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 LMS Test.Lab
An unrivaled suite for test-based engineering

The pressure is on. Whether you are a Today, as the world of engineering goes
vibro-acoustics expert for a large digital, noise and vibration engineers are
aerospace company or a one-person also challenged to do more with less and
testing department at a white goods work more upfront in the design process.
manufacturer, today’s market Long gone are the days when you could
circumstances require creative problem- simply add some damping insulation to
solving when it comes to product testing. mask a disturbing noise. This is where LMS
The rules have changed: products must Test.Lab™ software comes in. Designed to
be all-encompassing. Consumers want make testing more convenient and
products with personality that offer efficient, LMS Test.Lab is the solution that
uncompromising quality, are ecologically testing departments count on to increase
friendly and will have a long life span, all test productivity while maintaining the
without paying a fortune. utmost quality, ultimately achieving a
higher return-on-investment (ROI) from
existing testing facilities.

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 The integrated solution
for durability, noise and
vibration testing
LMS Test.Lab is a complete, integrated solution for test-based engineering,
combining high-speed multi-channel data acquisition with a full suite of integrated
testing, analysis and report-generation tools. LMS Test.Lab is the ideal tool for
testing departments that need to be future focused: offering the right balance
between ease-of-use and functional flexibility. Using LMS Test.Lab significantly
increases a test facility’s productivity, delivering more reliable results even when
the availability of prototypes is dramatically reduced.

A complete portfolio for durability, LMS Test.Lab and the LMS SCADASTM
noise and vibration testing hardware family. With a single hardware
LMS Test.Lab offers a complete portfolio and software platform, users can cover
for durability, noise and vibration testing, all laboratory and in-field tests as well
including solutions for acoustic, rotating as recorder-based testing jobs. Embedded
machinery, structural dynamics testing, analysis during data acquisition speeds
environmental testing, vibration control, up the testing process and guarantees
durability acquisition, reporting and data the right data right from the start.
management. With its unified interface
and seamless data-sharing capability Right to the source of noise and
between applications, LMS Test.Lab offers vibration issues
users tremendous efficiency gains with the Using LMS Test.Lab wastes no time
added benefit of real ease-of-use. The LMS with trial-and-error troubleshooting.
Test.Lab solution can handle standard, LMS Test.Lab guides users directly
repetitive tests as well as more advanced to the source of the problem using
troubleshooting in a single software and comprehensive, integrated analysis
hardware package. This guarantees capabilities and the unique LMSTM source-
maximum scalability and optimal transmitter-receiver methodology. Users
investment protection. of all levels can trace the fundamental
cause of a problem and solve it efficiently,
Built-in productivity cost-effectively and quickly.
With its unique workflow-based interface,
LMS Test.Lab sets new standards for ease- Adapting to the changing world
of-use, productivity and data consistency. of testing
The software naturally follows the test Virtual models have no value unless they
campaign process, guiding the user accurately represent real life. This requires
through the different steps and suggesting high-quality modeling techniques and
optimal settings for measurement and accurate load data. By testing existing
analysis parameters. Engineers appreciate components and benchmarking
the streamlined integration of competitive products for target setting

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purposes, LMS Test.Lab is extensively used to model virtually from scratch. Easy to
to front load data into the simulation integrate into LMS Virtual.LabTM software
process. The tool provides loading and LMS Imagine.LabTM software as well as
information and feedback to update virtual other simulation packages, LMS Test.Lab
models, and is systematically used to provides the critical support to make
provide test-derived component and virtual simulation efficient and realistic.
subassembly models that are too complex

LMS Test.Lab highlights • Delivers standard qualification testing

• An integrated platform that provides to advanced troubleshooting and
a scalable suite for durability, engineering in a single solution
noise and vibration testing • Complete integration with the
• Solutions for rotating machinery, LMS SCADAS data acquisition hardware
structural and acoustic testing, family for mobile, recorder and
environmental testing, vibration lab testing
control, durability acquisition, • Protects your investment with future-
reporting and data management ready technology and techniques
• A workflow-based user interface
for optimal ease-of-use and productivity
• Combines quick visualization, powerful
analyses and easy reporting

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A complete portfolio of testing solutions
LMS Test.Lab Desktop
LMS Test.Lab Desktop is not just the launch platform of all other LMS Test.Lab
applications; it is an essential application for everyone in the organization – management,
engineers and technicians – who need to access your work, process data and create
reports. Distributed test preparation and postprocessing frees up the expansive test cell
and shows the process-centric LMS Test.Lab approach.

LMS Test.Lab Acoustics

We provide acoustic engineers with a powerful set of highly integrated tools. From the
signal conditioning of microphones and interfacing with digital heads to the acquisition of
sound power levels, real-time octaves and the latest high-tech tools for sound quality
engineering, LMS Test.Lab Acoustics software conforms to the latest international
standards and engineering practices.

