Intertek unveils new industry- leading powertrain development facility
Intertek in Milton Keynes, UK, becomes European centre of excellence for high end automotive powertrain testing and engineering services
Intertek’s Milton Keynes-based Transportation Technologies, provider of quality and safety services, cemented its place as a European centre of Excellence for high end automotive powertrain testing and engineering services, as it unveiled the highest-specification engine test cells available commercially in the UK.
Intertek has also invested in low carbon vehicle and electric machine test cells at the Milton Keynes Transportation Technologies powertrain test laboratory to create a new, industry-leading facility for high performance electric and hybrid drivetrain testing. This will enable Intertek’s automotive customers to reach their goals on air quality emissions and CO2
reduction in their future vehicles. The 1000 kW test cells and associated infrastructure are designed to be highly flexible so will be heavily used by truck, bus and off-highway industry customers too.
Four of Interteks new test cells are now fully operational and the final two will be commissioned in August and will be equipped with both high speed and low speed 550 kW A/C transient dynamometers permitting engine and full driveline testing. The design of these two test cells also incorporates removable access panels, which permits cross-linking of dynamometers between cells to deliver twin axle driveline testing.
These two cells are also supported by two 150 kW, 1000 V battery simulators which can be linked to deliver 300 kW to one cell or split between two cells. This enables clients to test hybrid and EV drivelines with one or two driven axles. Finally, the new A/C generating dynos will enable the site is to become self- sufficient in electrical power requirements during testing.
Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), which represents the UK automotive industry, said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to open this state-of-the-art facility. I’m confident the impressive specifications of the new test equipment will support Intertek as a European Centre of Excellence for hybrid and electric vehicle driveline development. Intertek’s support and investment in this facility is to be applauded and I look forward to seeing this great team of engineers excel under its ownership.”
When Intertek acquired Tickford Powertrain Test Ltd in 2013, the Milton Keynes site became part of Intertek’s global Transport Technologies service with 800 staff worldwide with facilities in the US (Detroit, San Antonio, Phoenix and Allentown), the UK (Milton Keynes), Germany (Kaufbeuren), Sweden (Kista), the Netherlands (Geleen), China (Shanghai and Guanghzou) and Japan (Yokohama).
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