</strong> is a true professional<br />
and<br />
his daaily<br />
dedication tto<br />
excellence is a testament to hhis<br />
passion for<br />
persoonal<br />
and professsional<br />
success and<br />
his unwavering<br />
commmitment<br />
to his cclients.<br />
The Lanssmont<br />
team is vvery<br />
proud of<br />
this reecognition<br />
earnned<br />
by <strong>Eric</strong> and tthat<br />
he represennts<br />
the quality<br />
and ccommitment<br />
of Lansmont.”<br />
Lanssmont<br />
Qualiifies<br />
for<br />
NASSA<br />
Mentor-Protégé<br />
Proggram<br />
L/R - Innstruments<br />
Manager <strong>Eric</strong> <strong>Whitfield</strong>, Preside<br />
Dave Huntley & CEO Joe Drriscoll<br />
(4<br />
siggning<br />
with personnel<br />
corpoorate<br />
headquartters<br />
this January<br />
progrram<br />
is designedd<br />
to encourage<br />
NASAA<br />
prime contracttors<br />
to assist<br />
eligibble<br />
Protégés in eenhancing<br />
their<br />
capabbilities<br />
to perforrm<br />
NASA<br />
contrracts<br />
and subconntracts,<br />
foster<br />
the establishment<br />
off<br />
long-term<br />
businness<br />
relationshipps<br />
between<br />
thesee<br />
entities and NAASA<br />
prime contr<br />
numbber<br />
of these entities<br />
that receiv<br />
subcoontract<br />
awards.<br />
th ATK, a preemier<br />
US-based<br />
aerospacee<br />
and defense<br />
companyy,<br />
will partner<br />
with Lanssmont<br />
in<br />
participatting<br />
in NASA’s<br />
Mentor-PProtégé<br />
Program.<br />
Represenntatives<br />
from<br />
ent<br />
in) at Lansmoont<br />
both ATK and NASA<br />
from ATK and NASA.<br />
visited Lannsmont’s<br />
y to sign the agrreement.<br />
The<br />
ractors, and incrrease<br />
the overalll<br />
e NASA contracct<br />
and<br />
Lanssmont<br />
Awarrded<br />
Two SBIR<br />
Grants<br />
Februarry<br />
2010<br />
The SSmall<br />
Business Innovation<br />
Reseearch<br />
(SBIR) proggram<br />
was<br />
estabblished<br />
by Congress<br />
in 1982 witth<br />
a purpose to sstrengthen<br />
the<br />
role oof<br />
innovative smmall<br />
business conncerns<br />
(SBCs) inn<br />
Federally
fundeed<br />
research or reesearch<br />
and dev velopment. Lannsmont<br />
submitted<br />
two SBIR pproposals<br />
for the e US Navy undeer<br />
the<br />
Deparrtment<br />
of Defennse.<br />
One Lansmont<br />
SBIR propossal<br />
is for a<br />
hybridd<br />
shock and vibration<br />
test bed for f extremely large<br />
products.<br />
The seecond<br />
proposal is for a specializ zed SAVER insttrument<br />
to<br />
monittor<br />
sensitive assets<br />
onboard US Navy vessels. OOut<br />
of 7-plus<br />
equippment<br />
proposalss<br />
and 30-plus instrument<br />
propoosals<br />
submitted, ,<br />
Lansmmont<br />
was selecteed<br />
for both. It’s rare to be awarrded<br />
one SBIR<br />
grant, , let alone two!<br />
Recyycle,<br />
Refurbish,<br />
Reuse!<br />
Sustainability<br />
Laansmont<br />
Sty yle…<br />
In Febbruary<br />
of 2008, OOxford,<br />
Mississip ppi was hit by ann<br />
F4 tornado.<br />
Although<br />
plenty of daamage<br />
was evid dent in the surroounding<br />
commmunity,<br />
thankkfully<br />
no one was<br />
seriouusly<br />
injured. Thee<br />
local WWhirlpool<br />
facility<br />
experienced<br />
major<br />
structtural<br />
damage.<br />
Their packaging<br />
laboraatory<br />
sustained<br />
what appeared to be<br />
catasttrophic<br />
damagee,<br />
with little<br />
hope of salvaging<br />
the capital<br />
equipment located<br />
within.<br />
In thee<br />
rubble were vaarious<br />
pieces of Lansmont equippment;<br />
including<br />
large foormat<br />
co ompression, vibbration,<br />
and<br />
drop<br />
test systems.<br />
The force of<br />
th he storm toppleed<br />
the<br />
co ompression testter,<br />
ripped the<br />
heavyweig<strong>ht</strong><br />
droop<br />
tester rig<strong>ht</strong><br />
fr rom the ground, , and flooded<br />
th he pit in which tthe<br />
vibration<br />
sy ystem was mounted.<br />
You’d<br />
think that’s where thee<br />
story ends, in a total loss. Yet with a<br />
dedicated<br />
effort, the folks at Whirlpo ool undertook ann<br />
