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Photonic Integrated Circuit Testing: Accelerating R&D From Lab to Fab

09/01/2023

While the promise of smaller, better, faster, lighter devices enabled by integrated photonics technologies is indeed the ultimate goal for the work being done at AIM Photonics, the actual path to high-volume manufacturing isn’t necessarily a smooth ride for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) designers, developers and engineers

Techniques for Suspect/Counterfeit EEE Parts Detection by Electrical Test Methods

AS6171/7 (Current)06/28/2022

The scope of this document is to: 1 Specify techniques to detect SC parts using electrical testing. 2 Provide various levels of electrical testing that can be used by the User to define test plans for detecting SC parts. 3 Provide minimum requirements for testing laboratories so that User/Requester can determine which test houses have the necessary capabilities. (For example: technical knowledge, equipment, procedures and protocols for performing electrical testing for verification analysis.) Note: User/Requester is defined in AS6171 General Requirements 4 Specify Burn-In and environmental tests. The environmental tests include Temperature Cycling for Active Devices and Thermal Shock for Passive Devices. Seal Tests are described and recommended for hermetic devices. The following terminology is used throughout this document: a Shall = is mandatory; b Should = is recommended; and c Will = is planned (is considered to be part of a standard process). If AS6171/7 is invoked in the contract

G-19A Test Laboratory Standards Development Committee

Instrumental Color Difference Measurement for Exterior Finishes, Textiles, and Colored Trim

J1545_202112 (Current)

12/30/2021

The practice applies to parts and materials used in vehicle manufacture which are intended to be acceptable color matches to a specified color standard. This practice is intended for use with parts or materials that are opaque or nearly so and does not apply to transparent materials. Materials covered by this practice include topcoat paint finishes, interior soft trim, interior and exterior hard trim, and exterior film

Textile and Flexible Plastics Committee

Air Disc Brake Actuator Test Procedure, Truck-Tractor, Bus and Trailer

J2902_202012 (Current)

12/07/2020

This SAE recommended practice provides procedures and methods for testing service, spring applied parking and combination brake actuators for air disc brake applications. Methods and recommended samples for testing durability, function and environmental performance are listed in 1.1 and 1.2

Truck and Bus Brake Actuator Committee

Testing Services

TBMG-38256

12/01/2020

Jamco America, Inc. Everett, WA 1-425-347-4735

FEV and the Art of EV Testing

20AUTP10_0110/01/2020

The legendary powertrain-engineering group has expanded its global footprint into EV testing and development to keep pace with changing technologies and customer demand. Before the impending flood of electric vehicles (EV) expected for the 2025 timeframe enters the market, every one of them - and their subsystems - must be fully tested, validated and calibrated. Companies specializing in engineering, design and testing services are making significant investments to meet industry demand in this already-booming field. One of them, the Aachen, Germany-based FEV Group, has expanded its global footprint into the electrification-testing realm in a big way. Famous for its powertrain-development competency, FEV recently added a 12,000-m2 (∼130,000 ft2) facility dedicated to testing batteries, electric drives and related components. Dubbed eDLP, the complex is among the largest test facilities in FEV's global network and claims to be the largest independent battery-test facility in the world

Brooke, Lindsay

Registration and Conformity Assessment Process for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks Wheels

J3010_202002 (Historical)

02/13/2020

The SAE J2530 provides performance, sampling, test procedures, and marking requirements for wheels intended for normal highway use on passenger cars, light trucks, and multipurpose passenger vehicle. This Recommended Practice (which is separate from SAE J2530) specifies the workflow of the Wheel Conformity Assessment Program. This program allows wheel manufacturers to register their product compliant to SAE J3010. The following items precede display of “SAE J3010” on any particular wheel design: a Manufacturer registration All manufactures with the objective to pursue registration, shall complete the registration as an individual manufacturer via the registrar’s website http://wheeldb.registrar.domain. The registration includes company contact information, wheels produced, and company identification marks. b Wheel design certification All wheel designs intended for certification in accordance to this Recommended Practice, shall complete the application and submittal of test results via

Wheel Standards Committee

Wheel and Wheel Trim Weathering Testing for Paint Coatings

J2633_201910 (Current)

10/21/2019

This SAE lab test procedure should be used when performing the following specialized weathering tests for wheels; Florida Exposure, QUV, Xenon and Carbon Weatherometer. In addition to these procedures, some additional post-weathering tests may be specified. Please refer to customer specifications for these requirements

