KVA Applications has extensive experience in electrical generator testing
used in aeronautics (airplanes and helicopters) subject to specific electrical standards
It is absolutely necessary to ensure that an aircraft’s electrical network is working properly and that it is perfectly tuned in test laboratories before flight tests. For this reason, the importance of flight safety requires the use of highly reliable and operational equipment. The load banks designed and manufactured by KVA Applications fully assume their role of validating this high-tech equipment, before any boarding as well as during maintenance operations.
We manufactured the electrical test benches for the validation of the A380 as well as the Tiger helicopter, requiring tailor-made equipment:
The skin effect, i.e. the flow of electric current over the surface of the components, and not over their entire cross-section, becomes a real constraint when the frequency is increased. At 400 Hz, this effect requires the resizing of all load bank elements, which is the core business of KVA Applications.
Runway generators provide power to aircraft on the ground for both economic and ecological purposes, taking over from APUs. Thus, the availability of these groups is crucial to minimize the aircraft’s downtime. Regular tests on our specific 400Hz load bench then ensure the proper functioning of these generator sets.
Each aircraft has a direct current circuit as well as backup batteries. This is why it is necessary to be able to test them, during production or during regular maintenance, via a discharge bench. The purpose of these tests is to ensure the proper functioning of emergency and safety systems.
Since more than 20 years, we use KVA Applications load banks. We are fully satisfied with such robust and reliable products
We bought a load bank that works perfectly for the test of our emergency generator.
We bought a reliable and robust bank that has never had any problems since 2011. We like the 1kW resolution as well as the easy handling.
Our KVA Applications test banks have been running 24 hours a day for 2 years. We greatly appreciate the support of KVA throughout this project.
We appreciate the modularity of the KVA banks that enables us to develop a wide range of resistive and inductive load solutions for our installations.