FUEL MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

The Fluid Systems Division is a leading supplier of fuel measurement and management systems for the aerospace industry.

Custom designed to meet the exact specifications of each application and using the latest technologies available, our systems set new standards for maturity at entry-into-service, safety, reliability, accuracy, and maintainability, lowering the customer’s cost of ownership.

Whether you are looking for a fuel gauging system, a complete fuel measurement and management system, or something in-between, our system solutions include:

• Fault-tolerant architectures
• Extensive automatic fault detection and isolation
• Onboard attitude-error correction
• Sophisticated microprocessors
• Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
• Solid-state displays
• Direct density measurement

Market Applications

• Business and regional jets
• Commercial aircraft

Products

• Simple fuel gauges
  –  Fuel quantity measurement
  –  Fuel quantity indication
• Fuel quantity measurement/indicating systems
  –  Fuel quantity measurement
  –  Fuel quantity indication
  –  Automated ground refueling
• Fuel control and management systems
  –  Fuel measurement
  –  Fuel management for aircraft center of gravity
  –  Automatic fuel transfer
  –  Fuel quantity indication
• Continuous fuel level probes/sensors
• Fuel property compensators
• Fuel point level sensors
• Fuel temperature sensors
• Active and passive densitometers, manufactured in-house
• Ground refuel panels
• Data concentrators
• Fuel computers
  

Technical Highlights

• FAR 25.981 compliant interfaces to tank components
• System accuracy surpassing the ARINC 611 guidelines
• Up to 1x10-9 system integrity
• RTCA DO178B level A, B and C software
• RTCA DO160C environmental capability
• Linear or mechanically profiled AC or DC capacitance fuel probes and fuel compensators
• Self-calibrating, passive densitometer using our patented vibrating disc sensor
• Fuel property measurement unit that integrates compensator, temperature sensor and densitometer
• Single and/or dual fuel temperature sensors using linearized platinum or nickel sensors
• Point level sensors using capacitance, mechanical or piezoelectric technology for high and low level application
• Data concentrators that have digital data bus communication using ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553, and others
• Refueling panels that feature integrated LED displays, local processing switches, etc., in a ruggedized design for refuel station location
• Redundant fuel computers that use microprocessor/field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology and provide software upload capability, digital data bus communication and more