Advanced test bench automation system with open architecture, real-time Profibus communication, and visualization for complex automotive drivetrain testing processes.
An advanced test bench automation system with three functions and three elements.
ATS Advanced is our test bench automation system developed in-house. The most complex testing processes can be visualized. The open architecture makes it a particularly user-friendly system, rating very high in flexibility and scalability. Customers can use ATS Advanced to intervene in their own open-loop control processes, to enter data for themselves, or to extend the system using off-the-shelf hardware.
Thanks to the fast, Profibus connection between the computer and the closed-loop drive controls of the end-of-line test benches, continuous reference values are supplied from the real-time computer with the effect that there are never any blank periods between the test steps. In addition, the system transfers the electric motor measured values (for rpm and torque) direct to the real-time computer digitally (no longer as an analog representation). Thus, conversion errors are precluded.
| Functions | Communicates with equipment under test via vehicle-specific bus systems, Executes stored test procedures for specific gears, Prescribes ideal values for closed-loop, multi-engine drive controls, Records measured values (rpm, torque, messages, open-loop gear control data), Evaluates measurements online |
| Kluczowe cechy | Fast Profibus connection, Continuous reference values from real-time computer, No blank periods between test steps, Direct digital transfer of electric motor measurements (rpm and torque), Eliminates conversion errors from analog representation |
| System Components | Closed-loop multiple-vehicle PLC, Test bench computer |
ATS Advanced from Ascential Test & Measurement is an advanced test bench automation system with open architecture, real-time Profibus communication, and visualization for complex automotive drivetrain testing processes. It was developed in-house and is designed to be particularly user-friendly with high flexibility and scalability.
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