Wheel Standards Committee

Roush opens Advanced Durability Lab

19AUTP10_1210/01/2019

The auto industry's steady march toward electrified and automated vehicles has many suppliers affixed to the digital-testing environment rather than using traditional hardware validation. With a six-degrees of freedom road simulator as its centerpiece, the recently-opened Roush Advanced Durability Lab in Livonia, Michigan is a trend-buster. “If suppliers and vehicle manufacturers aren't going to reinvest in certain hardware solutions because their product-development focus is software solutions, there will be a gap. That's an opportunity for us,” claimed Jeff Johnston, Roush's president of testing services

Buchholz, Kami

Air Brake Actuator Test Procedure, Truck-Tractor, Bus, and Trailers

J1469_201903 (Current)

03/20/2019

This SAE Recommended Practice provides procedures and methods for testing service, spring applied parking, and combination brake actuators with respect to durability, function, and environmental performance. A minimum of six test units designated A, B, C, D, E, and F are to be used to perform all tests per 1.1 and 1.2

Truck and Bus Brake Actuator Committee

Inter-Laboratory Combat Helmet Blunt Impact Test Method Comparison

TBMG-32726

08/01/2018

As the medical community learns more about brain injury, the importance of blunt impact mitigation becomes more apparent. As such, it is critical to make sure that research labs are not only capable of performing testing in this field, but also show inter-laboratory consistency and reproducibility. This study is a comparison between the two validated blunt impact testing labs (Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) and National Technical Systems (NTS) Chesapeake Testing Services (CTS)), and Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC

Passive In-Situ Gas and Chemical Sensor

TBMG-2972807/01/2018

In many chemical processes, it is often desirable to detect the presence, quantity, and/or qualities of certain chemicals of interest; for example, in many closed chemical processes (either batch or continuous), the generation or infiltration of certain deleterious chemicals can damage or ruin the effectiveness of the process. By continually or periodically monitoring such processes, the presence and/or amount of a deleterious chemical may be timely reported, and damage to the system may be averted

Mixing 3D Printing Technologies Helps Optimize Products

TBMG-2857003/01/2018

Stratasys Eden Prairie, MN

Air Brake Actuator Test Procedure, Truck-Tractor, Bus, and Trailers

J1469_201702 (Historical)

02/09/2017

Truck and Bus Brake Actuator Committee

Registration and Conformity Assessment Process for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks Wheels

J3010_201508 (Historical)

08/12/2015

Wheel Standards Committee

Gaskets for Extreme Exhaust Test Applications

2015-01-1740

04/14/2015

Gasket materials are utilized for various different types of high temperature testing to prevent leaking at bolted joints. In particular, the automotive test services field uses flanged-gasket bolted exhaust joints to provide a convenient method for installation & removal of exhaust components like catalytic converters for aging, performance testing, etc. Recent improvements in the catalyst aging methods require flanged-gasket joints that can withstand exhaust temperatures as high as 1200°C. Gasket materials previously used in these applications like the graphite based gasket materials have exhibited physical breakdowns, severe leakage, and general thermal failures under these extreme temperatures. In order to prevent these leaks, metal-reinforced gasket materials in a number of configurations were introduced to these extreme temperature environments to evaluate their robustness to these temperatures. A series of experiments were implemented to evaluate different flange and gasket

Richmond, Kelsie S., Henry, Stephen, Richmond, Russell, Belton, David

Wheel and Wheel Trim Weathering Testing for Paint Coatings

J2633_201503 (Historical)

03/19/2015

Wheel Standards Committee

Instrumental Color Difference Measurement for Exterior Finishes, Textiles and Colored Trim

J1545_201410 (Historical)

10/27/2014

Textile and Flexible Plastics Committee

Eight Things to Look for in a Medical Device EMS Provider

TBMG-1639305/01/2013

Today’s medical device OEMs live in an age of abundance: both abundant options and abundant regulatory requirements. With so many options and so many restrictions, it can be very difficult to select the right contract manufacturer (CM) or electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider. So many factors come into play. What are their testing services? Do they have clean room capabilities? How do our corporate cultures mix? Will this be a long-lasting or one-time relationship? Could they help me with miniaturization

John H. Glenn Research Center

TBMG-1233612/01/2011

Innovators at NASA’s Glenn Research Center design game-changing spaceflight technologies that advance exploration of our solar system. They have also established themselves as global leaders in aeronautics by building safer, quieter, more fuel-efficient, and environmentally responsible aircraft

