Diesel Engine Testing - USA

MAHLE Powertrain has the capability to support dyno testing of

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diesel engines up to 19L in size. Our 29 test cells in Michigan
MAHLE Powertrain, LLC
are equipped with a variety of test equipment and experienced
Novi, MI 48375
manpower to support your large or small engine test and
powertrain@us.mahle.com
development programs.
(248) 473-6600

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Diesel Engine Testing - USA

Specialized Testing and Rigs

• Friction Testing – complete engine teardown analysis
with tight control of thermal conditions.
• Oil Consumption Testing – radiometric tracer method,
allowing rapid speed / load mapping of oil
consumption.
• Oil Slobber Assessment – use of sulfur trace oil
measurement system to quantify engine slobber
performance.

Engine Development • Telemetry Testing – systems to allow transmission of

MAHLE Powertrain can undertake a wide range of internal engine component operating conditions

engine testing projects from performance development (thermal, mechanical, etc).

and calibration through mechanical systems verification • Thermal Surveys – Fluid / metal temperature
to engine durability. measurements in operating engines.
Our engineering staff and supporting resources (design,
engine build, workshop and links into the MAHLE Calibration Support – CAV Engineering
engine component capabilities) provides our customers Our alliance with CAV Engineering provides us with the
the flexibility to outsource as little or as much of an capability to offer experienced diesel engine calibration
engine development program they desire. support to our customers. This support can be located on-
site at the customer or remote in a MAHLE Powertrain
On-Board Diagnostics & Validation
facility.
MAHLE Powertrain uses DoE and modeling techniques
extensively to design, implement and optimize OBD
Michigan Locations
monitors in compressed time scales. Validation with
ƒ Novi
MAHLE Powertrain’s proprietary MDR2 data recorder
ƒ Farmington Hills
and PROLOGIQ® IDAA software toolset allows rapid
ƒ Muskegon
evaluation of calibration and OBD robustness under real
world operating conditions.

General Capabilities
ƒ 7 Heavy duty diesel capable dynos (including
transient / motoring)
ƒ 5 Light / medium duty diesel
ƒ In-cylinder pressure, temperature & strain analysis
ƒ Exhaust emissions measurements
ƒ Smoke meter
ƒ Inlet air temperature and humidity control (variable)
ƒ Motoring and absorbing dynamometers
ƒ Multi fuel – gaseous to diesel

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