Ultrasonic Testing (UT) is chosen to interrogate a weld volume through its thickness to detect gas pores (porosity), lack of fusion or racking, and metal loss through erosion or corrosion. Each of these types of “defects” could have a detrimental effect on a product because additional stresses are caused by such impurities. UT operates on [...]
PIONEERS (Protective Innovations of New Equipment for Enhanced Rider Safety) is a European project aimed at reducing the number of Powered Two-Wheeler (PTW) rider fatalities and severely injured riders by placing the emphasis on safety, performance, comfort, and usage rate of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), together with the development of new on-board safety devices. [...]
ASSURED has been implemented to boost the electrification of urban commercial vehicles and their integration with high-power fast charging infrastructures, and involves the evaluation of several infrastructures in different cities across Europe. The project started in October 2017 with the goal of developing and testing high-power solutions for full-size, urban, heavy-duty applications. The main objective [...]
CAVWAY is a new vehicle proving ground that Applus+ IDIADA is constructing in the UK along with its partner, Prova Developments. It will provide a secure, controlled & connected proving ground suitable for the development and testing of connected & autonomous vehicles (CAV), as part of a UK national infrastructure of “CAM TestBeds”. It will [...]
In response to the emerging needs of the automotive industry related to connected & automated vehicles, Applus+ IDIADA has utilised its development and validation expertise to engineer a level four autonomous vehicle that meets the necessary functional requirements to safely operate whilst keeping overall car performance. Under the name of CAVRide, the demonstration was to [...]
In this brief guide, we outline the basic procedures to certify radio equipment according to FCC requirements and how Applus+ can assist manufacturers to successfully certify their products for the United States. FCC regulates both Testing and Certification for Radio Equipment in the USA The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government [...]
Statistics show that Europe’s roads have become safer in the past decade, but progress remains too slow. The EU road safety policy framework 2021-2030 establishes a new 50% reduction target for deaths and, for the first time, also for serious injuries. The Stockholm Declaration of February 2020 paves the way for further global political commitment [...]
Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, provides extraordinary flexibility, freeing designers from production related constraints and reducing innovation costs. Creativity can now be unleashed to focus on parts performance such as weight reduction, aerodynamics, functionality and safety. Did you know that currently 3D-printed parts are more exhaustively tested than those produced by any other manufacturing method? Additive [...]
Many of our clients visit our structural testing facilities in Barcelona to witness their tests and follow them in real-time. In some cases, they even invite their own end clients to witness the testing process with them. In 2010, Applus+ released a secure online testing environment called E-Testing that allows you (and your own end clients) to [...]
In recent years, vehicle safety has become one of the main characteristics identified when buying a car [1]. One of the most important players in this global understanding of safety is the emergence of entities such as EuroNCAP that have been pushing the European automotive market towards better vehicle safety for over 20 years. As [...]
