A seminar on “Advanced Automotive Testing Technology & Solutions” was organized jointly by SAE (Northern Section) and MTS Systems Corporation on 14th January 2011 at Gurgaon.The seminar witnessed an overwhelming participation of 59 participants from OEMs and automotive suppliers.
A welcome address by Mr. CV Raman (Co-Chairman Technical Board, SAENIS) marked the beginning of the seminar. Following this visionary address,
Mr. Ramakrishnan (MD TII Techno Testing Instruments) introduced MTS to the audience. The different sessions of the seminar were delivered by of Application experts from MTS Systems Corporation Mr. Glenn Grenier and Mr. Rick Ziemen.
The technical session kicked off with an introduction to the world of durability testing by Mr. Glen Grenier. Through this session, the audience could get an elaborate vision on the 5W and 1H (why, who, when, where, what and how) of durability testing. The different methods of accelerated durability testing and their pros and cons were also discussed in this session.
In the following session, Mr. Rick Ziemen demonstrated the broad range of choices for testing solutions that MTS can provide to the ground vehicle testing industry. Special focus was given on the state of the art turnkey solutions available with MTS for component testing requirements.
The field of automotive durability testing has evolved a lot with the focus shifting from field based testing to more reliable and less time consuming lab based testing. Increasing commercial pressures to develop and deliver reliable products in a timely manner necessitate further accelerating the lab testing procedure. The third session of the day gave an overview of the sensors for accurate field data measurement and analysis techniques for compressing the recorded field data that is to be simulated in a test lab. Mr.Glenn spoke in depth about the need to develop customised sensors specific to the test requirements.
Road simulators are advanced solution to the automotive industry’s vehicle development needs and challenges. Automakers globally are using multi axial road load simulation techniques to bolster their development activities. The penultimate session of the day primarily focused on the advanced road load simulation techniques.
The seminar concluded with an insightful session on test rig design considerations. The contents of the program were well appreciated by the participants who were primarily constituted of experienced people from the field of durability testing.
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