Two-stage light gas guns

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Our two-stage laboratory launchers are renowned throughout the world and equip many research centres in Europe, Asia and North America. They are unique in their ability to reach hypervelocities of up to 8.5 km/s (31,000 km/h), without being subject to pyrotechnic restrictions. Although this technology dates back to the 1960s, THIOT INGENIERIE has constantly developed it to improve performance and ease of use. This type of test equipment, originally intended for the defence sector and ballistic tests, now has many different applications, in particular in the aerospace industry.

Our two-stage light-gas guns allow you to test the behavior of your materials and structures at very high impact velocities and with the most sophisticated instrumentations on the market.

Impact velocities of up to

30600

8.5 km/s

5 to 60 mm

calibre

± 2 %

of repeatability

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Your needs

You work in the defence, aerospace or research sector, and you need to be able to easily test the behaviour of materials subjected to projectiles of various sizes and at very high speeds. You want to reproduce, for example, the impact of a piece of space debris on a satellite or a ballistic impact on an armouring…

Our solution

With our powderless, two-stage light-gas gun technology, our experts are able to custom-design launchers to suit your needs, for impact testing at very high velocities of up to 8.5 km/s. This type of gas guns offers unrivalled performance without any pyrotechnic restrictions and is able to meet the requirements of the military and aerospace sectors in particular.

REDUCED COSTS

Our launchers are robust and effective, requiring only minimal consumables and maintenance. This saves you time and money so that you can focus on what is most important: the results.

SAFETY

All of our gas guns are pressure tested by an independent body prior to delivery and comply with standard 97/23/EC. Safety guaranteed.

EASE OF USE

Choose between manual triggering or fully-automated triggering with a touchscreen. Your launcher will be user-friendly whichever you choose.

FIRING-PARAMETER PREDICTION MODULE

With CESAR—our ballistic prediction software developed in-house by our experts—your operators will be able to define the necessary firing parameters for successful testing.

FULL TRAINING

We provide you with both theoretical and practical training on the use of your launcher, so that you can get the very most out of it.

SUPPORT

Wherever you are in the world, we will carry out the maintenance work on your launcher and will be happy to advise you if you have any questions as to how you might improve your use of the machine.

First-rate performance
without any powder

Our engineers have managed to develop a technology that remains unrivalled across the world with our extremely powerful laboratory launchers that can be used without any pyrotechnic restrictions. These gas guns currently compete with the best powder guns, yet avoid all the restrictions related to the storage and handling of pyrotechnic products. They can therefore be used in complete safety in any environment, including in universities.

Customised firing-range chamber

We also design custom-made firing-range chambers to go with our launchers. These are ergonomically designed and accommodate all the metrology instruments you need, such as high-speed cameras, X-ray equipment, speed-measurement systems, VH, strain gauges and interferometers.

Why Thiot Ingenierie?

OUR EXPERIENCE

Our company has now been designing test equipment for our clients in the military, aeronautics, aerospace and research sectors for nearly 30 years. We are currently world leader in the field of impact testing, ballistic testing and fast dynamics.

WE PUT OURSELVES IN YOUR SHOES

As well as designing launchers, we also have our own test laboratory and so have on-hands experience of the situations that you experience. We are always on the lookout for development opportunities and constantly innovate to provide you with the best-performing test equipment on the market.

OUR TEAMS

Our company employs 30 of France’s leading experts (designers, technicians, engineers and scientists). Our excellent knowledge of our clients’ spheres allows us to respond to each of their requests with an effective and tailor-made solution.

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