Speed Saves, Force Delivers

Lansmont Corporation has provided test and measurement equipment as well as engineering services to an impressive client base for over 45 years, paving the way for increased product reliability and longevity. The company is behind the scenes of some of the fastest evolving, best performing products available. The stakes of its testing systems are high: For example, the company simulates the impact of road-side bombs (IED) upon military vehicles.

We were honored when the company called on Purakal to provide cylinders for a large assortment of the company’s shock, impact and drop testing labs. Like Purakal, Lansmont tolerates little error, and insists upon robust, well designed products that offer consistent and reliable performance.

One of our most rewarding Lansmont projects involved engineering and provision of a cylinder that would later be installed on the company’s Horizontal Impact Test System (HITS). The HITS is used to simulate the explosive impact of such actions as an IED, in a controlled testing environment. Success requires the successful operation of each individual unit, as well as full function within the larger testing system.

Purakal’s sales and engineering teams collaborated with the Lansmont engineering team to provide guidance on the design and operation of the cylinder — defining expectations before final production began, to assure full satisfaction.

Purakal’s sales and engineering teams collaborated with the Lansmont engineering team to provide guidance on the design and operation of the cylinder – defining expectations before final production began, to assure full satisfaction. Then, the pneumatic cylinder was installed and tested. It performed as specified, with seamless integration into the HITS system. The Purakal design was able to deliver the force and speed that was required to accurately recreate the shocking impact of a road side bomb – no small task.

The results? The cylinder became a critical part of a system that taken as a whole, helped to fulfill Lansmont’s mission to provide state-of-the-art manufacturing, testing, and measurement products to the world’s leading companies. And in this particular case, we felt directly connected to an effort that ultimately saved lives. Today, we continue to support Lansmont’s work, and are a proud partner in their certification of products that function as promised.