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WELCOME TO BAERE AEROSPACE CONSULTING INC
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Baere Aerospace Consulting Inc offers a wide range of consulting services with the necessary tools and expertise to help grow your business. Whether it is traditional consulting, or one of our limited laboratory services, we partner with our clients from start to finish, focusing on their needs while producing new ideas, developing effective strategies and designing high quality and scalable solutions.
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Continue scrolling down the page for examples of contracting services and laboratory testing services. And contact us to learn more.
CONSULTING SERVICES
GREEN AEROSPACE FLUIDS - SYNTHETIC AND BIO-BASED FUELS AND LUBES
New synthetic fuels use
Necessary testing Â
Questions on bio-based fuels  Â
General questions
Impacts of use Â
Guidance on research
ENGINEERING DESIGN AND FIELD SUPPORT
Non-metallic material selections
Manufacturability considerations
Material compatibility - proactive prevention and post-identification
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Unknown identification
Sample handling
Testing support
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FAILURE ANALYSIS SUPPORT
Unknown identification
Contamination identification
Compatibility issues
Premature failures
"Stinky, yucky, and gooey" ID's
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
Facilitation
Liaison between organizations
Project team structures
Task identification
Timelines
Grant proposal support
LABORATORY TESTING SERVICES
Basic Petroleum Testing
Baere only offers a minimum of onsite lab testing. But if you have a specific petroleum test for which you are looking, Ask! We can help you find it, help you access it, and help you interpret the data.
Yes, Baere can accept credit cards. There is a 5% surcharge for using credit cards. It is easier if we know before we invoice that a credit card is to be used.
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For testing available at Baere, see the individual descriptions below for pricing.
FLASH POINT TESTING
Flash point testing using a Pensky-Marten closed cup flashpoint tester per ASTM D93. We provide flash point data on a wide variety of petroleum, synthetic, and bio-derived fuels and light lubricants.
Note: This is NOT the TAG Closed Cup test per ASTM D-56 referenced for many non-petroleum products.
Product details
The Petrotest® PMA-4 provides a temperature range from 40 to 360°C on Diesel Oil, Fuel, Lube Oil, Power Plant, Jet Fuel, Turbine Fuel, Engine Oil , Turbine Oil and Solvents.
Testing requires a minimum of 100ml per test run. To run industry standard triplicate requires a total of 350ml.
In most cases we can provide a verbal answer in 5 business days after sample receipt. We then provide a signed hardcopy report of the analysis. Rush services may be available upon request.
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Product price
Baere will provide flash point tests on a per test basis of $130 each up to three replicates.
Note: As of April 2022, we are adding a $10 environmental fee for materials that cannot be disposed of through traditional flammable waste streams.
If a test plan or interpretation of results is requested, a flat fee contract can be prepared or a straight per hour rate of $260/hour with a do not exceed value is available.
SURFACE TENSION
Surface tension testing using a duNouy platinum ring. Testing is run per ASTM D1331. We will provide interfacial and surface tension numbers on a variety of fluids.
Product details
The Fisher Scientific Tensiomat provides room temperature testing of the interfacial tension of liquids.
Testing requires 200ml of fluid. To perform density correction, requester needs to provide a density, or have a density test performed.
The submitter is responsible for appropriate sampling and sample handling to avoid contamination which can invalidate results.
In most cases we can provide a verbal answer in 5 business days after sample receipt. We then provide a signed hardcopy report of the analysis. Rush services may be available upon request.
Product price
Baere will provide surface tension tests on a per test basis of $145 each.
If a test plan or interpretation of results is requested, a flat fee contract can be prepared or a straight per hour rate of $260/hour with a do not exceed value is available.
Product details
Durometer is the measure of hardness. This hardness is determined by measuring the depth of an indentation in the material created by a given force on a standardized presser foot. This depth is dependent on the hardness of the material, its viscoelastic properties, the shape of the presser foot, and the duration of the test. A force is applied in a consistent manner, without shock, and depth of the indentation or hardness is read from the durometer scale. If a timed hardness is desired, force is applied for the required time and then read.
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Testing requires a slab that is a minimum of 6 mm (0.25 inches) thick and equivalent 25 mm (1") x 25 mm (1") area. For o'rings a minimum of three whole o'rings are required.
In most cases we can provide a verbal answer in 3 - 5 business days after sample receipt. We then provide a signed hardcopy report of the analysis.
Product price
Shore A hardness determination is $55 per sample.
Shore M hardness determination is $80 per sample (3 o'rings)
If a test plan or interpretation of results is requested, a flat fee contract can be prepared or a straight per hour rate of $260/hour with a do not exceed value is available.
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ASTM D381 Air Jet Existent Gum
ASTM D381 is for determining the existent gum content in aviation fuels. Baere provides only the determination of existent gum in aviation gasoline using the Airjet method. We do not perform testing using the steam jet method.
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Product details
The existent gum of aviation gasoline is determined by evaporating a 50 mL sample of fuel under controlled exposure time, temperature and air flow in pre-weighed beakers. Following the evaporation, the cooled beakers are re-weighed and the amount of residue determined. This is reported as mg/100mL.
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Testing requires a minimum of 200 mL unless otherwise agreed upon.
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In most cases we can provide a verbal answer in 3 - 5 days after sample receipt. We then provide a signed hardcopy report of the analysis.
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Product Price
Baere will provide existent gum test by air jet on a per test basis. Cost is $250 per sample, run in duplicate.
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If a test plan or interpretation of results is requested, a flat fee contract can be prepared or a straight per hour rate of $260/hour with a do not exceed value is available.
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ROOM TEMPERATURE DENSITY ON LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS
Room temperature density measurements using mass displacement. This is similar to ASTM D792. The method uses the Archimedes principle of displacement in water to determine a materials density.
For solids the density needs to be greater than 1.000 g/cc (they do not float).
Product details
The Mass Displacement Density determination method (jolie balance) provides room temperature testing of the density of liquids and solids by displacement relative to water.
Testing requires 200ml of fluid or 1 gram of solid.
In most cases we can provide a verbal answer in 3 to 5 business days after sample receipt. We then provide a signed hardcopy report of the analysis. Rush services may be available upon request.
Product price
Baere will provide room density tests relative to water on a per test basis. Liquid density determination is $55 per sample and solid density determination is $60 per sample.
If a test plan or interpretation of results is requested, a flat fee contract can be prepared or a straight per hour rate of $260/hour with a do not exceed value is available.
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