Shock vibration testing

With our shock testing software, a wide variety of shock shapes - from half sine and haversine to user-specific loaded shocks - can be executed precisely and compliantly. As shock tests place a high load on the test setup and specimen, the system offers comprehensive safety and protection mechanisms to prevent damage and still achieve reproducible results.

Shock control

Efficiency

Save setup time with predefined shock geometries such as half-sine, haversine, trapezoid and more. Widely used standards like MIL-STD, DEF STAN, and DO-160 are already included as limits and can be loaded directly – so you can start testing quickly and confidently.

Safety

Protect your specimen and shaker with intelligent safeguards: Peak value checks, multiple displacement compensation methods, and optional drive signal limitations ensure safe and reliable shock testing. In addition, displacement signals are calculated live from acceleration data via mathematical integration, giving you full visibility during every test

Flexibility

Tailor your tests with full freedom: Combine sampling rate and number of samples to define individual window lengths and align the shock within the time window to capture post-shock decay behavior. Adjustable compensation parameters, including pre-pulse tolerance and frequency settings, make even complex setups feasible.

Quality

Achieve accurate and consistent results with high-precision control and complete data storage. Features like IEPE settling time for sensor response, configurable control on every pulse, and live coherence display provide trustworthy insights you can rely on.

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Individually configurable shock shapes - also imported

Whether half sine, sawtooth, haversine or freely loaded shock shapes - with m+p VibControl, you can flexibly define and visualize the signal shape, velocity and displacement. Direct feedback on the frequency spectrum and shaker load ensures maximum reliability right from the creation stage.

Integrated safety mechanisms protect the specimen and shaker

Visualized shaker load display, scope mode, ICP waiting time and individually definable abort limits ensure a safe test environment - even with high loads and sensitive setups.

Standard compliance down to the last detail - including MIL-STD & Co.

With freely positionable shock pulses in the usable time window and sophisticated displacement compensation, even complex standards such as MIL-STD can be mapped precisely and professionally - including extensive setting options for pre- and post-pulse behavior.

Embedded SRS check for efficient test planning

SRS parameters can be integrated directly into the classical shock test - this allows you to check during execution whether the signal meets the desired SRS curve. This saves time and often also a separate SRS test.

Flexible scheduling - all in one test

Create schedules with pre-levels, repetitions, direction changes and benefit from coherence and error metrics that can be viewed online - including manual fine-tuning with drive signal adjustment for experts.

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m+p VibControl 2.19 

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Scalable measurement hardware systems - from 4 to hundreds of channels 

Two stacked m+p VibPilot devices feature multiple input and output ports for precise vibration testing.

m+p VibPilot - Compact DAQ systems

Choose our powerful, lightweight, and fan-less m+p VibPilot measurement front-end for all test setups with 4 or 8 channels and combinable for up to 32 channels, whether in vibration testing or in vibration and sound analysis.

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m+p VibRunner - High channel count DAQ systems

Test large structures or applications with high data throughput using our modular m+p VibRunner hardware platform that can be flexibly scaled to handle hundreds of input channels or multiple exciters.

Applications for acoustic control

Useful additional modules

Random vibration control

Excite your specimen with a real random pattern to perform more realistic simulations.

Shock vibration testing

Perform transient excitations to simulate shock loads on the specimen.

Mixed-mode testing

Simulate environments in which random excitations are mixed with superimposed harmonic or random loads, such as those occurring in a helicopter or tank.

Data reduction

Expand your channel count by synchronizing your DAQ system with other vibration controllers.

Time history recording

Use our throughput function to have a comprehensive signal base for further processing, for analysing short-term events during the test or for troubleshooting.

Multi-axis vibration testing

Testing with heavy specimens and several shakers or excitation in 3 axes simultaneously? Coupled or decoupled? With our multi-shaker solutions, you can carry out demanding tests safely and precisely.

Sine dwell vibration testing

Identify the breaking point of your test object during product development durability tests by holding and vibrating it at its natural resonance even if the frequency shifts.

