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Advanced automation technology with automatic test sequence control and monitoring allows round-the-clock operation of the Powertrain Integration Centre (AIZ)
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With its new Powertrain Integration Centre (AIZ), Mercedes-Benz opened one of the automotive industry's most advanced testing facilities in summer 2016 in Sindelfingen.
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The vehicle components are cooled by a ram air fan (front left) with an airflow of up to 180 km/h. This makes highly dynamic driving manoeuvres possible.
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The total of ten vehicle test rigs are used to perform such work as the fine tuning of engine and transmission, with comfort, dynamics and agility being matched to each other.
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Especially the development of alternative drive systems has increased the demand for testing on chassis dynamometers. The Powertrain Integration Centre (AIZ) offers reproducible test conditions.
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The total of ten vehicle test rigs are used to perform such work as the fine tuning of engine and transmission, this involving extensive wiring-up of the vehicles in advance of the tests.
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The fine tuning of powertrain components is one of the typical tasks that vehicle developers at Mercedes-Benz have been carrying out at the new Powertrain Integration Centre (AIZ) since the summer of 2016.
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The total of ten vehicle test rigs are used to perform such work as the fine tuning of engine and transmission, this involving extensive wiring-up of the vehicles in advance of the tests.
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The total of ten vehicle test rigs are used to perform such work as the fine tuning of engine and transmission, this involving extensive wiring-up of the vehicles in advance of the tests.
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The design of the Powertrain Integration Centre (AIZ) attached great importance to energy recovery, with 98 percent of the electric braking energy of the test rigs being fed back into the power supply.
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The total of ten vehicle test rigs are used to perform such work as the fine tuning of engine and transmission, this involving extensive wiring-up of the vehicles in advance of the tests.
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The test rigs are highly automated: the vehicles are electronically controlled, accelerated and decelerated as if by magic or shift through the gears.
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As the engineers and technicians are not in the car, but outside at the control console, they are able to simultaneously evaluate the measurements using newly developed tools.
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The vehicles require extensive preparation for operation on the test rigs, this being facilitated by, among other things, the automatic parking storage system and the high-bay tyre warehouse.
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The Powertrain Integration Centre (AIZ) includes a workshop for preparing the test vehicles as well as 16 cold chamber places for pre-cooling the vehicles prior to testing in the climatic chamber.
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The highlights of the new Powertrain Integration Centre (AIZ) include chassis dynamometers with high-precision torque measurement directly at the wheels of the vehicle (photo) as well as a test rig with climatic altitude chamber.
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The highlights of the new Powertrain Integration Centre (AIZ) include chassis dynamometers with high-precision torque measurement directly at the wheels of the vehicle (photo) as well as a test rig with climatic altitude chamber.
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On the state-of-the-art vehicle powertrain test rig, the car is directly connected to a high-power asynchronous machine by means of special wheel hubs. The machine simulates the driving resistances and is capable of reproducing realistic road conditions.
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The test rigs are highly automated: the vehicles are electronically controlled, accelerated and decelerated as if by magic or shift through the gears.
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The total of ten vehicle test rigs are used to perform such work as the fine tuning of engine and transmission, this involving extensive wiring-up of the vehicles in advance of the tests.
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On this state-of-the-art vehicle powertrain test rig, the vehicle does not run on a conventional roller, but is directly connected to a high-power asynchronous machine by means of a special wheel hub on each wheel with the use of a high-precision torque-measuring system.
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the prototype vehicle for the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Testing of the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Testing of the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Testing of the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Testing of the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256 on the test bench
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Testing of the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256 on the test bench
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Testing of the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256 on the test bench
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Testing of the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the prototype vehicle for the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the prototype vehicle for the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the prototype vehicle for the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the prototype vehicle for the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the prototype vehicle for the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the prototype vehicle for the new 6cylinder inline gasoline engine M 256
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