DNB Engineering Inc. offers a comprehensive array of Lightning Testing Services and has locations, modern equipment, and competent staff, prepared and ready to provide for all your Direct and Indirect lightning service needs. Whether your project is related to Commercial or Military industries, DNB has the team and resources necessary to provide the lightning testing services you require. 

Direct Effect Lightning Testing

DNB Engineering Inc. offers a brand new, full-service Direct Effect Lightning test facility in Anaheim, the heart of Southern California. Our custom-built, state-of-the-art equipment generates all of the waveforms necessary to meet today’s stringent testing standards for lightning threats to both aircraft and earth-bound equipment.

The indoor Direct Lightning Test Facility features a large ground plane (32×64 feet) for high voltage attachment testing. The facility also includes a unique Environmentally Controlled Darkroom that is used for both photographic and ignitable mixture (flammable gas) test methods. Another notable feature of the facility is the dedicated Customer Viewing Area where DNB Engineering’s clients can safely watch their tests being conducted.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Component A, B, C, D
200KA Current component
3.0MV High Voltage test
3.0MV Marx Generator
CAN BUILD ANY CUSTOM WAVEFORMS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS

CAPABILITIES:

High Voltage Attachment Testing
Swept Channel Attachment Testing
High Current Physical Damage Testing
Structural Testing
Component Testing
Fuel System Testing
Ignitable Mixture Test Method
Photographic Test Method
Connector Testing

SPECIFICATIONS:

RTCA DO-160, Section 23
SAE ARP5412
ARP5413
ARP5414
ARP5415
ARP5416
SAE AE4L
SAE AE2
MIL-STD-1757 (T01, T02, T03, T04, T05)
MIL-STD-464
Meets FAA AC 20-136
EUROCAE ED-14D, ED-105
AC/AMJ20-53B, AS5830
Near Strike Lightning
High Voltage Waveforms1000kV/µs rise time
50 x 250 µs rise time
1.2 x 50 µs rise time

Indirect Effect Lightning Testing

DNB Engineering Inc. remains the industry leader in Indirect Lightning Effects testing. Because we design, engineer and build all of our own lightning waveform generators, we can literally produce an UNLIMITED number of indirect lightning waveforms

      SPECIFICATIONS:

      RTCA/DO-160 Section 22 / EUROCAE ED-14D
      MIL-STD-461
      AC/AMJ20-53B, SAE AE4L, SAE AE2
      SAE ARP5412 & ARP5416 compliant
      LC1027 (PMG Listing Criteria for Multi-Layer Conductive, Jacketed, Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing)
      Injected Currents to 5OKA

      CAPABILITIES:

      Induced Effects
      Bulk Cable Injection (BCI)
      Pin Injection
      Multiple Stroke
      Multiple Burst
      MIL-STD-1757-T05
      Near Strike Lightning
      Meets FAA AC 20-136