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U.S. Department of Transportation Selects DTS Data Recorders For New Crash Test Barrier Load Walls
Seal Beach, CA (April 13, 2012) - Diversified Technical Systems, Inc. (DTS)
has been awarded a contract to supply the data acquisition systems for three new crash test barrier load walls for the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA). The high-resolution load walls will use DTS data recorders to capture vehicle-to-vehicle crash compatibility data as part of
NHTSA's research program for future New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and safety regulations.
Barrier load walls are effective tools in measuring a vehicle's structural
integrity in a frontal crash, but NHTSA needed much higher resolution to accurately assess how one vehicle will interact with another in a crash. The
new NHTSA high-resolution barrier load wall can have more than 160 3-channel load cells, and will be located at NHTSA contractor crash labs in the
US. The DTS TDAS G5 data acquisition system was selected for its proven performance and reliability in high speed crash testing. In addition, the small size, modularity and expandability allow for up to 20 TDAS G5
modules to be packaged in one small, self-contained roll-around rack. View in pdf format
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Humanetics is pleased to announce Gerhard Haas as the new Managing Director of Humanetics Europe GmbH
Effective 1 April 2012, Gerhard Haas joined Humanetics reporting to Michael
Jarouche, Vice President Global Sales and Marketing of Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc.
Since 1993, Gerhard was employed by Kayser-Threde GmbH. In 2008, the
automotive business unit of Kayser-Threde became KT Automotive GmbH. During his years of service with KT and before, Gerhard held executive positions for
over 25 years. These positions include; Managing Director and Director of Automotive Test Solution Division. Within these roles Gerhard gained valuable
experience in engineering, sales, marketing and business development which will be applied to great advantage in his new role at Humanetics.
Gerhard’s extensive knowledge and experience, especially within sensor products and data acquisitions systems within the crash industry will enable him
to further support, develop and service the Humanetics products utilizing his technical knowledge and business capabilities. His addition to the global team present another competitive
advantage to meet our current and future customer needs. full story
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Model 64L In-Dummy Accelerometer for Safety Crash Testing
Measurement Specialties, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEAS) has released to production
its Model 64L accelerometer for safety crash testing. Uniquely designed with a transverse sensitive axis, the Model 64L is compliant with SAE J211
standards for anthropomorphic dummy instrumentation. This unit features a full bridge output configuration with a temperature range from 0 to +50º C. A
slight amount of internal gas damping provides outstanding shock survivability and a flat amplitude/phase response up to 7kHz.
The Model 64L is based upon Measurement Specialties, Inc.’s 3rd generation
silicon MEMS sensing technology featuring 10,000g shock protection and <1% transverse sensitivity (optional).
Excitation is 2-10Vdc with output ratiometric to excitation. Units are available from ± 50g through ± 6000g with
flat amplitude response up to >4Kz. The high impact TPE-jacketed cable provided for the Model 64L provides protection against scrapes and cuts commonly encountered in crash applications. full story
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DTS ARS - High Performance Angular Rate Sensors
From the leader in rugged, high speed data acquisition systems, DTS offers a
complete line of high performance angular rate sensors. For more information or a quote, please visit www.dtsweb.com to find a representative near you.
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New Managing Director at Advanced Sensors Calibration
Pfaffenhofen/Germany, 4 January 2012 – Advanced Sensors Calibration
(ASC), one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality acceleration sensors, is extending its board of directors: On November 1, Renate Bay was appointed a Managing Director of ASC GmbH. In this position she is
responsible for ASC's controlling, marketing and company organisation.
Renate Bay (45) has been working for ASC since 2007 as Marketing and
Customer Service Manager. In addition to marketing, the focus of her work used to be on company organisation. This comprised the improvement of production processes and the efficiency of the in-house production as
well as expanding quality management. In her new position she is taking on the management of the marketing, the controlling and the company's
organisation and will be supporting Peter Bay, primarily responsible for the areas of technology and sales, who had been the sole managing director of the company.
