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MAHLE Powertrain Helps Vehicle Manufacturer Overcome Testing Challenges
Use of MAHLE's Real Driving Emissions Centre enabled the replication of real-world drive cycles without the requirement of the customer traveling to the facility.
Testing
Hybrid and Electrical Vehicle Powertrain Testing is Key to Reaping Efficiency Benefits
Seals, Gaskets
Hallite Expands In-House Testing Capabilities
Transducers
HBM T40CB High-Speed Torque Transducer
Testing
HUBER+SUHNER MXPM90 Test Solution
Testing
MAHLE Opens New Test Bench for Electric Drives
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Electronics
Heavy Equipment Industry Increases Presence at CES 2021
Advanced technologies like automation and artificial intelligence being utilized in the heavy equipment industries are taking center stage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
Connectors
Adapting Between M12 and Deutsch DT Connectors in Heavy Equipment Applications
New solutions which combine the capabilities of M12 and DT connectors will be needed as OEMs continue integrating advanced technologies into their equipment.
Electrification
Commercial Availability of Electric Vehicles and Equipment Increases
Several electric truck and heavy equipment models are now available for order and set to begin production in 2021.
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Testing
dSPACE DARTS 9040-G Target Simulator
The dSPACE DARTS 9040-G target simulator supports demanding sensor tests from development to production.
Testing
HORIBA Receives Patent for Real-World Emissions Test Method
The HORIBA Torque-Matching RDE+ laboratory test method supports emulation of real-world emissions tests under different test or vehicle conditions.
Testing
Extreme Testing Ensures Durability of New Western Star Vocational Truck
The new truck was subjected to extreme and grueling testing conditions designed by the Product Validation Engineering team of Daimler Trucks North America.
Testing
ZF Opens Expanded Commercial Vehicle Test Track
ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Control Systems division has invested around 18 million EUR expanding its commercial vehicle testing capability for trucks and buses.
Testing
Allison Transmission Vehicle Environmental Test Center Now Open
The test facility includes two chassis dyno-equipped environmental chambers capable of simulating a broad range of duty cycles and environmental conditions.
Testing
Design & Engineering Insights: Horiba Test Systems Aid Development of Electric Vehicles
Test systems for all phases of the product development cycle help to ensure electric-powered equipment meets application requirements.
Manufacturing
AEM Equipped to Vote Campaign Urges Support for Pro-Manufacturing Candidates
The goal of the campaign is to engage, educate, and mobilize manufacturing voters on the policies that matter to the equipment manufacturing industry.
Data Acquisition Systems
Delphin Technology 4-Channel ET-4 Expert Transient Data Acquisition System
The ET-4 Expert Transient data acquisition system is able to synchronously acquire multiple analog channels at sample rates up to 50 kHz.
Testing
HORIBA MEDAS Simulation System Reduces Vehicle and Engine Development Time
The MEDAS system is a compact altitude simulator is suited for a variety of testing applications, including calibration, durability, and road to rig testing.
Testing
Power Test and Taylor Dynamometer Merge Companies
The companies will bring together their engineering, testing and manufacturing products to aid new and existing customers.
Testing
Freudenberg Opens Engineering Service Center in North America
Increased customer demand for testing assistance has prompted the company to open a second validation center.
Testing
Design & Engineering Insights: NI Electric Vehicle Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Architecture
The HIL technology makes it easy for design teams to scale the testing and validation to specific components or entire electric vehicle powertrain systems.
Testing
Ricardo Partners with Excel Engineering on Test and Prototyping Services
The partnership with Excel Engineering will accelerate Ricardo's direct North American research and development activities throughout the transportation sector.
Smart Systems
Delphin Technology Expert Vibro Data Acquisition and Control System
The Delphin vibration measurement system, available from CAS DataLoggers, enables users to capture and analyze data on how their products react to vibrations.
Testing
Danfoss Editron Opens In-House Testing Facility
The testing laboratory will conduct electromagnetic compatibility and environmental tests on Danfoss Editron’s systems and machines
Testing
MAHLE Opens New Testing Facility to Streamline Electric Vehicle Battery Development
The new testing facility features a climate-controlled cell to create a simulated, repeatable real-world test environment.
Testing
MTS Sensors Endevco Model 4418 Low-Noise Signal Conditioner
The Endevco Model 4418 low-noise signal conditioner works with piezoresistive bridge sensors and differential voltage sensors.
Testing
Structural Durability Validation: Test-Centered Versus Simulation-Centered Approaches
Test- and simulation-centered validation offers several advantages which engineers must weigh to choose the approach which best fits their design needs.
Testing
New Test Center in Brazil to Aid Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Component Development
Mercedes-Benz and Bosch are building a new Vehicle Test Center which will be available to other manufacturers, as well to aid their research and development.
Testing
NI 4 GHz Vehicle Radar Test System
The NI 4 GHz Vehicle Radar Test System is capable of simulating two objects per angle with a highly repeatable radar cross section.
Transducers
Off-Highway Vehicles: Taking Torque Measurement from the Lab to the Production Floor and Out into the Field
Combining live torque measurements with an on-board computing system improves measurement of driveline components in off-highway applications.
Testing
SAKOR Provides Dynamometer for Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Testing
The system features dual opposing 7.5 kW AccuDyne four-quadrant AC motoring dynamometers, variable frequency drives, and a variety of subsystems configured for testing electrical machines.
Testing
HORIBA Adds New Testing Capabilities for Brake Development
The company's new GIANT EVO NVH brake dynamometer enables advanced noise, vibration and harshness investigations, in addition to industry standard brake test procedures.
Testing
dSPACE SCALEXIO AutoBox In-Vehicle Prototyping System
The SCALEXIO AutoBox enables developers to experiment and test new functions at an early stage in real-world test drives.
Transducers
HBM T40B Digital Torque Transducer
HBM's T40B offers a higher speed capability, up to 23,000 rpm, to aid testing of higher speed electric motors and drives.
Testing
Sakor Develops Custom Powertrain Dynamometer System
The highly configurable test system adapts to any torque transfer device's geometry.
Testing
RIGOL Technologies and GradientOne Streamlining Test Automation
A new partnership between the companies delivers a web-based approach to automating waveform data acquisition, screenshot captures, analytics, and data visualization for RIGOL oscilloscopes.
Smart Systems
GeneSys ADMA Now Supported by CANape Measurement and Calibration Tool
Implementation of the ADMA driver in CANape enables users to record synchronous ADMA measurement data of several vehicles in CANape via Ethernet/WLAN.
Testing
dSPACE Automotive Radar Test Systems (DARTS)
dSPACE's DARTS product family includes products for the entire value chain, from testing radar sensors in chip production, to hardware-in-the-loop validation, to end-of-line testing of vehicles by manufacturers.
Testing
dSPACE Partners with miro·sys and ITS to Extend Radar Technology Portfolio
Through the partnership a new product portfolio for the entire value chain from chip manufacturing to testing radar-based driver assistance systems will be developed.
