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KW 7-Post dynamics Test-Rig |
KW – Your innovative technology provider
KW automotive is enabled to offer the opportunity of simulating track conditions in the lab as well as their expertise to interested race teams and industry partners.
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In 2006 KW automotive established an ultra-modern hydraulic 7-post dyno test facility at the Fichtenberg location which simulates off-track running conditions in the laboratory.
Worldwide there are only 15 units of the hydraulic 7-post rig in use, generally used by Formula 1 race teams for research and development purposes. The teams spend considerable time setting up the suspension of their cars for individual circuits, using the 7-post rig. KW automotive is enabled to offer the opportunity of simulating track conditions in the lab as well as their expertise to interested race teams and industry partners. For them this will result in huge savings of time and money, as the need to transport race cars to the test-tracks has been reduced.
This 7 Post Rig consists of seven hydraulic actuators with fluid accumulators and a control system sitting on a seismic mass about seven feet below the shop floor. Four posts are used to simulate road dynamics as the vehicle travels over a rough road, by generating forces at the tire contact patches using electro-hydraulic servo-actuators. They are also used to characterize the suspension by exciting the 4-wheel patches with either consistent oscillation tests or collected data. Three other actuators add forces to the car to simulate aerodynamic or weight transfer of the car under braking, acceleration and cornering that would be seen on the car at a track. This 7-Post Rig allows accurate race track replications as well as suspension optimization testing, thus providing KW automotive a technological advantage to assess and set-up new application developments.
• For RD in motorsports and automotive industry
• Innovative Testing possibilities
• Simulation of brake and acceleration processes as well as aerodynmic loads
• Provides perfect support for subjective testing |
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