Full press release in pdf format
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
First thing to do in 2012: Get the carhs SafetyCompanion 2012
The SafetyCompanion provides more than just an overview of our training programme. It is also a valuable reference
book for those working in the field of vehicle safety. The SafetyCompanion provides you with current safety knowledge. The new SafetyCompanion 2012...
provides detailed seminar descriptions with an overview of the contents of all available topics regarding vehicle safety.
supports you in your daily work with interesting technical information from the field (called
SafetyWissen), such as NCAP tests, pedestrian safety, frontal, side and head impact, dummies etc. New SafetyWissen Topics 2012: China NCAP, ANCAP, ECE R-13H, Emergency Brake System Testing, Insurance Tests,and many more
is a time-saver with useful and helpful tables of important abbreviations and websites. order here
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New accelerometer from ASC specifically designed for offshore applications
Pfaffenhofen/Germany, 1 December 2011 – Advanced Sensors Calibration
(ASC), one of the leading manufacturers of high quality accelerometers, has developed a capacitive sensor which is resistant to sea water and operates down to a depth of ten metres. This means that the ASC OS
115LN is highly suitable for offshore applications, e.g. to monitor wind turbines. It can also be used in other harsh application environments like automotive and aerospaceengineering.
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Euro NCAP counts on X-Crash
The Euro NCAP, European New Car Assessment Program, requires from
all its accredited crash-test facilities to use the measX software package X-Crash for evaluation and report generation. The Euro NCAP is working
with seven accredited crash laboratories in Europe, which regularly rate vehicles for safety and evaluate the results in the well-known star-rating. The tests in the areas of occupant safety frontal and side impact,
pedestrian safety and others are evaluated with X-Crash and the rating reports are created automatically.
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Huge, powerful, but high-precision
ERNST has launched a new roof crush and side impact test bed with a test force of 200 kN for vehicles with a non-limited size.
This machine is already in use at the test site of a renowned automotive manufacturer.
For further information take a look at our data sheet
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DTS Professional Development of DAS Users Training
At Testing Expo North America
Register today for this special event designed for current and prospective users of DTS products. This interactive class is
ideal for all levels of test professionals.
Wed. October 26, 2011
10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Novi, Michigan
Session 1: DAS & Sensor Technology
Session 2: Next Generation Demonstrations
Click here for complete agenda and on-line registration
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Testing Expo North America October 25, 26 and 27 2011
The resurging North American automotive industry is reflected in the fact that Automotive Testing Expo North America 2011
will present more exhibitors and more new technology.
At the ninth Automotive Testing Expo North America you can see the very latest technologies and
services that are designed to ensure that the highest standards are met in terms of product quality, reliability, durability and safety.
Click here to read more and to register free for this event
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DTS Tech Notes - Now Available
The current issue of DTS DataPoint includes the latest news on:
Black Box Recorders Web Updates DTS User’s Meeting DTS joins AUSA
Download DTS DataPoint Issue 04 in pdf format
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DTS Wins 4th Consecutive “Best of Sensors Expo” Award
Seal Beach, CA, July 2011 – Diversified Technical Systems won a Sensors Magazine
“Best of Sensors Expo” Award in the data acquisition category for SLICE MICRO IEPE, making it the fourth consecutive Sensors award DTS has received. Sensors Executive
Editor Melanie Martella presented the award at the Sensors Expo & Conference, which was held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.
DTS received the award for the innovative SLICE MICRO ultra-small data recorder that supports Integrated Electronics Piezo-Electric (IEPE ) sensors. With a 42 x 42 mm footprint,
the system stacks 3-channel modules on a base containing the microprocessor and memory. Systems are modular with 3-24 channels per stack and can be configured for
large test set-ups with thousands of channels. Shock rated up to 500 g, SLICE is capable of sampling up to 120 ksps/channel.. Full press release in pdf-format
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Top News from ZSE
Seattle Safety (SESA)* has launched a new catapult sled system with a
nominal force of 3,7 MN (832,00 lbf) **. The new 3,7 MN ServoSled with a peak acceleration of 135 g w/250 kg** does supplement suitable the existing ServoSled series of 1,4 MN, 2,0 MN and 3,1MN nominal force.
