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Drop Tower Test Benches
Large drop tower
Application
- Analysis of the energy absorption capability of structures and materials
- Reproduction of impact configurations for pedestrian protection
- Cost-effective replication of pile impact tests
- Pulse tests on small components
- Custom test configurations
Technical Data
- Drop weights: 40 kg to 800 kg
- Impact velocity depending on component height up to 45 km/h
- Impactor deceleration, impactor travel and reaction forces and moment measurement with 100 kHz
- Digital highspeed video cameras with up to 5000 fps
- Max. deformation: 800 mm
- Impact surface max. 600 mm x 300 mm
- Clamping range 2000 mm x 2000 mm
Small drop tower
Application
- Analysis of the energy absorption capability of structures and materials
- Penetration tests on battery base plates
- Crash tests on vehicle components, e.g., door side impact beams, glove compartments, interior trim
- Custom test configurations
Technical Data
- Drop weights: 4.5 kg to 60 kg
- Impact velocity: up to 30 km/h
- Impactor deceleration, impactor travel and reaction forces and moment measurement with 100 kHz
- Digital highspeed video cameras with up to 5000 fps
- Max. deformation: 800 mm
- Impact surface max. 200 mm x 100 mm
- Clamping range 2400 mm x 1500 mm
- Temperature chamber up to 90°C for components measuring 500 mm x 500 mm x 500 mm
- Max. component height 600 mm
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Contact
Thomas Lennartz M.Sc.
Head of Vehicle Concepts & HMI
+49 241 80-25687
Email
Service
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Address
Institute for Automotive Engineering
RWTH Aachen University
Steinbachstraße 7
52074 Aachen · Germany