Operating deflection shapes

Easily visualize the deflection shapes of a machine or structure, whether in operation or on a test bench.

Notching control

Protect your specimen and system from overtesting by using targeted notch control to limit vibrations.

Vector notching / Force-limited vibration testing

Carry out more realistic tests with increased system safety and better protection of the vibration exciter, e.g. when testing higher structures. The essential functions for a professional force limited vibration test are also provided.

Vibration test monitoring

Monitor your test stands using a higher-level tool and create clarity and structure in the large variety of signals.

High-frequency vibration testing

Handle high-frequency shaker tests on components such as control units, sensors, or gyroscopes, by increasing the control frequency from 20 kHz to 40 kHz.

Automation with test sequencing

Automate repetitive test sequences, such as a resonance-random-resonance search in a flexible schedule plan. This module also allows the controlled combination with external devices such as climatic chambers.

Automation with REST API

Integrate your tests into your IT environment for advanced automation and remote monitoring.

Transducer calibration

Calibrate your sensors in-house and benefit from a complete out-of-the-box system.

Reporting

Easily and quickly create custom reports that meet your individual requirements.

Useful additional modules

Sine vibration control

Excite your specimen sinusoidally with a harmonic excitation to perform resonance searches or simulate harmonic loads.

Random vibration control

Excite your specimen with a real random pattern to perform more realistic simulations.

Shock vibration testing

Perform transient excitations to simulate shock loads on the specimen.

Mixed-mode testing

Simulate environments in which random excitations are mixed with superimposed harmonic or random loads, such as those occurring in a helicopter or tank.

Road load simulation / Time domain replication

Nothing is more realistic than simulating pre-recorded real signals on the test system, which is exactly what our road load simulation is made for.

Data reduction

Expand your channel count by synchronizing your DAQ system with other vibration controllers.

Time history recording

Use our throughput function to have a comprehensive signal base for further processing, for analysing short-term events during the test or for troubleshooting.

Multi-axis vibration testing

Testing with heavy specimens and several shakers or excitation in 3 axes simultaneously? Coupled or decoupled? With our multi-shaker solutions, you can carry out demanding tests safely and precisely.

Acoustic control

Use our proven acoustic control system for a 360° acoustic excitation of the specimen – whether through loudspeakers or in a reverberation chamber.

Sine dwell vibration testing

Identify the breaking point of your test object during product development durability tests by holding and vibrating it at its natural resonance even if the frequency shifts.

Operational modal analysis

If it is not possible to measure the force applied to the structure, our OMA solution offers a way to accurately calculate the modal parameters of a test object.

Experimental modal analysis

Understand the dynamic behaviour of structures using this toolbox for determining natural frequencies, damping values, eigenvectors, modes and much more.

Operating deflection shapes

Easily visualize the deflection shapes of a machine or structure, whether in operation or on a test bench.

Order analysis / Rotational analysis

For in-depth analysis of vibrations in connection with rotating components, this solution offers rotational speed-dependent insights into the behavior of the test specimen.

Sound power measurement

Determine the acoustic emissions of a sound source by measuring sound power according to the ISO 374x series of standards.

Sound intensity measurement

Precisely measure acoustic emissions and identify sound sources with their levels directly on-site without extensive equipment based on the 9614-1 and  9614-2 standards.

Octave analysis

Convert frequencies into octave bands of up to 1/24 spacing to better understand the human perception of sound or to simplify complex data for vibration analysis.

Thermal monitoring

Record and monitor temperature signals, whether during laboratory vibration tests in climatic chambers or in long-term tests.

Strain measurement

Quantify material deformation under dynamic loads using uni-axial strain gauges and rosettes or monitor multi-axial stresses including online prediction of expected stresses.

Transient capture

Record transient events – whether in the laboratory or in the field – with automatic limit value overlays and a high sample rate.

Shock Response Spectrum (SRS)

Determine the potential for shock damage to your test object by using blasting tests or high-frequency SRS simulations. This module supports both in-field and laboratory setups, offering high-resolution recording and real-time SRS calculation.