Taking a deeper look at NDT

10AEMD0811_0108/11/2010

Rapid adoption of composites in aircraft has accelerated the need for newer and faster nondestructive testing methodologies. We look at some of the issues. Two trends have converged to make nondestructive testing (NDT) increasingly attractive to aerospace: widespread use of composites and the ever-increasing sophistication in ways to look below the surface of parts. NDT's obvious draw is its ability to evaluate parts without compromising functionality. Since composites bring an urgent need to see voids or lamination problems, it brings a corresponding need for more effective technologies to see into components. TÜV Rheinland of North America Inc. has gathered a stable of NDT companies under the aegis of its TÜV Rheinland Industrial Solutions, including Non-Destructive Testing Services Inc. and Unified Testing Services Inc

Gayman, Dave

Medical Device Testing: Start With a Strategy and Plan

TBMG-813107/01/2010

Most medical device manufacturers must first receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before they can market a medical device. Device manufacturers must demonstrate that their device is safe and effective for the intended application. The tests that must be performed vary with the device, application of the device, and components of the device, such as coatings, as well as the length of time that the device may be used in a patient. To prevent delays in the FDA review process, manufacturers must ensure that they complete the necessary tests and avoid wasting time on tests that are not required or do not add to the assurance of safety of the product

Wheel and Wheel Trim Weathering Testing for Paint Coatings

J2633_200708 (Historical)

08/16/2007

Wheel Standards Committee

At your service

AUTOJUL07_0507/01/2007

As cost and human-resource pressures mount, testing and engineering outsourcing heats up and alters roles within the industry. Outsourcing in the auto industry is continuing to expand, creating significant growth for the companies that provide engineering and testing services. Automakers are starting to change the way they use outside engineers. While maintaining some of the constants that face engineers, they need to do more complex tasks in shorter time frames. Service providers are picking up many of the chores that come as downsized engineering staffs attempt to add features that help differentiate vehicles. As automakers become more comfortable with the idea of outsourcing design and testing, some are starting to change the way they work with these service providers

Costlow, Terry

Putting tractors to the test

OFHMAR07_0103/01/2007

Southwest Research Institute offers manufacturers a readymade R&D laboratory and the test programs to push their machines to the limit. For more than 30 years, the tractor laboratory at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has served major tractor manufacturers as an unbiased extension of their own research and development (R&D) activities. In that time, the lab has been involved in almost every aspect of tractor component, driveline, and hydraulic fluid evaluations. In operation since 1947, SwRI operates as an independent, nonprofit, applied R&D organization based in San Antonio, TX. Its more than 3000 employees work in a variety of fields including the off-highway, automotive, aerospace, software, manufacturing, geoscience, and chemical industries at the facility's almost 2 million ft2 (186,000 m2) of laboratory space, workshops, and offices

Monaghan, Matt

Instrumental Color Difference Measurement for Exterior Finishes, Textiles and Colored Trim

J1545_200507 (Historical)

07/25/2005

Textile and Flexible Plastics Committee

Reducing Costs Associated with Validating ECUs and Systems in the Increasingly Networked Vehicle

2005-01-128304/11/2005

Testing is an intrinsic, vital and on-going part of the product development process, particularly in the development of automobiles and automotive systems. Validation testing of vehicle electrical systems and their components is especially critical, and is expanding rapidly with the growth of electrical and electronic features offered in the automotive marketplace. In the face of this expansion traditional approaches to ECU and Systems validation are being seriously challenged by cost pressures in two areas: The cost of basic test equipment and test services labor costs, and the costs associated with the expansion of ECU I/O count and functionality in support of these features. The evolution of multi-featured in-vehicle networking from its basis as multiplex wiring has also expanded systems complexity dramatically, which has compounded the problem. Paradoxically, however, this new form of complexity can also reduce test requirements, hence test and validation costs, to a significant

Staszel, Mike

Testing and engineering resources

AUTOAUG02_0708/01/2002

Independent service providers are continually expanding their portfolio of technical capabilities to meet the testing and engineering needs of automotive OEMs and suppliers. AEI editors review some of the latest services and technologies being offered to industry. Applied Dynamics International (ADI) developed and operates its virtual proving ground, hardware-in-the-loop simulator as the prime contractor for General Motors' SimuCarll. To meet GM's requirements, ADI added 12- and 42-V systems capability, signal-conditioning sensor emulation, and fault insertion to its SIMsystem product line. SimuCarll reduces the number of prototypes required and helps develop, test, and validate embedded controllers for ABS, traction control, powertrain, suspension, chassis, and drive-by-wire systems. ADI's computer system and systems integration services team enable GM engineers to conduct tests that are not possible in a vehicle or may put the operator in jeopardy

An End-user's Guide to Commercial Vehicle Measurements: Interpreting Dynamic and Structural Tests Outside the Lab

2001-01-271211/12/2001

Engineering tests that do not impact business decisions waste time, budgets and morale. This paper will consider input and output information for the test process-specifically in vehicle dynamics and structural integrity labs. Uncontrolled test processes are unlikely to fulfill expectations. Conversely, the process may be closely defined in a widespread specification, and yet not answer the question at hand. Potential downstream impacts of loosely defined technical details will be discussed. Topics include selection of transducers, recording parameters, filtering and analysis techniques. Physics of common environmental loading are presented, along with implications for both the test plan and later use of the test data. Case studies as both a truck, bus and railroad test services provider and consumer will be discussed

Shust, William C., Smith, Keith B., Gerst, David M.

