RMCI, Inc's Advanced Health and Usage Monitoring System (hums) for Army Aviation

摘要

In November of 2006, Huntsville, Alabama-based technology company RMCI, Inc. began supporting the Army's Aviation Engineering Directorate, Aeromechanics Division (AED) to meet the needs of Army Aviation regarding rotors and dynamic components and health and usage monitoring (HUMS). In its years of working with the US Army, RMCI's team of scientists and engineers provided support for the Condition-based Maintenance (CBM) program analyzing HUMS data, processing airworthiness qualifications, enhancing rotor track and balance solutions, and developing advanced algorithms and technology approaches for solving problems for Army aircraft and systems. In this support, RMCI developed, tested, and maintained analytical methods for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, both manned and unmanned.They focused on improving the effectiveness of HUMS the Army had procured. RMCI also worked with the project management offices for Apache, Chinook, Black Hawk, Kiowa, and SOF. Some of the accomplishments that RMCI supported described below include new condition indicators for HUMS on various platforms, establishing new thresholds to accurately identify faulty components and reduce false positives, identifying methods to accurately pinpoint faults such as the Apache sprag clutch failure, and many more.