Test

Consisting of four general purpose test areas, Nammo Talley, Inc. conducts development, engineering and production testing to support Talley's ballistic test requirements and provide Data Acquisition.

Rocket Sled & Acoustic Enclosure Test Areas

  • 209 ft. sled track with water brake
  • 30 ft. rocket catapult sled fixture with water brake
  • 15 ft. diameter, 5 ft. deep dispersion pit with overhead and side camera mounting
  • 6 ft. x 10 ft. flat surface, 200,000 lbf reaction fixture with overhead and side camera mounting
  • 'Yankee' Extraction Motor motor fixture
  • 6 ft. diameter x 10 ft. long dirt bunkered concrete tunnel
  • 4 ft. x 4 ft. large bonfire test stand
  • Pendulum recoil test pad
  • 20 ft. x 12 ft. by 7 ft. high concrete walled acoustic level enclosure for weapon tests
  • Projectile soft capture structure

Weapon Firing and Rocket Motor Test Areas

  • 4 ft. diameter x 5 ft. long altitude chamber (90,000 ft simulation with full instrumentation)
  • F-111 motor 3 axis fixture (50,000 lb load)
  • Seat back rocket motor test stand Underseat rocket motor test stand
  • Baseburn ignition delay fixture
  • 100,000 lb thrust stand
  • Three adaptable general purpose, 1 ft thick, steel reinforced concrete, test bays
  • 12 ft. x 10 ft. x 8 ft. high, 2 ft. thick steel reinforced concrete bunker (2 lbs high explosive rating)
  • Full instrumentation and data acquisition capability in bunker · 50 meter weapon range
  • 10 ft. x 10 ft. x 3 ft. deep concrete test pad with 12 ft. overhead camera mounting

Multi-Use Test Area

  • Store ejector rack test fixture with drop capacity of 1000 lbs
  • Man/seat separation fixture (air crew escape function)
  • Small closed bomb fixture for propellant evaluation · 4,000 lbf strap pull test fixture
  • 10,000 and 50,000 psi hydrostatic test stands
  • 40 ft. drop tower
  • 30 ft. diameter x 20 ft. high chain link enclosure with 15 ft. overhead camera mounting
  • 23,000 rpm spin fixture for M913 / M927 Time Delays

Enclosed Tank & Small Device Testing

  • 60 liter test tank (auto inflator function)
  • 1 cubic ft. test tank (auto inflator function)
  • 100 cubic ft. test tank (auto inflators and modules)
  • Hot and cold conditioning chambers (-100°F to +400°F)
  • Programmable temperature and humidity chambers

Image Acquisition

  • Four 16mm high speed film cameras (500 up to 10,000 fps)
  • 35mm still cameras
  • Analog and Digital Video capabilities
  • Two high speed video cameras (up to 2,000 fps)
  • Safety monitor video and record capability in all test areas
  • Digital still cameras
  • Non-Linear Video Editing System