The Mecmesin Vortex i, a computer controlled closure torque tester for laboratory or production applications. The Vortex i is driven by Mecmesin’s Windows-based Imperial software enabling the user to generate custom routines with looping and branching conditions based on torque, angle, and time.
Full graphical analyses with zooming, marking, scaling and calculation interrogation are standard features. […]

GM Powertrain—a division of General Motors Corporation, the largest automotive manufacturer in the world—uses ALGOR FEA software for the design, analysis and improvement of many parts. Recently, GM used ALGOR software at its Transmission Engineering Center to diagnose the operation of an automotive electrical conductor.
Staff Project Engineer Ed Billings oversaw an experiment to test the […]

Ford Motor Company recently announced what it feels is one of the industry’s most advanced test tracks. It’s part of Ford’s efforts to streamline product development and shave more than a year off the time it takes to bring new vehicles to its customers.
The $43 million transformation of the company’s historic proving ground into the […]

Southwest Research Institute has developed a “super cell” to evaluate the effects of altitude and other environmental conditions on performance and pollutant emissions of heavy-duty engines, with interactions of fuels, lubricants and catalysts. The Environmental Protection Agency has introduced not-to-exceed (NTE) emission limits that apply to in-use operation over a range of environmental conditions encountered […]