Driven to test

AUTOJUL01_0107/01/2001

As automotive manufacturers and suppliers continually attempt to cut costs and reduce development cycle times, outsourcing of testing is becoming more prevalent in the industry. Producing a road-ready vehicle means components and systems must meet governmental regulations as well as performance targets. Although automakers and many Tier 1 suppliers rely on a variety of in-house test cells and testing equipment to confirm that products meet specifications, outside testing vendors are gaining business as vehicle manufacturers and suppliers take the budget axe to unnecessary capital expenses. Because idled test cells and testing equipment can be as hazardous to business profits as idled assembly plants, the best profit plan mandates full utilization of resources. As such, one of the increasingly popular cash-conservation alternatives is retaining an independent provider to oversee test operations. Known as asset management, this next evolution of outsourcing offers financial benefits and

Buchholz, Kami

Diesel Fuel Properties and Additive Effects on Dl Injector Deposit Formation

93273810/01/1993

A test was developed by the Cummins Engine Company to evaluate Diesel fuel quality and potential additive effects. This test utilizes a Cummins L10 Diesel engine with a PT fuel system and stepped plunger injectors. A modified CRC rating system is used to quantify deposit levels. This paper further investigates the L10 Injector Depositing Test and will focus on Diesel fuel and additive variables. In the original work, the bulk of the data was collected on an industry standard reference fuel, Cat 1-H, as opposed to commercially available Diesel fuels. Commercially available Diesel fuel varies in composition with regard to sulfur level, percent aromatics, final distillation end point, and cetane number. To evaluate these fuel properties and their possible effects on injector deposit formation, two test matrices were designed. The first experiment is a 12-run fractional factorial design with four factors: additive level, sulfur, aromatics, and 90 percent distillation point (T90). Several

Claar, Kenneth G., Blythe, Glen H., Pocinki, Sara B.

EXTRACTION AND RECYCLE EQUIPMENT FOR MOBILE AUTOMOTIVE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS

J1990_198910 (Historical)

10/01/1989

The purpose of this document is to provide equipment specifications for CFC-12 (R-12) recycling and/or recovery, and recharging systems. This information applies to equipment used to service automobiles, light trucks, and other vehicles with similar CFC-12 systems. Systems used on mobile vehicles for refrigerated cargo that have hermetically sealed systems are not covered in this document

Interior Climate Control Steering Committee

INSTRUMENTAL COLOR DIFFERENCE MEASUREMENT FOR EXTERIOR FINISHES, TEXTILES AND COLORED TRIM

J1545_198606 (Historical)

06/01/1986

The practice applies to parts and materials used in vehicle manufacture which are intended to be acceptable color matches to a specified color standard. This practice is intended for use with parts or materials which are opaque or nearly so and does not apply to transparent materials. Materials covered by this practice include topcoat paint finishes, interior soft trim, interior and exterior hard trim, and exterior film

Textile and Flexible Plastics Committee

Experience with a Computer Controlled Data System in an Engineering Laboratory

68013202/01/1968

A complete gas turbine test and development facility was designed with sole reliance for steady state test work on a comprehensive, computer controlled, data acquisition system. The system was also designed to replace all standard instrumentation in six diesel engine dynamometer rooms. For the sake of those undertaking or considering this approach, the experiences of more than a year of operation are told to show the amount and kind of effort needed to make such a test service a practical reality

Wellington, Roger, Henderson, John, Cole, Michael H.

Product Safety Testing and Labeling

66042902/01/1966

The Yacht Safety Bureau is an independent, nonprofit, public service organization engaged only in testing for public safety in the boating field. The testing services are for end products only. Its object is to make certain that marine equipment measured for safe operation performs as intended. In order to accomplish this, the Bureau's safety evaluation program provides a reference base to which the measurement of a product can be related (safety testing standards), the means for accomplishing the measurement (safety testing), and the means for informing the public that the measurement has been met (product listing and labeling

Terwilliger, E. S.

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