Automotive Durability Testing

Durability testing is a testing methodology applied to vehicles, subsystems and components to determine expected life. With these tests, real-world forces and motions are applied to a test specimen in a manner that replicates in- service conditions. Durability tests are required to assess and validate product design targets. Such testing helps to increase repeatability and reduce risk by providing critical information earlier in the product development cycle.

MTS provides a full complement of durability test solutions designed to improve quality, reduce costs and accelerate vehicle, subsystem and component development, by making it possible to move testing from the proving ground to the test lab. Central to the MTS durability portfolio is powerful, proven FlexTest digital controls and RPC Pro (Remote Parameter Control™) Software that precisely replicates time histories for extremely accurate and reproducible simulations. The MTS durability offering also includes:

• Spindle-coupled Road Simulators
• Tire-coupled Road Simulators
• MAST (Multi-Axial Simulation Table) Systems
• Exhaust, Steering, Ball Joint Test Systems
• Elastomer Test Systems
• Damper Test Systems