LMS Test.Lab Structures

Structural testing used to be a long and complex process. No longer. With
LMS Test.Lab Structures software, technicians can perform large-scale modal surveys in
less than a day. LMS is renowned for its modal testing experience – from impact testing of
small structures to campaigns using many shakers and hundreds of measurement
channels. LMS Test.Lab extends that tradition while LMS Test.Lab Polymax provides a
state-of-the-art modal parameter estimator and expert-like automatic modal pole
selection (AMPS) – a combination that results in fast and user-independent results.

LMS Test.Lab Rotating Machinery

Troubleshooting and product refinement demand a comprehensive array of tools:
waterfall mapping to globally characterize the problem; order tracking for an in-depth
investigation; time data to experience the sound; a complete set of processing functions,
including angle domain processing based on data sampled at fixed angles; specialized
modules to help assimilate and visualize the vast amounts of data that are generated.
Whether you are measuring with an engine dynamometer (dyno), in a vehicle on the
proving ground or in the field near a large turbine, LMS Test.Lab is the efficient, cost-
effective choice.

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LMS Test.Lab Transfer Path Analysis
LMS Test.Lab is packed with enhanced features that promise to help every test department
save time and resources. With the broadest portfolio of transfer path analysis solutions on
the market, LMS can help customers tackle issues from every possible angle – from simple
systems with a single soft-mounted source to complex structures with multiple and
variable mounted sources.

LMS Test.Lab Vibration Control

LMS Test.Lab Vibration Control software is an entry-level vibration control solution with
high-end performance. It combines optimal ease-of-use with the performance and
reliability of an advanced system. The system offers accurate closed-loop shaker control
and maximum built-in safety mechanisms, which minimizes the risks of damaging costly
test items. User guidance and secure automation capabilities deliver maximum
productivity and enable testing teams to meet critical deadlines.

LMS Test.Lab Environmental

LMS Test.Lab brings you the most advanced and complete range of environmental testing
solutions on the market – a powerful, high-speed multi-channel vibration control system
to measure, monitor and control prelaunch vibration tests on multibillion-euro satellites.

LMS Test.Lab Durability Acquisition

LMS Test.Lab Durability Acquisition software is an integrated, end-to-end solution for road
load data acquisition, designed to make testing more efficient and more convenient. From
a single software platform, you have complete control of the full load data acquisition
process. With its unique workflow-based interface, LMS Test.Lab Durability Acquisition
sets new standards for ease-of-use, productivity and data consistency. The software
naturally follows the test-campaign process in three basic steps: set up channels; measure
and validate; and report and share.

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 LMS SCADAS
Take your mind off the deadline ‒ focus on the test

Test engineers around the world count on LMS SCADAS systems to deliver the data
quality and format required to get the job done right the first time – in the lab, in
the field, with a personal computer (PC) or recording autonomously. Add in
seamless integration with LMS Test.Lab and LMSTM Test.Xpress software for
accelerated measurement setup and correctly formatted results. Then you’ll see
why the LMS SCADAS system is your tool to deliver reliable results and optimal
testing productivity.

LMS SCADAS XS LMS SCADAS Durability Recorder

• A pocket-sized, compact • Enhanced functionality over the
and portable solution LMS SCADAS Recorder hardware
• Accomodates 12+ channels • Top performer in tough conditions:
• Provides 6+ hours of battery water and dust protected
autonomy (typical use) • Vibration-resistant cable connections
• Set up, monitor and validate on the go • Strain, vibration and displacement
• Replay in full standalone mode measurements in a single
• Use in standalone mode, with measurement module
a tablet, or with a PC
LMS SCADAS Lab
LMS SCADAS Mobile • Easy 19-inch rack mounting mainframe
• Accommodates 8, 16, 40 or 72 • Configurable from 8 to more
channels in a single frame than 2,000 channels
• Compact size and low weight • Up to 160 input channels
for optimal mobility in a single frame
• Rugged design qualified for rough • Arbitrary mix-and-match with
conditions and high temperatures additional SCADAS Lab/Mobile/
Recorder mainframes
LMS SCADAS Recorder
• Enhanced functionality over the
LMS SCADAS Mobile hardware
• On-the-spot validation prevents
errors and annoying reruns
• Autonomous recording on
CompactFlash cards
• Wireless personal digital assistant
(PDA) remote control with Bluetooth
communication

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 From lab to mobile to portable
LMS SCADAS gets the job done

