More than 400 test bench applications give LUFKIN prestigious references in a number of highly technical fields:
- In aeronautics, for testing the performance of vital airplane components: fuel pumps, electric generators, rolling bearings, hydraulic units, etc.
- In the manufacture of electric motors, internal combustion engines, and geared transmissions, etc.: for all applications both civil and military.
These units are often subjected to very specific operating conditions and benefit from the high level of research and development undertaken by LUFKIN into gear drives. Some speed increaser gear units are used on testing machines at speeds of more than 60,000 rpm where the peripheral speed of the teeth can reach 180 mps.
LUFKIN is the engineering company most often chosen by test bench manufacturers for constructing these customized assemblies. One example is the plant built by Alstom which has been designed to test electric motors for the TGV high speed train of the 21st century.
8,000 kW two-speed drive delivered to GTS for a SCHENCK balance stand installed in Korea.
Test bench for jet engine rolling bearings, installed at SNECMA, Villaroche (France): 40,000 rpm high speed increaser - 250°C - 30 g.
160 kW - 18,000 rpm alternator test bench built for CEGELEC and installed at the AERONAVALE base at Lann-Bihoué, Lorient (France).