Air Precision - Electrical Slipring Assemblies

Air Precision is a world-leading designer and manufacturer of electrical slipring assemblies for naval systems where transmitting electrical power and signals from a fixed to a rotating part is required. Typical naval applications for our slipring assemblies are missile launchers, helicopter rotors, sonars and towed array systems, radar pedestals, periscopes and optronic systems.

Other applications include:

• Miniatures for gimbles and gyros
• Small and medium-sized slipring capsules for missiles and medical applications
• Slipring assemblies including HF coaxial cells, Rotary joints, Encoders, Hydraulic and Pneumatic dynamic channels
• Electro-optic sliprings for military fiber optic links
• Large sliprings for off-shore transmitting up to 5 Mega Watts of electrical power

Air Precision’s slipring assemblies range from total integration of electrical, hydraulic, HF rotary joint and encoders in one single system down to miniature units.

BACKGROUND

Air Precision was founded in 1946 as an aerospace company dealing with avionics. Slipring activities started in 1962 and became the company’s core business including the widest range of sliprings available from any other manufacturer in Europe. Over the years, Air Precision gained an outstanding reputation for high standards, quality and customer service. The technical staff is composed of highly qualified electrical and mechanical Engineers, supported by the well known Pro-Engineer CAD System.

EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGY

The ability to design, research and develop new products is one of Air Precision’s strengths. More than 25% of employees work in these areas to guarantee the reliability and the high performance of our products. A large variety of skills in the mechanical, electrical and electronic fields allow Air Precision to maintain its leadership in sliprings. Air Precision uses stacked technology as basic design. Stacked designs allow the use of PTFE isolation material and advanced gold plating technologies for extended lifetime, low electrical noise and better reliability.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Quality remains one of Air Precision’s main priorities. As a company working in the defence sector, Air Precision received from the MoD RAQ2 certification in 1982 and more recently the AQAP 120 certification.

The Quality Assurance Department is totally involved in all stages of the design, development and manufacture of our products. With its qualified technicians and sophisticated test equipment, it constantly seeks to maintain and improve the quality of our products by the application of an organisation based on ISO 9001 procedures and instructions.

For its aerospace repair activity, Air Precision received in 1993 from the DGAC JAR 145 approval for aircraft maintenance and its FAA repair station status in 1995.