For further Information please visit www.zse.de
*distribution for Austria, Germany & Switzerland: ZSE GmbH
** Note: Performance data is operating-condition dependent.
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PraxisConference Pedestrian Protection 2011
The European regulation 78/2009 was finally published in 2009. The so
called phase 2 will include modified test parameters and a new time schedule. The different phases of the regulation will come into effect in a total of eight stages, depending on vehicle categories and masses.
A new Global Technical Regulation (GTR) on pedestrian protection was also agreed on in 2009. An important aspect of this regulation is the fact that it provides for the new Flex PLI Impactor to replace the
current TRL Legform Impactor.
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Sensor specialist ASC grows in all areas
Pfaffenhofen, 19 April 2011 – Advanced Sensors Calibration (ASC), a leading
manufacturer of high quality accelerometers, continues its positive development. After 2010, the most successful year in the company's history, the first quarter of
2011 again surpassed all previous results. As a consequence, the company also improved its sales performance.
Last year, ASC saw revenue growth of 32 percent compared with 2009. This trend
has continued this year: the volume of orders received in the first quarter rose by 35 per cent compared with the same period last year, and turnover was up by 25 per
cent. One reason for this is the high quality of the products and services offered by ASC. This was confirmed in March by the successful completion of the certification
of the quality management system according to ISO 9001:2008.
To meet the growing demand and to support this development, ASC has made new
staff appointments. On 1 April 2011, Gerald Pauli (35) was appointed as the sales engineer responsible for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Full press release in pdf format
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DTS Tech Notes - Now Available
The current issue of DTS DataPoint includes the latest news on:
Download DTS DataPoint Issue 03 in pdf format
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Carhs Safety News: Surprising Facts in new FMVSS 226
After the release of the Final FMVSS 226 - Ejection Mitigation Rule on
January 13th, many automotive experts have been surprised by the significant differences in many details compared to the NPRM. On the one hand the industry's request for lower impactor velocity was
considered but on the other hand the final rule now includes a rotation of the impactor which results in the need of testing non-NPRM side windows. Also the requirements for test equipment
have been modified so that many facilities have to be updated or replaced. Due to the early phase-In in 2013, it is very difficult to deal with the requirements in time. (Image: Bertrandt)
Read more on carhs web site
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RTSS Videoextensometer for static and dynamic material testing
The RTSS videoextensometer is an optical extensometer and a modern
replacement for mechanical extensometers, laser scanning extensometers and strain gauges. RTSS uses one or more digital cameras to measure e.g. the elongation and width change of specimen during tensile tests:
RTSS can be integrated into tensile test machines of all manufacturers Specimens size range from mm to some meters High precision version for quasistatic tests (class 0.5) High speed (4KHz) version for dynamic tests Multi camera versions for more complex applications
We offer the service to install and integrate the RTSS videoextensometer in
existing tensile test machines. Further informations can be found at http://rtss.limess.com
This press release is available here
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DTS Tech Notes - Now Available
The current issue of DTS DataPoint includes the latest news on:
R&D Partnerships for DAS and/or Sensor Applications In-Dummy DAS: Small Enough for Child ATDs Helmet Blast Sensor for U.S. Army Calibration Tech Notes
Download DTS DataPoint Issue 02 in pdf format
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The carhs SafetyCompanion 2011
The SafetyCompanion provides more than just an overview of our training programme. It is also a valuable reference
book for those working in the field of vehicle safety. The SafetyCompanion provides you with current safety knowledge. The new SafetyCompanion 2011...
provides detailed seminar descriptions with an overview of the contents of all available topics regarding vehicle safety.
supports you in your daily work with interesting technical information from the field (called
SafetyWissen), such as NCAP tests, pedestrian safety, frontal, side and head impact, dummies etc. New SafetyWissen Topics 2011: FMVSS 226 Ejection Mitigation, IIHS Rating, Latin NCAP is a time-saver with useful and helpful tables of important abbreviations and websites. order here
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