Newsletter Issue 8 (November 2005) - Acutronic

06ACUTRONIC InsideExhibitions 2005In the year 2005 ACUTRONIC has participated at various airshowsand exhibitions in Europe and the United States of America – The firsttime also representing Carco Electronics.SPIE’s Defense & SecuritySymposium – Orlando, Florida,March 28 – 31, 2005Dennis Whitehead, ACUTRONIC USAMarch 2005 Mike H. Swamp at SPIE’s Defense & Security SymposiumParis Air Show 2005: ACUTRONICdiversifies the product linesSascha Revel, ACUTRONIC SwitzerlandThe 2005 Le Bourget Air Show was againthe opportunity for many aircraft manufacturersto present their latest airplanesand every visitor will remember the in-flightdemonstration of the wonderful AirbusA380. For ACUTRONIC, sharing the standof the Swiss Aeronautical Industry Group(SAIG), it was the opportunity to show upfor the first time in Europe under the nameof ACUTRONIC and Carco Electronics andpresent our numerous visitors and customersour new product portfolio includingthe heritage of the Contraves and Carcosystems: centrifuges, radar boresight testequipment, star trackers and antenna turretsare now offered beside our low- tohigh-end electrical and hydraulic motionsimulators. ]ACUTRONIC Exhibits at TestWeek 2005 in Huntsville,Alabama Keith Andrew, ACUTRONIC USAIn June 2005 ACUTRONIC exhibited productsand services at Test Week 2005 inHuntsville, Alabama. Test Week, known previouslyas Army T&E Days (Test and EvaluationDays), attracts an audience of industryand government workers, many from theHuntsville area, who gather to hear updateson test policies, and to share information.Held at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville,the 2005 event was sponsored by the DefenseTest Resource Management Center(DTRMC) and was diversified to incorporatethe Air Force, Navy and the Office of theSecretary of Defense (OSD). The event wasa convenient opportunity for ACUTRONICto interface with our customers in the Huntsvillearea, especially those who were alsoexhibiting at the event. ]For the sixth consecutive year, ACUTRONICexhibited at the Defense & Security Symposiumheld in Orlando, Florida duringthe week of March 28 th . Over 5,400 personnelattended, 333 companies exhibited andhundreds of technical papers were presented.ACUTRONIC attended the symposiumas an exhibitor and also as a technicalsession presenter. The technical sessiontitled “Technologies for Synthetic Environments:Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL)Testing” addressed smart weapons testingwith emphasis on the integration of new testtechnologies available for ground basedsimulation.Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) simulationfacilities play a vital role in weaponprogram development by reducing riskleading up to flight tests. Michael Swamp,President, ACUTRONIC USA Inc. presenteda paper titled “HWIL Testing of SmartWeapon Systems”. This paper summarizedthe importance of HWIL testing duringthe development phases of a smart weaponsystem and highlighted the uniquedesign challenges recently satisfied byACUTRONIC. Test results of the flight motionsimulator developed by ACUTRONICwere discussed during the technical presentation.]

