Caterpillar's test capabilities
A companion piece to "Caterpillar opens doors at EST&S," which we published in the September 2005 issue of T&MW's "Automotive & Aerospace Test Report."
-- Test & Measurement World, 9/1/2005
Caterpillar’s Engine Systems Testing & Solutions capabilities include:
- Comprehensive emission testing using both North American and European standards
- Engine durability testing
- Fatigue and failure testing
- Engine vibration isolation testing
- Engine noise testing
- Oil and fuel testing
- Strain, displacement, torque, force, and temperature measurements
- Linear and torsional vibration testing using modal, time- domain, and frequency- domain techniques
- Steady-state and transient testing
- Semi-anechoic dynamometer for engines up to 700 hp
- Tilt table with 180° rotation and 45° of tilt
- Vehicle cooling test suite for vehicles up to 500 hp and speeds to 45 mph
- Cold room and altitude test suites
- Gen-set test suites
- Component shake table testing
- Cooling component testing
- Endurance benches
- Cold soak and small component testing to -40° F
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