Broadbent provides a range of centrifuge and inertial test platforms for defence, aerospace and inertial-system applications, supporting both small precision packages and larger integrated assemblies. Systems can reproduce controlled acceleration profiles representative of launch, flight and other high-g operating environments, allowing complete test articles to be evaluated under realistic inertial loading.

Centrifuge testing increases the apparent self-weight of every component within the test article simultaneously. This allows engineers to investigate stresses and load paths across the complete assembly, rather than applying a force only through a single fixture or contact point.

Typical test articles can include:

• Accelerometers and inertial sensors
• Inertial Measurement Units and navigation packages
• Guidance and control electronics
• Integrated electro-mechanical assemblies
• Aerospace instrumentation and flight hardware
• Structural and electronic subassemblies
• Large or unusually shaped Units Under Test

Broadbent systems can be configured to apply progressive and sustained acceleration profiles, enabling test programmes that represent the increasing inertial loads associated with launch and other demanding aerospace trajectories.

For larger systems, the combination of high payload capacity, generous test volume and sustained acceleration enables complete assemblies to be tested together with their supporting mechanical, electrical and instrumentation systems.