inspiring<br />
salvagge<br />
endeavor in<br />
whichh<br />
they unearthedd<br />
their LLansmont<br />
equippment,<br />
sending<br />
the vibration<br />
controlller<br />
back tto<br />
Lansmont forr<br />
checkkout<br />
and<br />
evaluaation.<br />
After a litttle<br />
cleaniing<br />
of dust and<br />
debriss,<br />
the controls<br />
proveed<br />
to function<br />
withoout<br />
problems. After<br />
replacing a couple hydraulic<br />
components<br />
on-sitte<br />
due to long-tterm<br />
outside stoorage,<br />
the entiree<br />
vibration<br />
system<br />
started up peerfectly,<br />
like a claassic<br />
car. Twentty-two<br />
months<br />
after the horrific evennt<br />
the vibration test system was<br />
once again<br />
fully ooperational<br />
in WWhirlpool’s<br />
Cleveeland,<br />
Tennesseee<br />
facility. The<br />
entiree<br />
story is a testament<br />
to the perrseverance<br />
of thhe<br />
Whirlpool<br />
staff aand<br />
the absolutte<br />
durability of the<br />
Lansmont-designed<br />
equippment.<br />
Recycle, , Refurbish, Reuse…<br />
Lanssmont<br />
Equippment<br />
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Certificcation,<br />
Youur<br />
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to Tesst!<br />
Operaator<br />
Certificatioon<br />
offered through<br />
Lansmont’s Knowledge<br />
Netwwork<br />
gives you thhe<br />
knowledge, cconfidence,<br />
andd<br />
support<br />
needed<br />
to exercise safe<br />
and effectivve<br />
operation of LLansmont<br />
test<br />
systems.<br />
You’ll increease<br />
the value off<br />
your testing acctivity,<br />
improve<br />
your decision-making<br />
skill, and achieeve<br />
greater succcess.<br />
Thesse<br />
courses<br />
expannd<br />
upon Basic<br />
Machhine<br />
Operation<br />
& Carre.<br />
You’ll leave<br />
knowwing<br />
how to<br />
confiddently<br />
operate<br />
and ccare<br />
for your test<br />
system,<br />
while also<br />
learning<br />
how to<br />
revieww<br />
and interpret<br />
valuaable<br />
test results.<br />
Durinng<br />
2009 Lansmoont<br />
provided oveer<br />
50 Operator CCertifications<br />
too<br />
individdual<br />
users of<br />
Lansmmont<br />
test<br />
systemms.<br />
In 2010<br />
Lansmmont<br />
will expandd<br />
our coourse<br />
schedule,<br />
offerinng<br />
co-hosted<br />
eventss<br />
with partners<br />
such aas<br />
Clemson<br />
University,<br />
Michigan<br />
Certification course, recently conducted at<br />
State UUniversity,<br />
Lanssmont’s<br />
Monterey corrporate<br />
Knowledge Ceenter.<br />
Univerrsity<br />
of<br />
Wiscoonsin<br />
Stout as wwell<br />
as others. WWe’ll<br />
also be offeering<br />
open 20100<br />
Seminars<br />
events in CChina<br />
and Belgiuum,<br />
specific datees<br />
to be<br />
announced<br />
shortly. Now you know! !<br />
UUpcoming<br />
Opperator<br />
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& Sem<br />
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– Clemson, SSC<br />
- Week of Mar<br />
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– East<br />
th<br />
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ek of April 19th une 2010<br />
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Page 2
Lanssmont<br />
Deliveers<br />
Yet Anoth her High-Performance<br />
Shocck<br />
System too<br />
Army Resea arch Laborattory<br />
Lansmmont<br />
delivered yyet<br />
another in a series of one-off-a-kind<br />
high-<br />
perforrmance<br />
shock mmachines<br />
to the Army’s Research<br />
Laboratory<br />
(ARL) in Adelphi, Maryland<br />
just outside<br />
of Washingtoon,<br />
D.C.<br />
Designated<br />
the VITS ( (Vertical Impact t Test System) byy<br />
Lansmont or<br />
Crew Seating Blast Efffects<br />
Simulator (CSBES) by ARL, , this system<br />
expannds<br />
the work already<br />
being perf formed on a moore<br />
traditional<br />
vertical<br />
“free-fall” shoock<br />
machine (a Lansmont L Modeel<br />
P65/81L TTS)<br />
and 91<br />
HITS (Horizontal<br />
Impact Test System) to repliicate<br />
and study<br />
the efffects<br />
of explosivve<br />
shocks exper rienced by soldiers<br />
inside<br />
