Balancing machine aids rocket launch
January 1st 2007

A non-rotating static balancing machine from Universal Balancing has been instrumental in the successful launch of a rocket into space. UP Aerospace installed the machine in July 2006 to support its inaugural flight.

The company's president Jerry Larson needed equipment to help with balancing rocket payloads in order to ensure a perfect trajectory. He says "We needed a machine that offered the highest possible accuracy and we were particularly keen to deal with a company that designed and developed its own devices.

"The static balancer is very simple to use and it takes just a few minutes to accurately balance even large pieces of equipment." The non-rotating balancer is suitable for most single plane applications and gives fast measurement, high accuracy, minimal guarding and clamp-free, self-centering tooling.

As components do not need to be accelerated and decelerated during readings, operating costs are minimised and cycle times reduced to little more that that required for loading and unloading.