Ideal Profile
Ideal Aerosmith has been providing innovative test solutions since its founding in 1938
by a group of former airline maintenance personnel. Almost immediately, Ideal became
well known in aviation maintenance shops for its reliable test equipment such as
the Scorsby Table, Manual Tilt & Turn Table, and Rate-of-turn Table. During the
early 1980's Ideal developed its first automatic position and rate table system
for Litton Industries. Ideal Aerosmith has now become a leader in providing precision
motion simulation test systems to high-tech companies around the world.
In addition to a full line of motion systems, today's Ideal Aerosmith has expanded
our capabilities to include full turnkey services in the design, manufacture, and
field support of aerospace Automatic Test Equipment (ATE). Our skill set includes
test system design and integration, test software development, test requirements
definition, and Test Program Set (TPS) Development. We are proficient at obsolescence
re-engineering to upgrade existing legacy test systems.
Ideal performs high-value contract and build-to-print manufacturing of test systems,
fixtures, test adapters (ITAs), and cables. Ideal can provide test hardware and
software design, as well as build-to-print electromechanical assembly.
In January 2005, Ideal Aerosmith hired almost all of the personnel from the former Carco
Electronics, of Pittsburgh, PA and Menlo Park, CA. The addition of this experienced
technical talent now allows Ideal Aerosmith to offer high precision rate and
positioning systems, real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) motion control, and high-dynamic
electric and hydraulic flight motion systems.
Ideal Aerosmith also offers full service, calibration, and upgrade support for all
of its products as well as for legacy Carco Electronics and Contraves-Goerz electric
and hydraulic rate tables and motion platforms.
We are committed to working closely with our customers during the entire product
lifecycle. For example, we have the capability to deliver quality documentation
in most drawing formats and to perform on-site installation and training anywhere
it is needed. We have delivered high value custom-engineered test solutions ranging
from ATE systems for testing weather radar transceivers, to 5-axis Hardware-in-the-Loop
Missile Flight Motion Simulators.