LMS International’s NVH Observer is a subscription-based database with vehicle NVH benchmarking information. Currently, the database contains fourteen reference vehicles with plans to increase it by at least 8 vehicles on an annual basis. For each vehicle in the database, NVH Observer includes 6,000 curves such as spectra, orders, sensitivities, TPA noise contributions, modes and […]

The Series 3713 triaxial DC response accelerometers from PCB Piezotronics (PCB®) are designed for a variety of NVH and vehicle durability measurements in automotive and off-highway applications. For example, these accelerometers can be used for brake deceleration compliance certification; vehicle radiator and air cooler durability testing; roll stiffness/static rollover threshold tests; NVH testing; and […]

Concurrent’s SIGnal Workbench is a dynamic data acquisition and monitoring system for rotational machinery, structural, and other vibration applications. The product provides everything needed for high-cycle fatigue testing: a real-time computer system, data acquisition input cards, programmable signal conditioning and powerful graphical test software for data acquisition control, data management, display and post-test analysis.
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PCB Piezotronics’ new series of pedal effort load cells are aimed at automotive test applications, including brake development, drivability, vehicle handling, and legislative & safety testing. Designed to measure the force required to operate a vehicle’s primary brake, clutch, or floor-mounted emergency brake pedals, the Series 1515 brake pedal effort sensor with integral cable is […]

Acheson recently announced that it has upgraded its acoustic laboratory to support the global weather strip seal coating market. The upgrade consists of adding Ziegler friction test systems to the MB dynamics instrumentation it already had to measure acoustic quality. Acheson also redesigned its acoustic laboratory to bring the ambient noise level below 30 decibels […]

The Oros Mobi-Pack is a 16-channel, all-in-one vibration analyzer designed for tough field environments. Its rugged and light weight design lets it be checked with luggage or even carried on board an aircraft. Shocks and vibrations during transport or even operation will not prevent it from acquiring the critical data it is meant to capture.
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Anthony Best Dynamics (ABD), based in Wiltshire, England, has launched a new version of the the company’s PLATO system. It offers integrated single-plane dynamic balancing, allowing customers to carry out NVH and balance testing on the same system. Other new features include improved time history logging functions, real-time order spectra and improved ‘handshaking’ with test […]

Polytec, a manufacturer of optical measurement systems for macro and microstructure vibration testing, now offers a non-contact vibration and topography measurement service. The service uses the company’s non-contact measurement technology and, if needed, the expert advice of a Polytec applications engineer.
Test structures are characterized with 1-D and 3-D scanning laser vibrometers, single-point vibrometers, microstructure (MEMS) […]

The Model 356B41 is a new triaxial ICP® accelerometer that installs between rider and vehicle seat, for ride comfort studies and human vibration exposure investigations. It contains a precision, low profile, triaxial ICP® accelerometer, which is mounted to a metal plate and screwed into a molded rubber pad. The sensor may easily be removed from […]

Test.Xpress, a noise and vibration analyzer, can now acquire data through a USB connected CAN-bus interface. This makes it easier for engineers to gather data in automotive testing applications.
Via the CAN-bus interface, automotive test engineers can capture a broad range of measurement parameters during vehicle testing, without having to add additional instrumentation. The data captured […]