07ACUTRONIC InsideGrowing ACUTRONICThe continued growth of ACUTRONIC has not only resulted in aconstant demand of engineering and technical personnel but alsoin a growth of administrative personnel.Carl N. Hockenberry, ACUTRONIC USANew Engineering TechniciansACUTRONIC welcomes Connor Fox andBlaine Sarver, both formerly of US Airways’Flight Simulator Group. Connor and Blainehave a combined 37 years of experience assimulator engineers with US Airways. Theexperience of these gentlemen has alreadyextensively been put to use at ACUTRONICwhere both have been heavily involvedin the production of our state-of-the-artcontroller, the ACUTROL3000 © . In addition,Connor and Blaine have each already madeseveral trips to customers to assist in newsystem installations, system refurbishments,and maintenance and repair services.Engineering TechniciansBlaine Sarver, Connor FoxNew Accounting ProfessionalACUTRONIC welcomes Kim Pidhirny whojoins us as a senior accountant. Kim workedpreviously for ACUTRONIC as a staffSenior AccountantKim Pidhirnyaccountant in 1998 and 1999, and leftACUTRONIC to pursue her Masters in BusinessAdministration, which she receivedfrom Robert Morris University. ]Thomas W. Jung, ACUTRONIC SwitzerlandIn the last twelve months the Swiss operationhas increased its staff in practicallyevery department. As the service activitiesbecome more and more important, thestaffing of this young team is also standingin the spotlight. Appropriate action hasbeen initiated both in our Production Departmentin Olten, as well as in the EngineeringDepartment. Both sectors havewelcomed new technicians and engineers.ACUTRONICSwitzerland(left) Anastasios Stomas,Control Design;Bernhard Keller, CFOIt is a special pleasure for me to welcomeMr. Bernhard Keller, as CFO of ACUTRONICSwitzerland. Mr. Keller is responsible for Finances,Human Resources, General Administration,Logistics and IT. I am glad toget the professional support from Mr. Kellerin these areas as he will further supportthe continued campaign of professionalismwithin the organization. Last but not least, Iwould like to also announce the arrival ofPhysicist Mr. Anastasios Stomas who joinedus from Zurich-based Oerlikon Contraves.Mr. Stomas brings extensive experience inthe field of Systems Engineering and RadarTechnologies to the team.I wish all our new colleagues a goodstart, success, enjoyment of their work andof course, a long and successful career atACUTRONIC. ]

08PinboardACUTRONIC Switzerland’snew Showroom Robin Hauser, ACUTRONIC SwitzerlandA comfortable environment for training and demonstration:the new Showroom.As of June of this year ACUTRONICSwitzerland could inaugurate a new Showand Training room. On entering, the focus isimmediately drawn to a new AC2267 Two-Axis Table and control cabinet. The controlcabinet is equipped with an ACUTROL3000and an ACUTROL2000, which both can beused to control the table.To complement this seminar- anddemo room, a Cascade-controller with aOne-Axis Table is foreseen to be installed.With this room, ACUTRONIC Switzerlandnow has a great facility for customertraining which can include ACUTROL trainingas well as training on the various testShowroom Bubikon, Switzerlandprocedures or table components. It is alsoa showpiece for future customers and visitorswho can enjoy the operation of a simulatorin a comfortable environment. ]ACUTRONIC Groupwww.acutronic.comA Member of Jung Technologies Holding AGACUTRONIC Schweiz AGTechcenter SchwarzCH-8608 BubikonSwitzerlandphone +41 55 253 23 23fax +41 55 253 23 33office@acutronic.comACUTRONIC USA Inc.640 Alpha DrivePittsburgh, PA 15238USAphone +1 412 963 94 00fax +1 412 963 08 16aus@acutronic.comACUTRONIC USA hosts ControlSystems Design Class Paul A. Hollinger, PittsburghStudents from California University of Pennsylvania (CUP)visited ACUTRONIC USA.On April 29 th , ACUTRONIC USA hosted avisit from the Control System Design classof California University of Pennsylvania(located 32 miles south of Pittsburgh). TheControl System Design class is for seniorlevel electrical engineering students. Dur-Our visitors from CUPing the visit, the group of 15 students andtheir Professor enjoyed a talk by LouDeMore about the work that ACUTRONICdoes. They went on a tour of the plant andsaw the various steps that go into producingour systems. The group saw demonstrationsof complete systems and HowardHavlicsek gave an extensive demonstrationof the ACUTROL3000 controller. Afterthe tour, we all enjoyed a pizza lunch togetherand Howard gave the students apresentation on the control theory behindthe ACUTROL3000. At the conclusion ofthe visit, the students were presented withsmall mementos of their trip to ACUTRONICand were encouraged to submit their resumesto us. With luck, one of the studentsmay be a future ACUTRONIC engineer. ]ImprintPublished byACUTRONIC GroupConcept & DesignYesway AG, ZürichPrint run2000 copies05-412-070