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November, 2009
Wind Turbine Test Project Partners RENK LABECO Test Systems with Clemson University
RENK LABECO will be partnering with the Clemson University Restoration Institute as part of the institute's project to build and operate a large-scale wind turbine drivetrain test facility. The U.S. Department of Energy announced on November 23 a grant of $45 million to the Clemson University Restoration Institute for the first-of-its-kind, next-generation wind turbine test facility to be located in North Charleston, South Carolina. Clemson University has selected RENK LABECO Test Systems to design, build, and deliver the dynamometer test systems for the facility, which Clemson will operate for the wind power industry.
For the Clemson University press release, click the hyperlink below.
http://www.clemson.edu/media-relations/article.php?article_id=2432
November, 2009
Support for Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter Transmission Development
RENK LABECO Test Systems is in the process of installing test stands for the development and qualification testing—and eventual production-acceptance testing—of gearboxes for the CH-53K helicopter at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s facility in Stratford, Connecticut. The $15 million subcontract with Sikorsky, a division of United Technologies Corp., includes a main transmission test stand, a nose gearbox test stand, and an intermediate and tail rotor gearbox test stand for the helicopter, which Sikorsky is developing for the United States Marine Corps. When completed, this next-generation helicopter will be the largest heavy-lift helicopter in the western hemisphere.
The three test stands were designed, assembled, and tested at RENK Test System in Augsburg, Germany. Each test stand has a mechanical closed-loop design. The main gearbox test stand consists of four loops (right input, left input, rear input, and tail output) driven by AC motors via the top gearbox and loaded by super-position drives that apply torque individually to each of the mechanical closed loops. The nose gearbox test stand and the intermediate and tail rotor gearbox test stand are of the same closed-loop design with super-position drives for torque application. The test stands are controlled using PCs featuring RENK LABECO's RDDSXP operating software.
September 2008
Flexible Integrated Test Stand for China NOVERI
One of RENK LABECO's lastest projects is a Flexible Integrated Test Stand designed and built for China North Vehicle Research Institute (NOVERI).
 Eric Floyd of RENK LABECO and Wei Huang of China NOVERI
at the preacceptance meeting. |
This test stand, which will be used to test large vehicle transmissions, uses the Microsoft Windows xp-based RENK Dynamic Data System (RDDS) for control and measured-data acquisition and storage. For the Flexible Integrated Test Stand, RDDS offers the possibility of automated test runs with accurate replication of operating conditions using speed control or torque control, or road resistance control for road-load simulation. The test stand's tandem air-cooled, AC drive motors provide input torque up to 7000 Nm and an input speed up to 3700 rpm to the test transmission, while the load units with similar motors coupled to flywheel sets can simulate a vehicle load of 60 tons. |
A delegation from China NOVERI visited the RENK LABECO Test Systems Corporation facility in June, 2008 for a preacceptance meeting and training. After the visit, the test stand was disassembled for shipment to China. Expected completion of the project at the customer site near Beijing will be in 2009.
RENK LABECO staff and the China NOVERI delegation at the preacceptance meeting.
September 2008
Four-Wheel Drive Acoustic Chassis Dynamometer for Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research
RENK LABECO Test Systems has recently installed and commissioned a Four-Wheel Drive Acoustic Chassis Dynamometer at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) located in Greenville, South Carolina. The CU-ICAR campus includes the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center, which houses the RENK LABECO dynamometer and is the focal point for academic research and technology transfer in support of the automotive industry. The Campbell Graduate Engineering Center offers MS and PhD programs in automotive engineering with an emphasis in systems integration. Facilities for full-scale vehicle and component testing are integral to the graduate program.
RENK LABECO Test Systems was one of five companies selected to supply state-of-the-art test equipment to the CU-ICAR facility. The turnkey system supplied by RENK LABECO includes a flexible four-wheel drive chassis dynamometer installed in a hemi-anechoic chamber for noise and vibration research. The noise emission of the dynamometer, measured 1 meter above the rolls running at 100 km/h, is 55 dB(A). The dynamometer is capable of accommodating FWD, RWD and four-wheel drive vehicles of varying wheel bases. The maximum speed of the dynamometer is 125 mph. The power per roll is 125 hp, for a total of 500 hp for the system. The dynamometer was supplied with a Microsoft Windows xp-based RENK Dynamic Data System (RDDS) control system that enables manual as well as fully automatic test cycles generated by the host computer.
http://www.cu-icar.com
October
2007
-Automotive
Testing Expo North America
RENK LABECO Test System Corporation will be exhibiting in
Booth No. 6038 at this years Automotive Testing Expo North
America to be held at the Rock Financial Show Place , Novi,
Michigan on October 24 through October 26, 2007—www.testing-expo.com/usa/
April 2007
-RANK
Apache Block III
RENK
LABECO Test Systems Corporation, Mooresville, Indiana, supports
AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter Block III Transmission Development.
-ICAR Equipment
Testing
Equipment Puts Clemson’s Automotive Engineering Graduate
Program in a Class by Itself |
