TEST BENCHES AND VALIDATION OF MECHANICAL COMPONENTS

Driving Simulator 329 - 12 DOF with 2 corners:

  • Expandable to 4 corners
  • For testing suspension modules, axles and complete vehicle of up to 3,000 Kg of gross weight
  • 2 dynamometric wheels with e-DAG acquisition system (SOMAT)
    • 36 analog channels
    • 24 digital I/O
    • CAN Bus
    • Pulse meter

3 multipurpose benches (8x5 m2)

  • 12 mid-range hydraulic linear actuators (15kN to 50kN)
  • 18 high-range hydraulic linear actuators (100kN to 220kN)
  • 1 high frequency hydraulic vibrating table (35kN, 500Hz, 18g)
  • 4 servo pneumatic actuators for low range loads (0.5kN to 2kN)
  • 1 hydraulic rotary actuator of 40kNm, + 45º
  • Freewheel: wide capacity of angular displacement
  • Control for 8 actuators per bench and multiple auxiliary inputs and outputs
  • Control for 4 servo pneumatic actuators simultaneously

2 variable speed benches

  • 143kW, 1,500Nm, 6,000rpm
  • 225kW, 14,000Nm, 3,000rpm
  • Configurable with brake motors for transmission tests

Additional equipment

  • 2 wheel transducers MTS SWIFT 20T
  • e-DAQ field data acquisition system (SOMAT): 70 analog channels
  • CAN BUS 34 digital I/O vehicles
  • Pulse meter
  • Extension channels for laboratory control tests

Combined climate chambers - temperature and humidity

  • 2 climate chambers of 1 x 1 x 1 m2 and 2x2x2m3
  • Temperatures from -50 to +180 Cº
  • Controllable humidity up to 95% RH
  • With the possibility of acting from outside the cameras

NVH testing equipment

  • Data acquisition equipment
    • LMS Scadas III; Brüel & Kjaer PULSE; Somat
  • Shakers
    • 100 N electrodynamic shaker
    • 2 kN electrodynamic shaker (60 x 60 m2 vibration table)
    • 6 kN hydraulic shaker
  • Sensors
    • Impact hammers with load cells
    • Accelerometers (uniaxial, triaxial, load, impact and capacitive)
    • Dynamic load cells
    • Laser Doppler vibrometer
    • Acoustic intensity probe
    • Microphones
  • Software
    • LMS TestLab
    • Patran MSC/Nastran, LDS Dactron
    • Noisebook, Matlab

Equipment for design and calculation

  • Activities
    • CAD design
    • Structural and dynamic calculation
    • Design and calculation validation
    • Optimization: materials (thickness, weight, alternative materials and processes) and functional benefits (stress, range of motion…)
  • Tools
    • Finite element analysis: Patran, Nastran, Marc, Ansys
    • Kinematics and mechanism dynamics: Adams
    • CAD: Catia v5, Pro-engineer