Your personal testing solution On-demand channel and signal

With solutions specifically designed for conditioning
in-lab testing, as well as mobile front ends Lab mobility lets you rethink your
that cover the most challenging field test lab setup. Install a high-performance
setups, the LMS SCADAS series already LMS SCADAS Lab system for day-to-day
covers a wide range of testing needs. testing at each testing station. And
LMS SCADAS XS now adds a truly portable supplement that with a selection of
solution to further broaden this successful LMS SCADAS Mobile units for additional
product range. channel capacity and specialty work.
Instead of depending on separate systems
There is continuous pressure these days when you need a few extra channels or
to test products in real-life circumstances special conditioning, just grab your LMS
and against ever-stricter deadlines. SCADAS Mobile and hook it up for more
LMS SCADAS XS answers this challenge capacity or more exotic testing.
by allowing on-the-go investigation
diagnostics and troubleshooting, even by Simplify your setups
nonexpert users who need to perform fast The days when data acquisition hardware
and reliable measurements. With its solutions only had to collect the data are
attractive, compact design, LMS SCADAS XS long gone. The LMS SCADAS systems are
literally fits in your hand. Combined with real all-in-one multi-taskers that can
reliable onboard data storage and a full handle all types of applications. The highly
working day’s battery autonomy, it offers flexible LMS SCADAS hardware features
test engineers the flexibility they need to integrated signal conditioning for a variety
take testing efficiency to the next level. of transducers, such as strain gauges and
accelerometers. The hardware accepts a
Lab mobility: testing on a whole new variety of digital signals, from digital audio
level to CAN-bus, FlexRay, Global Positioning
Using Lab mobility, you can mix-and-match System (GPS) and digital wheel-force
all types of LMS SCADAS systems and sensors. State-of-the-art synchronization
connect LMS SCADAS Mobile hardware guarantees seamless real-time integration
or LMS SCADAS Recorder directly to your of these signals in the data acquisition
LMS SCADAS Lab hardware unit. You save process. The LMS SCADAS family also
time by using your LMS SCADAS Mobile to includes a single universal module. With
take measurements in the field. And when this one flexible module, you can take all
you return to the lab, all you have to do types of noise, vibration and durability
is connect your LMS SCADAS Mobile to measurements. There is no need for
the LMS SCADAS Lab to take more separate devices.
measurements. There’s no need to spend
valuable time on a new test setup, even on
the roller bench or in the anechoic
chamber.

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No limits to what you can do A tailor-made solution that works
More channels at higher rates translates to perfectly every time
mega-data at your fingertips. Maybe you There is an LMS SCADAS data acquisition
don’t need several hundreds of channels and signal conditioning system to match
right now or a 14-MSamples/s data transfer your exact requirements ‒ from compact
rate, but with the trend toward more mobile units, autonomous smart recorders
complex tests and upfront simulation, you up to high-channel-count laboratory
might need this performance level shortly. systems. With a large variety of supported
And that is the beauty of an LMS SCADAS transducers and signal conditioning,
system ‒ it is an investment that grows LMS SCADAS systems are optimally tuned
with you. to meet the specific needs of noise,
vibration and durability testing.
Superior data quality for effective
testing The quality leader in data acquisition
An LMS SCADAS system offers much more With its range of signal conditioning,
than supreme data quality. It offers built-in choice of connectors and high throughput
process understanding. Test engineers rate, the LMS SCADAS family brings years
who use LMS SCADAS hardware are more of proven technology into the lab
efficient because the system lets them skip environment. High-precision data is
classic steps like auto-ranging. Not only guaranteed, including best-in-class limiting
does this save time, it eliminates risk of harmonic distortion and interchannel
factors as well. The data is delivered in the specifications with a phase match better
purest state possible ‒ low noise, no than 0.2˚ at a frequency of 10 kHz. The
unnecessary conversion and, best of all, LMS SCADAS system achieves its high-level
minimal human error. Quality cables and reliability through rigorous design
rugged connectors ensure no-compromise standards, efficient quality control and a
data acquisition security. strong service organization.

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An LMS SCADAS for every testing job
Covering a wide range of industry applications

LMS SCADAS XS LMS SCADAS Durability Recorder

Compact and powerful pocket-size data acquisition Designed for the extreme
system • Water and dust protected (IP54 and MIL-STD
• More than 12 channels 810F qualified)
• More than six hours of battery autonomy (typical use) • Strain, vibration and displacement measurements
• Set up, monitor and validate on the go in a single measurement module
• Use in standalone mode, with a tablet or with • High-channel density (from 8 to 72 channels
a PC; replay in full standalone mode expandable to hundreds of channels)

LMS SCADAS Mobile LMS SCADAS Lab

Maximum mobile measurement power Fit-for-purpose laboratory solution
• Accommodates 8 to 16, 40 or 72 channels in a • Easy 19-inch rack mounting mainframe
single frame • Configurable from 8 to more than 2,000 channels
• Compact size and low weight for optimal mobility • Arbitrary mix-and-match with additional LMS SCADAS
• Rugged design qualified for rough conditions and Lab/Mobile/Recorder mainframes
high temperatures

