An off-highway equipment manufacturer was developing a new component on its road grader to improve operator visibility. Before releasing the new design, the company wanted to validate the durability life based on expected customer usage. SixD engineers helped the company develop and implement a durability program for the component. Representative service loads were measured, then reduced to block loading histories for testing. Using a large test frame available in-house and the vehicle’s hydraulic system, our engineers designed a cost-effective test rig to apply accelerated customer usage loading to the component.

Benefit:  Data from these tests were used to validate the new component and redesign other components that might limit the service life, improving confidence in the reliability of the new design.
 

• Services:
  
  Custom transducer design
  Instrumentation
  Data acquisition & analysis