The Danville Register and Bee reports that,

Students and a professor at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville developed a unique way to test tires.
Associate professor Saied Taheri and Virginia Tech students in the Intelligent Transportation Lab at the Institute developed a trailer that houses equipment to test tires on actual roads and […]

Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America has selected A&D Technology to supply a state-of-the-art transmission test cell. A&D will deliver three low-inertia permanent magnet dynamometers and high-performance AC drives together with their iTest data acquisition and control system. In addition, the system includes A&D’s Andromeda real-time, multi-processor simulation platform, allowing Toyota to simulate virtually […]

Hastings Manufacturing Company, a nearly 100-year-old maker of piston rings, has upgraded its design and verification capabilities by acquiring AVL EXCITE simulation software and Land & Sea DYNOmite dynamometers. The new systems will allow Hastings to more accurately design and test piston rings for a broader range of applications, including small to large bore, and […]

Aicon EngineWatch measures engine movements, and the movements of other relevant parts in the engine bay, in six degrees of freedom (6-DOF). It can make measuerments while the vehicle is on a test stand or while it is in motion. It reports the position and orientation of the measured points with absolute values in the […]

According to the Sudbury Star, the new mechanical engineering program at Laurentian University is working on a project to help automakers develop better engine tests. The article, Making a better auto; Laurentian university researcher making a prototype for the car industry describes the work of Prof. Markus Timusk, currently the only professor in the program, […]

Engine Testing: Theory and Practice by A.J. Martyr and M.A. Plint has been updated. This new edition—the third—includes updated info on analysis and measurement, combustion processes, data acquisition, dynomometer deployment, exhaust emissions, oil and fuel testing, and system integration. It is available from the SAE for $99.95 ($79.96 for SAE members).

A&D’s ORION is a tool that enables the creation of optimized calibrations for a powertrain ECU. In conjunction with a model-based calibration environment, ORION enables the user to create an optimization strategy for a specific test cell by leveraging the building blocks pioneered by IAV. ORION can interface with most test cell automation systems (e.g. […]

TNI Software and Ayrton Technology, two software development companies in the automotive industry have merged to form Geensys. Geensys will offer a range of embedded development products and services for the transportation industries, including model-driven development and requirements-centric system engineering tools.
The most recent product is AUTOSAR Builder, an Eclipse-based software development platform that provides a […]

The HybriDyne Series of hybrid vehicle driveline test systems from SAKOR Technologies combines components of the DynoLAB PT Engine Test Cell Supervisory System with elements of the DynoLAB EM Electric Motor Test System. Coupled with one or more AccuDyne AC Motoring Dynamometers, the HybriDyne can test individual mechanical and/or electrical components, integrated sub-assemblies and […]

This item is derived from a press release that is a puff piece for Viaspace, but the information about the company’s humidity sensor might be interesting to some readers……..Dan
Viaspace is a company commercializing technologies from NASA and the US Department of Defense. Their product line includes battery and fuel cell test equipment.
One of these products […]