LMS SCADAS Recorder

PC-less recording and intelligent mobile data
acquisition system
• On-the-spot validation prevents errors and
annoying reruns
• Autonomous recording on CompactFlash cards
• Wireless PDA remote control with Bluetooth
communication

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 LMS testing solutions
Covering a wide range of industries

Aerospace engineering by simulation. In addition, automotive

Aerospace manufacturers are faced with companies are continuing to shorten their
the challenge of designing systems and product development cycle times, resulting
components that must be safer, more in fewer prototypes and therefore less time
reliable, lighter, cheaper to operate, for testing. LMS Test.Lab is designed to
deliver better passenger comfort and have meet these challenges and offers a
less environmental impact. On the spatial complete set of tools and applications for
side, manufacturers must design larger automotive NVH and durability
and more complex satellites at a faster rate engineering:
while guaranteeing that the payload can • Engine noise and vibration testing
withstand extreme launch conditions. • Torsional vibration measurements
Although virtual prototype simulation has • Gear whine and rattle testing
accelerated the development processes, • Break squeal testing
only testing can fulfill the final signoff and • Driveline sensitivity testing
provide the feedback to validate • Noise source identification
assumptions and calibrate virtual models. • Sound power testing
LMS Test.Lab offers dedicated aerospace • Acoustic intensity mapping
solutions: • Noise source ranking
• Ground vibration testing (GVT) • Interior noise assessment
to ensure structural integrity • Sound quality
of the aircraft or spacecraft • Pass-by noise testing
• Operational modal analysis to assess • Acoustic material testing
the behavior of aerospace structures • Transfer path analysis
during operational conditions • Operational deflection shapes
• Dynamic testing and • Modal testing and analysis
qualification of jet engines • Operational modal testing and analysis
• Scalable solutions for accurate acoustic • Component vibration
testing and sound quality analysis qualification testing

Automotive engineering Heavy machinery

The biggest issues on the mind of noise, In the face of unrelenting global market
vibration and harshness (NVH) experts in pressure, heavy machinery companies
the automotive industry are productivity must deliver innovative products that
and efficiency. The explosion of product outperform the competition and meet or
variants and increased testing scenario exceed customer expectations. Test.Lab
complexity largely compensates for the offers proven testing solutions for all types
routine testing tasks eliminated of manufacturing industries. We have

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developed a scalable portfolio of solutions Off-road, construction and
that help all types of companies in all types agricultural vehicles
of industries create true competitive Off-highway manufacturers must
advantages. This might include controlling continuously increase operation
resonant vibrations of high-speed performance and optimize the operating
machinery to ensure consistent production limitations of their products. Giant mining
quality, maximum fatigue resistance and trucks must run faster and carry the
minimum radiated noise productivity maximum load capacity. Excavator
without compromising operator safety. Or manufacturers constantly improve the
it might be assisting with regulation safety reach and agility of their products, while
and environmental compliance for new maintaining optimal safety and stability.
machine designs. And agricultural tractors and machines are
designed for ever-tougher operating
Wind energy and power generation conditions, increasing environmental
To certify a new wind turbine, standards and more demand for product
manufacturers must ensure full system customization. Driver comfort, which
reliability under real-life operating includes reducing interior noise levels and
conditions. Durability must be assessed to vibrations mostly in extreme conditions, is
provide a 20-year lifetime with low becoming a distinctive brand differentiator
operation and maintenance costs. Noise and one that is increasingly being dictated
emissions must remain within prescribed by regulations and industry norms. LMS
tolerances. Additionally, the control system Test.Lab has been adopted by many off-
must guarantee clean voltage at constant highway manufacturers to cover these
frequency. For wind turbine specific noise and vibration issues.
manufacturers, LMS Test.Lab offers a
complete solution to measure and optimize Consumer and business electronics
the vibration and noise emitted by the Manufacturers of white goods, home and
gearbox, generator and blades. LMS Test. office appliances and other consumer
Lab is used to identify propagation of noise goods face extremely short development
and vibrations throughout the complex cycles, an increasing number of design
structure and find optimal solutions for variants and ever-higher customer
noise radiation and excessive vibrations. expectations. Minimal noise levels are
critical success factors for products like
LMS expert solutions are used in other dishwashers, washing machines, PCs and
power generation sectors, such as load even copiers. Other consumer electronic
identification and foundation analyses for products, such as loudspeakers, home
power plants; noise and vibration studies cinema systems and mobile phones, are
for gas turbines and pipelines as well as differentiated by the quality of their
research and development (R&D) and acoustic performance. LMS Test.Lab helps
onsite troubleshooting. proactively meet these stringent
requirements when completing new
product designs.

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About Siemens PLM Software
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Industry Automation Division, is a world-leading provider
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and services with nine million licensed seats and 77,000
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