Adapting Validation Processes to Meet Worldwide Market Demands

Heavy duty diesel engine development has always faced high customer durability requirements, short development timelines and increasingly stringent emissions legislations. However, more frequently heavy duty engines are being used in multiple vehicle platforms across the globe with increasingly stringent quality demands in emerging markets. In order to meet engine life requirements, Delphi Diesel Systems has adapted accepted validation procedures to evaluate their system performance for the global market. In addition to durability and structural testing Delphi Diesel Systems has introduced specialized tests to validate their product at extremes of environmental conditions and fuel properties and has increased OEM collaboration. This paper details some of the adjustments made to the validation test suite to meet the specific challenges of the Heavy Duty market.