Custom wind tunnel design, fabrication, and installation for research and commercial markets
Aerolab designs and builds wind tunnels and aerodynamic test facilities for academic, research, government, and commercial customers. The stack—Revit, Solidworks, AutoCAD, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Allen-Bradley controls, and Procore—reflects a heavy engineering-and-manufacturing operation. Active pain points around fabrication cost reduction, production uptime, and project deadline/budget management signal scaling pressures typical of custom-build-to-order businesses with thin margins.
Founded in 1947, Aerolab specializes in the design, fabrication, construction, and installation of wind tunnels, oceanographic simulation facilities, and indoor skydiving facilities. The company serves customers across academic, research, government, and commercial sectors in the United States and internationally. Projects range from low-speed wind tunnel testing and controls systems to custom traverse systems and laboratory electronics integration. The 11–50-person operation is engineering-heavy with mid-to-senior talent focused on aerodynamic instrumentation, custom fabrication, and project delivery.
Aerolab's primary tools include Revit, Solidworks (with Simulation module), and AutoCAD for design; LabVIEW and MATLAB for instrumentation and controls; Allen-Bradley ControlLogix/CompactLogix for PLC automation; and Procore for project management.
Aerolab designs and fabricates custom wind tunnels, aerodynamic test facilities, oceanographic and climatic simulation facilities, and indoor skydiving facilities. Current project focus includes low-speed wind tunnel testing, controls systems, traverse systems, and laboratory electronics integration.
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