ACS - Automotive & Commercial Vehicles
The automotive industry is a sector frequently on the cusp of transformation. Fast-paced industry shifts span technology innovations, regulatory standards, green initiatives, and customer expectations, influencing manufacturers’ testing needs, growth objectives, and overall business strategies. Companies striving for a competitive edge focus on sustainable practices, regulatory compliance, and innovation in Electric Vehicles (EVs), alternative fuels, and autonomous driving systems. This positions the automotive industry in vital need of testing facilities that are future-proofed for rapid and ongoing transformation.
ACS is committed to putting our clients at the forefront of innovation in the automotive industry without sacrificing safety, budget, or throughput goals. This means keeping testing requirements and organizational goals at the forefront from start to finish. Our team of diverse experts has a wealth of experience at their fingertips, including integrated test cell design and delivery, providing a range of solutions involving the integration of dynamometers, mechanical equipment, fluid systems, controls, and data acquisition.
Our extensive experience with powertrain and fuel systems provides a significant advantage for any project. Over the years, ACS has built or upgraded hundreds of test cells, delivering projects for automotive OEMs, tier suppliers, independent automotive research labs, national labs, government labs, and universities.
Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Industry Custom Solutions
- Engine and powertrain test cells
- EV battery testing
- Emissions testing
- Durability and lifecycle testing
- Environmental and climatic testing
- Mechanical and electrical upgrades
- Controls and safety upgrades
- Software solutions
- Front End Planning (FEP) – scope, schedule, cost deliverables
- Turnkey R&D facility upgrades and new construction
- Export controlled technology and regulations
Results-Driven Automotive Test Facilities, Whether New, Retrofit, or Renovation
Our clients benefit from our extensive experience as a turnkey, single-source provider for automotive testing facility enhancements and other industries. We adopt a comprehensive approach from the first conversation, prioritizing integration and testing goals at every step. With expertise dating back to 1994 in designing and managing the construction of sophisticated industrial facilities, ACS offers more than just automotive market experience. Our clients achieve cutting-edge automotive solutions centered on their intrinsic goals. Our proven process enables our team to thoroughly understand the design intent upfront, allowing us to efficiently and effectively manage the design and build process.
Automotive Test Solutions and Services Backed by Proven Experience
ACS has delivered test equipment and controls projects for a wide range of automotive and commercial vehicle types, including passenger vehicles, autonomous vehicles, electric and hybrid vehicles, motorcycles, and medium/heavy-duty trucks. Our expertise extend to commercial vehicle industry non-road applications such as agriculture, construction, defense, marine, mining, rail, and recreational vehicles. This means our teams are well-versed in the latest emissions measurement, data acquisition, and engine and chassis dynamometer technologies, as well as regulatory and market requirements for on and off-highway vehicle applications.
The custom solutions we provide encompass a range of equipment, software, and comprehensive planning and systems integration, always fully complying with U.S. export control regulations.
With our depth of experience and comprehensive capabilities, ACS is positioned to support the ongoing advancements in the automotive market and ensure our clients are equipped with state-of-the-art testing facilities.
Specialized Automotive Test Solutions and Applications
- Automated Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
- Electric/hybrid systems
- Powertrain/transmission – 2WD, 4WD, AWD
- Acoustics and vibration
- Aerodynamics
- Autonomous testing
- Calibration development
- Climatic/environmental testing
- Durability
- Emissions
- Fuel economy
- Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH)
- Thermal dynamics and management
More Product Information
The industrial manufacturing industry has been a sector of constant innovation for centuries, continuously leveraging the data from frequent iterations to achieve new solutions. This is no different today, driven by advancements in automation, the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, the integration of IoT, and the shift towards sustainable manufacturing practices. These trends require the development of new testing protocols, thorough safety standards, and sophisticated quality control measures to ensure the reliability and efficiency of increasingly complex systems. Manufacturers must also address interoperability and cybersecurity challenges posed by interconnected devices and digital supply chains. Add the push for eco-friendly, sustainable manufacturing practices in conjunction with rigorous testing for compliance with environmental regulations, and achieving balanced testing facility solutions is no easy task.
The automotive industry is a sector frequently on the cusp of transformation. Fast-paced industry shifts span technology innovations, regulatory standards, green initiatives, and customer expectations, influencing manufacturers’ testing needs, growth objectives, and overall business strategies. Companies striving for a competitive edge focus on sustainable practices, regulatory compliance, and innovation in Electric Vehicles (EVs), alternative fuels, and autonomous driving systems. This positions the automotive industry in vital need of testing facilities that are future-proofed for rapid and ongoing transformation.
