ZF TRW opens new crash test laboratory

The company's fourth crash sled is located at its state-of-the-art research and development facility in Anting

ZF TRW opens new crash test laboratory
Crash sled laboratory: ZF TRW Anting Technical Centre, China.

ZF TRW has opened a new crash sled section in its Anting Technical Centre in China.

The 66,000 square meter facility, ZF TRW’s largest technical centre worldwide, employs more than 1,200 engineering, research, and technical staff and was officially opened in June 2014.

Norbert Kagerer, global vice president, occupant safety systems (OSS) engineering, said: “Our OSS testing and validation program is a crucial part of research and development and the overall business strategy.

“Having the sled locally in Anting will provide strong support for our future growth in China; we can work even more closely with domestic and international OEMs – testing specifically for the Chinese market.”

This latest equipment provides advanced frontal crash testing with a static pitch and yaw reproducing realistic 3D crash simulations, exceeding US NCAP requirements for Oblique Moving Deformable Barrier (OMDB) at 90kph.

Side impact testing can reproduce load cases compliant with Moving Deformable Barrier requirements for IIHS, US NCAP, Euro NCAP, C NCAP and UN R95.

The equipment can test front seat collision only, rear seat collision only or a combination, and has the capability for multiple seat plan alterations.

The sled is large enough to simulate load cases for both far side impact and the interaction between driver and passenger in such a scenario.

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