Transit Buses & Motor Homes
Defiance has experience in providing a variety of component, system and full vehicle testing to OEM’s and Tier 1 suppliers in the Transit Bus & Motor Home industry.
Our 4/6 Post Simulation Testing of these vehicles is performed on our below-grade 12 x 60 ft. bedplate and reaction mass with servo-hydraulic actuators capable of achieving up to 55,000 lb. force capacity, and up to 70,000 lb. force capacity for component and system testing.
Vehicle systems we are capable of supporting include:
- Body Structure
- Frame/Chassis/
- Suspension/Steering
- Cooling Modules
- Interiors
- Bumpers
- Powertrain
- Exhaust/Emission Components
- Electrical
- Full Vehicle Real-Time Simulation with Multiple Axle Configurations
- Exhaust/Emission Component Durability coupled with Multi-Axis Shaker Table (MAST)
- Bumper Impact/Safety
- Environmental Testing
- Door and Window Cyclic Durability
- Component Loading/Ultimate Strength
- Squeak & Rattle
- Test Plan Development
- Proving Ground Support
- Component - Vehicle Instrumentation, Data Acquisition & Analysis
- Sound Quality/Noise Reduction
