TCP/IP-compatible servo drives have simplified the construction of an innovative automotive component tester.
The new machine by Dynamic Testing & Equipment (DTE) fully automates the accelerated life testing of the flexible boot seals used to protect ball joints in automobile steering assemblies. The use of programmable AC servos - instead of conventional hydraulic actuators - […]

HBM has just released new SoMat eDAQ and eDAQ-lite data acquisition systems. The HBM SoMat eDAQ and eDAQ-lite are sealed stand-alone data acquisition systems for testing in the harshest of environments.
eDAQ systems utilize standard Ethernet communications, and host their own web servers with configurable IP addresses. No software is required to start/stop test or upload […]

FEV, Inc.has announced that it will open a new FEV technical center - FEV’s fifth in the world - in Pune, India. The announcement was made by Prof. Stefan Pischinger, Chairman and CEO of FEV Group, who said the technical center will be used for powertrain and vehicle development. FEV India Pvt. Ltd. is the […]

Electrolube has boosted the technical capabilities of their laboratory. The new equipment includes a bespoke design thermal cycling chamber which utilises a CFC and HCFC free mechanical cooling system for rapid thermal changes over a very wide temperature range. The thermal cycling chamber has been designed to meet the toughest thermal cycling requirements including those […]

Bosch has invested approximately $8 million to renovate its vehicle test track in Flat Rock, Mich., to provide a state-of-the-art facility that will be used to test a variety of innovative automotive technologies.
The renovation included repaving and expanding the surface size of the site’s Vehicle Dynamics Area, and reconfiguring the test facility to accommodate Bosch’s […]

The Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Autograph AGS-X Series table-top universal testers perform tensile and compression tests, including three- or four-point bending test, peeling test, and tear tests on various materials, including thermostatic resins.
The AGS-X crosshead achieves 1,500 mm/minute return speed, and an optional jog controller allows handheld control of the crosshead position. The high level of […]

The latest version of the Elektrobit tresos Inspector now sports a completely redeveloped graphics user interface. Plus, the EB tresos Inspector 2009. In addition, it supports measurement and analysis of both, LIN networks and AUTOSAR PDUs (Protocol Data Units).
The new user interface now provides several analysis windows, which can be individually adapted by drag and […]

From BaltimoreSun.Com:
As it rumbled down a steep hill at the Aberdeen Test Center, the huge armored troop carrier hit a bump and briefly caught air. Thanks to a modified suspension, the 22-ton truck did not land with a bone-jarring clatter. Instead, its knobby front tires seemed to glide back to the dirt road.
“That speed would […]

Labthink Instruments Co. PARAM FT-F1 Fogging Tester is for high-temperature volatilizable constituent evaporation evaluation of the automotive interiors and similar components and materials used in aircrafts, including automotive inner plastic decoration components, polyurethane, textiles, leather, adhesives, non-woven and thermal forming elastomers, etc., as well as for fogging testing of automotive front high intensity discharge (HID) […]

The National Instruments USB-4431 dynamic signal acquisition DSA module acquires data at rates from 1 to 102.4 kS/s, which makes it possible to obtain a wide measurement bandwidth. The combination of the USB-4431 and the new vibration sensors, which include three accelerometers, a triaxial accelerometer and an impact hammer, gives engineers a complete stimulus-response system […]