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Mercedes opens truck testing centre in Germany
It has spent €80 million on advanced testing facilities at Wörth for trucks
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Perkins spends €25 million expanding its test facilities
Off-highway engines manufacturer brings more work in house in major expansion of testing
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Romax wins Ford business for transmission NVH analysis
Getting the design of powertrain right to optimise the noise signature is the aim
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Ford and Mercedes use software to get to grips with whine
Gearbox whine stands out as other noise factors in cars get resolved. Now software firms are taking the lead
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University work leads to laser tailpipe emissions device
Work at Manchester University has developed a laser-based system that can measure missions as the cvehicle is being driven
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Volkswagen automates ECU testing
Tie-up with a company offering realistic human puts new elements into testing simulations
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LMS finds a virtual driver for its simulation
Tie-up with a company offering realistic human puts new elements into testing simulations
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Toyota Europe expands its NVH workload
Expansion of its European technical centre has resulted in Toyota increasing its use of LMS Test.Lab
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Study into antenna EMC performance
Ficosa has set up a three year project to investigate EMC characteristics of car aerials
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Laser scanner inspection speeds quality control
Micro Epsilon's 2810 aids component inspection and process control of welding and bonding
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Photographic system takes strain measurements
A portable strain measurement system uses photographic techniques to ensure that car body panels are of consistent quality
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New standard testing solution for NVH
LMS International has announced that PSA Peugeot Citroen has selected LMS Test.Lab as the new standard testing solution for NVH engineering in its engine and vehicle development groups.
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HIL tester for body & interior systems
A new compact hardware in the loop (HIL) tester configured for testing body and interior electronic systems is being launched at SAE Convergence.
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New micro cameras reveal unseen safety-critical areas
Camera heads just two centimetres in diameter will allow engineers at Millbrook, one of Europe's leading vehicle test and development centres, to reveal safety-critical interactions in areas never previously seen during impacts.
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Proving to be best
The last few years have been very challenging for everyone in the automotive business.
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The vital part
Boshart Engineering in North America has carved out a profitable niche for itself.
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The winds of time
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