Percy

Looks like they're using the big guns for Noise, Vibration and Harshness testing.

Percy


News Release August, 2002

Toyota Motor Corporation enters a cooperation project with Brüel & Kjær

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Toyota Motor Corporation has selected the Brüel & Kjær PULSE™ platform as a basis for a new Noise and Vibration Analysis System for vehicle test-track use.

The system will be developed with close cooperation between Toyota's R&D headquarters in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan, and Brüel & Kjær during the latter half of 2002.

The reasons for Toyota's decision include:

PULSE is a constantly evolving, scalable NVH platform, with a wide variety of software applications and high performance hardware.
PULSE is a well-proven platform with a worldwide installed base of more than 3000 systems.
Brüel & Kjær's strong presence in Japan through exclusive distributor Matsu****a Inter-Techno Co., Ltd.
In partnership with Toyota, Brüel & Kjær is dedicated to further development of the PULSE platform, so as to help Toyota continuously increase productivity in vehicle development.

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iTrader: (1)

Good to see that they're using the good stuff. Now if we could only get some of the other car manufacturers to stop using the Fisher-Price stuff and the My First Sony, we'd be doing really well....

:-)

DoubleWhoosh

Ohhh you'd be surprised at what equipment is already used during OEM R&D, the problem comes back to the stupid bean counters...they are the evil ones!!!!

There are some amazing things always going on at the prototype and R&D level at these car companies, they just don't publicize it unless there is some marketing reason for it.

Todd Matsubara
TM Engineering LLC
www.tmengineering.net