Copernicus' Ncompass-Voyager recognised in US DoD Innovation Competition
Copernicus Technology, based in Urquhart near Elgin who manufacture the kit, was the only European company of 300 represented in the competition which aims to assist the DoD solve complex maintenance issues.
Intermittent faults are a common issue within the aerospace industry and result in individual aircraft being inactive or unreliable until the cause of the fault is located – losing availability and clocking up hours and billions of dollars in resultant costs for aircraft engineers and the supply chain. The portable Ncompass-Voyager electrical test system can test multiple (up to 512) circuits simultaneously for intermittence and a number of other wiring integrity issues, finding the fault far more quickly than traditional testers.
Two members of the Moray company were at the major event in Alabama, along with their partners Universal Synapatics Corp (USC), DIT-MCO and Total Quality Systems Inc (TQS).
Last month it was announced that DIT-MCO International, a worldwide leader in high voltage cable/harness test systems is partnering with Copernicus Technology Ltd to distribute their Intermittent Fault Detection test equipment in the form of the Ncompass-Voyager. This will open markets for the Scottish-made product throughout Europe and Australia in addition to their existing markets in the US aerospace sector partnered with Universal Synaptics Corp.
The test capability of the Ncompass-Voyager is proven on aircraft and train wiring and components in the US and UK, saving millions of pounds and thousands of man-hours in maintenance across many projects ranging from B757s to Chinook helicopters.
Jim Cockram, Copernicus Technology Technical Director said: "We are absolutely delighted that our product came second in this competition. The whole event was extremely successful for us as our stand attracted considerable interest from the four US defence arms. This should lead to increased interest in the US and Europe for our detector, which offers unique capability in intermittent fault detection and wiring integrity.”