combbat<br />
vehicles.<br />
AAccording<br />
to the<br />
Congressionaal<br />
Research<br />
Service in a report<br />
for Congresss,<br />
“Improvised<br />
explosive devic ces, also known as IEDs,<br />
roadside bombs,<br />
and suicide caar<br />
bombs, have<br />
caused 60% of all a American combat<br />
casualtiess<br />
in Iraq and 50% % of combat casuualties<br />
in<br />
Afghanistan…” ” As such, it has been among<br />
the Army’s high hest priorities too<br />
attenuate<br />
these impacts with w better, intelligently<br />
designed seatin ng systems and these efforts<br />
are paying off in n saved<br />
lives and reduced<br />
injuries.<br />
Like thhe<br />
91 HITS, the VVITS<br />
is unique in n the<br />
shockk<br />
simulation worrld<br />
with its statio onary<br />
(no prre-acceleration)<br />
table being imp pacted<br />
by a 1200<br />
pound alumminum<br />
“bullet” fired by<br />
a pneumatic<br />
piston wwith<br />
enough ene ergy to<br />
drive tthe<br />
table with a 650 anthropom morphic<br />
“dummy”<br />
and cab upp<br />
to 7 meters per<br />
seconnd.<br />
In addition, tthe<br />
VITS replicat tes an<br />
initial impact to the feeet<br />
of the “dummy”<br />
simulaating<br />
floor deformation<br />
and an<br />
ensuinng<br />
“after shock” ” coming from th he<br />
vehiclle’s<br />
landing, knoown<br />
as “slam down”.<br />
This vviolent<br />
sequencee<br />
is all controlled d using Lansmoont’s<br />
TTSII<br />
(TouchTest<br />
Shock II) ccontrols<br />
to prod duce repeatable and reliable<br />
results<br />
that ARL enginneers<br />
are using to evaluate andd<br />
improve<br />
differeent<br />
seating systems<br />
based on their<br />
effects on oour<br />
soldiers.<br />
Lansmmont<br />
is extremeely<br />
proud to be pplaying<br />
a part inn<br />
this<br />
demaanding<br />
researchh.<br />
Smitth<br />
& Nepheww<br />
<strong>Dis</strong>tributioon<br />
Study!<br />
Smithh<br />
& Nephew, Incc.<br />
is a leading coompany<br />
in the mmedical<br />
device<br />
indusstry.<br />
The orthoppedic<br />
division<br />
of Smith & NNephew<br />
offerss<br />
joint replacemment<br />
systems<br />
for knees, hiips<br />
and shouldeers<br />
as well as trauuma<br />
products<br />
that hhelp<br />
repair the hhuman<br />
body.<br />
The mmedical<br />
device industry<br />
is a heaavily<br />
regulated bbusiness<br />
which<br />
requires<br />
detailed doccumentation<br />
annd<br />
rationale for pprocesses<br />
and<br />
proceedures.<br />
The Gloobal<br />
Packaging DDevelopment<br />
grroup<br />
at S&N hadd<br />
a desire<br />
to revise theeir<br />
internal distribution<br />
testing pprocedures<br />
to<br />
well aas<br />
several other areas of their distribution<br />
systeem<br />
to ensure ann<br />
accurrate<br />
and reflectivve<br />
test proceduure<br />
was selectedd.<br />
The SSAVER<br />
3x90 waas<br />
chosen for this<br />
task due to itss<br />
small size and<br />
abilityy<br />
to be shipped within existing S&N<br />
produuct<br />
packaging, pproviding<br />
shippping<br />
and<br />
handling<br />
data whichh<br />
would cover drrop<br />
heigh<strong>ht</strong>,<br />
temperature, , and relative huumidity.<br />
A testt<br />
protocol was ddesigned<br />
to meaasure<br />
S&N’ss<br />
distribution ennvironment<br />
fromm<br />
the<br />
keeep<br />
current withh<br />
changes in<br />
inddustry<br />
standardds<br />
in the area of<br />
sinngle<br />
parcel shipment.<br />
Prior to<br />
maaking<br />
changes tto<br />
their<br />
procedures<br />
or adoopting<br />
an<br />
inddustry<br />
standardd<br />
S&N wanted too<br />
evvaluate<br />
their currrent<br />
single<br />
paarcel<br />
shipping environment<br />
as<br />
pointt<br />
of manufacturee<br />
to the point off<br />
use. This incluuded<br />
evaluating<br />
steriliizer<br />
shipments, distribution cennter<br />
handling, and<br />
selected<br />
singlee<br />
parcel shippinng<br />
methods to ddomestic<br />
and intternational<br />
destinnations<br />
(10 citiees,<br />
7 countries), aas<br />
well as customer<br />
handling.<br />
The uuse<br />
of Lansmontt’s<br />
SAVER 3x900<br />
and software aallowed<br />