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Continues the Infinity family’s Industry leading electrical performance
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High temperature capability (175° C +) for automotive device characterization and other applications
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Better tip visibility for enhanced placement accuracy and repeatability
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Improved tip life/durability with solid rhodium contacts
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New tip architecture enables support for narrower pitches (e.g. 25um)
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Advanced mechanical design combined with small contacts enables probing on smaller pads/pitches and improves durability and robustness
- 4-Channel, 204.8 Ksa/s per channel, 24-Bit DACs
- -115 dB spurious free dynamic range
- Integrated 2-Channel 64-bit tachometer
- Integrated 4-Channel DIO
- Tight synchronization with DSA analyzers
- Ideal for rotational measurement, and stimulus-response applications such as vibration test
- Output modes including Sine, Burst Sine, Chirp, Burst-random and continuous random
The laboratory and research industry faces unique challenges including long-standing, legacy pain points and frequently evolving needs. These include paramount safety and regulatory requirements for lab workers and patients alike, the need for high containment and sterility, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies. Complex and sensitive facilities require specialized testing solutions to ensure compliance, safety, and reliability. Effective planning and laboratory design and construction are crucial to creating environments that support advanced research and manufacturing processes, especially in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors.
Food and beverage technology is changing the global food and beverage industry from production to delivery. Consumer and market demand for sustainable and healthy products also means stricter regulations that promote safe consumption, sustainable package production, and effective recycling or disposal. These trends add up to a heightened demand for organizations in the industry to commit to testing protocols that ensure food safety, quality, and compliance with evolving standards. Facilities and manufacturers face challenges such as implementing advanced traceability systems, ensuring the safety and efficacy of new ingredients and packaging materials, and adhering to rigorous environmental regulations. Additionally, the rise of automation and digitalization in food production results in new challenges related to interoperability and cybersecurity. Testing facilities must adapt swiftly to support R&D efforts, ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant production of innovative food and beverage products in a rapidly changing market landscape.
With the complexity of modern aerospace systems and components, stringent safety standards, and rapidly emerging trends and technologies, the aerospace and defense industry is facing a time of expeditious change. These industry trends shape aerospace manufacturers’ testing needs, growth objectives, and overall business goals. The reality is that aging aerospace facilities aren’t prepared to keep up with these rapid trends. Organizations seeking a competitive edge in the industry aim to achieve sustainable practices and regulatory compliance or explore new avenues in electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft and space exploration. This demands testing facilities that are future-proofed for innovative solutions.
Focus recommends TRL Calibration Kits for applications such as load pull & noise parameters. Due to high reflection and low loss, tuner S-parameter measurements represent a challenge for VNA’s, because of error term determination and coupler directivity. Long experience has taught us not to rely on other calibration techniques than TRL (Thru-Reflect-Line). The popular SOLT technique is conditionally useable, but not guaranteed, up to 4GHz. The much convenient ECal method has provided questionable and inconsistent results. Our Customers are advised to be very careful with VNA calibrations, because the whole measured data depends on that.
Because of this, and to save our customers time and doubt, Focus has developed and offers a set of precise and reliable TRL calibration kits from 0.03 to 110 GHz with the following connector types: 7/16, N, APC-7, 3.5mm, 2.9mm, 2.4mm, 1.85mm, WR-15, WR-10. Our calibration kits are compatible with all commercial network analyzers.
For more information on TRL Calibration Kits, please read the following paper on TRL Versus SOLT
Simulator to reproduce various transient surge phenomena which are generated in a vehicle and required in the international standard ISO-7637-2 (2004) Standard, and evaluate the immune resistibility of the equipped electronics devices against the surge.
- ISO 7637-2 (2004) Standard compliant simulator
- Correspondent to the test for 12V/24V/42V systems in a vehicle
- Stand-alone usage per the each generator unit possible as well as the comprehensive control
- Large capacity CDN (60V/50A) available (Option)
- Up to 200A power supply possible (Option)
- Windows in Japanese applicable for the software program as well
Private standards or specifications by manufactures can be responded upon request.
ACS
ACS designs, engineers, and builds innovative equipment, machines, controls, and facilities for industry leaders in markets including automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing. We are a systems integrator, helping companies maximize their facilities’ efficiency with systems designed and engineered to work together. We combine our knowledge of building design and construction with expertise and understanding of equipment, R&D and production test, process systems, automation, data acquisition, and controls for industry leaders who require high-performance systems. ACS is based in Verona, Wisconsin, with a regional office in Troy, Michigan, and serves customers across North America and around the world.
Contact Details
Affiliated Construction Services (ACS) Headquarters & Manufacturing
633 Liberty Drive, Verona, WI 53593, USA
Phone: 608-663-1590
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