SRS shock testing

Verify SRS tests on shakers in compliance with standards. You can individually adjust tests using wavelet calculation and modification, with direct compliance checks from our SRS solutions.

Multipurpose data acquisition and analysis

Benefit from extensive functions for recording various signals along with powerful methods for processing, analyzing, and evaluating your data.

Impedance tube testing

Use our convenient out-of-the-box solution to accurately calculate the properties of acoustic materials, including sound absorption coefficient, reflection factor, impedance, and transmission loss coefficients.

Rotor balancing

Optimize your rotating components by correcting imbalances in one or two planes with our guided and visualized functions.

Notching control

Protect your specimen and system from overtesting by using targeted notch control to limit vibrations.

Vector notching / Force-limited vibration testing

Carry out more realistic tests with increased system safety and better protection of the vibration exciter, e.g. when testing higher structures. The essential functions for a professional force limited vibration test are also provided.

Vibration test monitoring

Monitor your test stands using a higher-level tool and create clarity and structure in the large variety of signals.

High-frequency vibration testing

Handle high-frequency shaker tests on components such as control units, sensors, or gyroscopes, by increasing the control frequency from 20 kHz to 40 kHz.

Automation with test sequencing

Automate repetitive test sequences, such as a resonance-random-resonance search in a flexible schedule plan. This module also allows the controlled combination with external devices such as climatic chambers.

Automation with REST API

Integrate your tests into your IT environment for advanced automation and remote monitoring.

Transducer calibration

Calibrate your sensors in-house and benefit from a complete out-of-the-box system.

Reporting

Easily and quickly create custom reports that meet your individual requirements.

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Support

We offer personalized support from experts with excellent response times, not anonymous call-centre hotlines.

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Calibration

Choose between factory and ISO 17025 calibrations with on-site and rental services to minimize downtime.

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Training

Our experts help you train new employees, master new testing challenges, or optimize specific test processes.

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Maintenance Contracts

Let us take care of hardware calibration and software updates so you can focus on your tests.

“Life safety and security selected m+p as our preferred vibration controller supplier for the intuitive software and competitive pricing. As a UKAS accredited test house, we expect the highest levels of system reliability, stability and support which m+p have successfully delivered with every system.”

Andrew Lawson
Laboratory Manager at Intertek
Leatherhead/United Kingdom

“Life safety and security selected m+p as our preferred vibration controller supplier for the intuitive software and competitive pricing. As a UKAS accredited test house, we expect the highest levels of system reliability, stability and support which m+p have successfully delivered with every system.”


Andrew Lawson
Laboratory Manager at Intertek
Leatherhead/United Kingdom

“Life safety and security selected m+p as our preferred vibration controller supplier for the intuitive software and competitive pricing. As a UKAS accredited test house, we expect the highest levels of system reliability, stability and support which m+p have successfully delivered with every system.”


Andrew Lawson
Laboratory Manager at Intertek
Leatherhead/United Kingdom

Case studies

Mahle Filtersysteme | DE

Engineering tests for vehicles airfiltration and engine components

Aerospacelab

A cutting-edge vibration test system

Element laboratory | UK

Shake and bake testing for aerospace components

China Electronics Technology Group Corporation | CN

Radar reliability testing

Sine control resources 

SRS Shock testing – FAQ

SRS Shock testing is method of vibration testing where a user has a required SRS profile (waveform) and must generate a complex waveform that can satisfy the user defined SRS requirements. The sythesized pulse can be replicated on a shaker or via custom SRS machine or even a pneumatic hammer system.  

Shock Response Spectrum Synthesis is the process of generating a complex time pulse from a series of customisable wavelets. The synthesized pulse is applied to a digital user defined linear SDOF modal in order to asses if the SRS waveform of the synthesized pulse matches the SRS requirements.  

SRS synthesis is used when Engineers intended to replicate a synthesized complex shock pulse on a Vibration shaker system, m+p VibControl is a widely used test system for SRS synthesis.


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