To minimize risk of cable assembly damage or failure during installation in aircraft, Cable Installation Simulator evaluates stress of installation on microwave airframe assemblies. Device uses 4 mandrels to simulate routing of assembly around internal structure and abrasion bar to simulate routing across sharp edges or through access holes. Assembly is then connected to vector network analyzer to test insertion loss and VSWR, and results are compared to baseline results prior to installation.
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