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Mirus M-TEST dynamic aircraft seating test facility

Mirus Aircraft Seating Ltd

Mirus Aircraft Seating, Hingham, Norfolk, NR9, United Kingdom

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Testing capabilities

  • Shock and impact
  • Materials and structural testing

Services

Dynamic aircraft-seat structural and occupant-injury tests to SAE AS8049D, frontal-impact crash simulation, ambulance and wheelchair restraint tests, and dynamic seat strength and luggage-retention testing.

Equipment

407 m² dynamic testing facility attached to a 3,800 m² Hingham site; Seattle Safety sled (source: https://www.mirus-as.com/dynamic-testing/) with nominal 2000 kN capacity, maximum 90 kph, 104 g, 20 g/ms, 3000 kg and top 3.5 x 1.5 m; three fully instrumented HII ATDs in-house; FAA HIII ATD available on request; six floor-interface load cells; four seat-belt load cells; up to eight high-speed cameras at 1,000 fps; UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 testing laboratory no. 25962.

Standards

UKAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, testing laboratory no. 25962; Airbus ASR approval; AS 9100 Rev D and POA/A(PDOA) approvals stated on current operator page.

Contact

Operator-wide contact: Email: info@mirus-as.com, sales@mirus-as.com; Phone: +44 1953853200

Approximate location

Hingham · Town location

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