S&N to<br />
obserrve,<br />
map, and mmeasure<br />
their speecific<br />
environment.<br />
After<br />
thoroough<br />
analysis annd<br />
review of thee<br />
project data, S&&N<br />
was able to<br />
confiddently<br />
select ann<br />
appropriate annd<br />
widely accepted<br />
industry tesst<br />
standdard,<br />
the Internaational<br />
Safe Trannsit<br />
Association’ ’s (ISTA)<br />
Proceedure<br />
3A. By uppdating<br />
their currrent<br />
testing meethodology,<br />
S&NN<br />
mainttained<br />
their ability<br />
to create efffective<br />
and efficient<br />
design; all<br />
qualiffied<br />
through apppropriate<br />
perfoormance<br />
tests. TThe<br />
data will alsoo<br />
be shhared<br />
as a learning<br />
tool for otheer<br />
functional grooups<br />
within S&NN,<br />
such as logistics, quaality,<br />
and marketting<br />
in an effort to improve<br />
their ability to deliveer<br />
quality produccts<br />
to their custoomers.<br />
Page 3
In Orrder<br />
to Pushh<br />
the Limits,<br />
You’ ’ve got to Finnd<br />
Them Firs st!<br />
Innovvation<br />
in Actionn…Some<br />
of you u may know Lannsmont<br />
as a<br />
packaage<br />
testing equipment<br />
manufac cturer. Others mmay<br />
know<br />
Lansmmont<br />
as an Instruuments<br />
manufa acturer but manyy<br />
may not<br />
realizee<br />
the level of innnovation<br />
that ev volves from our Monterey,<br />
California<br />
headquarteers.<br />
Walk throug gh our productiion<br />
facility at<br />
any giiven<br />
time and yoou<br />
will be amaz zed with the amount<br />
of unique, ,<br />
high-pperformance<br />
enngineering<br />
on di isplay. Product development iss<br />
ongoiing<br />
not only at LLansmont,<br />
but also a with our cusstomers’<br />
throughout<br />
the worldd.<br />
The requirem ments for producct<br />
durability<br />
and roobustness<br />
continue<br />
to grow eve er more stringent.<br />
Be it new<br />
enviroonmental<br />
initiattives,<br />
changes in n use of consummer<br />
electronics<br />
from ddesktop,<br />
to laptop,<br />
to tablets, mobile m computinng<br />
assets, or<br />
even tthe<br />
proliferationn<br />
of smartphone es…our custommers<br />
are<br />
focusiing<br />
not only on the severity of their t distribution<br />
enviroonments,<br />
but more<br />
and more on o their product’s<br />
in-use<br />
enviroonment.<br />
They ccontinue<br />
to push h the envelope wwith<br />
requests<br />
and wwe<br />
continue to reespond<br />
with sol lutions that perfform!<br />
Just<br />
withinn<br />
the past 45 days,<br />
these innova ative test systemms<br />
shipped<br />
from oour<br />
Monterey heeadquarters.<br />
End Userr<br />
- Supercomputing<br />
Dual, , high-performance seervo-actuator<br />
vibration;<br />
122cm, 500 Hz<br />
tablees<br />
which uniquely can be run independently<br />
or together for<br />
added payload<br />
and performance e.<br />
En nd User - Supercomputing<br />
122cm x 213cm<br />
high strength tablee,<br />
floating seismic<br />
base e, 8,000 lb. payload caapacity.<br />
End User - CConsumer<br />
Electronics<br />
High-speed shocck,<br />
16.8 m/sec, 45cm ttable;<br />
0.2ms shock pulses<br />
with 44 lb. specimmen.<br />
Realizee<br />
that as you reaad<br />
this newsletter,<br />
there’s a veryy<br />
good chance<br />
you’re viewing it on a product that was<br />
developed wwith<br />
Lansmont<br />
technoology.<br />
As a matter<br />
of<br />
fact, ass<br />
you answer yoour<br />
phonee,<br />
change the chhannel<br />
on youur<br />
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up<br />
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in the miccrowave,<br />
wash yyour<br />
hands at thhe<br />
sink,<br />
take a puff from your asthma<br />
inhaler<br />
or turn on youur<br />
MP3<br />
player prior to your workout,<br />
chancees<br />
are Lansmont<br />
technoologies<br />
were invvolved<br />
in<br />
making<br />
those productts<br />
more<br />
reliable.<br />
Now you knoow.<br />
End User - Milittary<br />
High-speeed<br />
24.4 m/sec, 45cm ttable,<br />
7,500g shock<br />
pulses.<br />
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