Capabilities
Whippany Actuation Systems’ 114,000 square foot facility in Whippany, New Jersey, is the heart of our organization. Here, our dedicated employees are dedicated to designing and manufacturing specialized electromechanical actuation components for your commercial and military aerospace and ground vehicle applications. In every aspect of our work, our ultimate goal is to meet and exceed the high expectations of our customers.
Custom Manufacturing
Quality, experience, and dedication are the hallmarks of Whippany Actuation Systems’ manufacturing capabilities. Our team’s considerable expertise ensures you receive product excellence, process repeatability, swift deliveries, and complete satisfaction.
A culture of continuous improvement is central to our operations. We are not just building to current specifications, but we are building to improve the future of actuation. To that end, we have implemented elements of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), Just-in-Time (JIT), Demand Flow Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, and Cellular Manufacturing to strengthen our processes. We continue to prioritize capital investments to keep our organization at the leading edge of world class methods and capabilities.
Our core manufacturing competencies include:
- Precision gears, lead screws, and housings
- Multi-axis CNC turning of shafts, housings, tubular structures, lead screws, and fittings
- Multi-pallet CNC milling, thread milling, and gear cutting capabilities
- Assembly and testing of high power density AC and DC motors
- Assembly and testing of linear and rotary actuators
- Rapid prototyping
- Supplier Management
Engineering & Design
At Whippany Actuation Systems, we thrive on providing streamlined solutions for complex challenges. We understand the ever-changing needs and difficult engineering challenges that all of our customers frequently experience. Our diverse engineering talent, R&D capabilities, and technical qualifications position us as your partner in innovation and establish us as an experienced leader in our industry. Our mission is simple – bring us your technical problems, and we’ll apply our broad engineering skillset to build a customized solution based on reliability, quality, and manufacturing excellence.
Research & Development
We take complex technical problems head on. Our diversely talented engineering team researches and develops customized solutions to your challenges in house. Quality, reliability, manufacturing excellence, and, most importantly, customer satisfaction remain the bedrock of our R&D efforts.
Engineering & Design
At Whippany Actuation Systems, we thrive on providing streamlined solutions for complex challenges. We understand the ever-changing needs and difficult engineering challenges that all of our customers frequently experience. Our diverse engineering talent, R&D capabilities, and technical qualifications position us as your partner in innovation and establish us as an experienced leader in our industry. Our mission is simple – bring us your technical problems, and we’ll apply our broad engineering skillset to build a customized solution based on reliability, quality, and manufacturing excellence.
Research & Development
We take complex technical problems head on. Our diversely talented engineering team researches and develops customized solutions to your challenges in house. Quality, reliability, manufacturing excellence, and, most importantly, customer satisfaction remain the bedrock of our R&D efforts.
Core
Competencies
Competencies
Custom engineering electromechanical actuation systems
System simulation
Motor electronic controls
Electric motor design
Gear design
Circuit board design
Mechanical Design Capabilities
Gear trains – ball screws, jackscrews, gears, shafts, and bearings
Electric motors
Clutches, torque limiters, and brakes
EMA mechanical and electronics packaging
Rotary and linear shaft seals
Moisture management – combined flight environment
Electronics
Design
Design
High performance, high bandwidth servo control electronics
High reliability, redundant, and fault tolerant architectures
State of the art controllers using DSP and FPGA technologies
DO-178B/DO-254 software certification
System and electronics modeling, simulation, and analysis
EMC design, modeling, and test lab capability
Tools
Mechanical and electrical CAD, FEA, gear design and analysis
Electromagnetic design
System modeling, reliability
System integration lab
Rapid prototyping – mechanical and electrical
Core
Competencies
Competencies
Our core competencies align with the following ATA Chapters:
ATA Chapter and Title
21 – Air Conditioning and Pressurization
22 – Autoflight
27 – Flight Controls
32 – Landing Gear
49 – Airborne Auxiliary Power
52 – Doors
66 – Folding Blades/Pylon
67 – Rotors Flight Control
Products offered
Environmental Control System (ECS) valve and door actuators
Autopilot control actuators
Secondary flight controls, High-lift components, and Trim actuators
Uplock and valve actuation
APU door actuation
Door actuation, air stairs actuators
Rotorcraft blade fold and pylon fold
Rotorcraft trim actuation
How Can We Help?
Contact us today to learn more about our services, schedule a repair or receive a quote.