Could you provide an overview of the kind of products and services you offer to engineers working in Noise, Vibration and Harshness?
Since 1995, Vibration Research has been a pioneer in the field of vibration testing and control, leading the way with innovations that increase the accuracy and reduce the duration of vibration tests. We offer the best-selling VR9500 shaker controller, with easy-to-use VibrationVIEW software, and our new ObserVR1000 portable DAQ and analyser with ObserVIEW software. They are used in laboratories across the globe to solve troublesome industry issues such as test equivalency, end use environment comparisons, and test acceleration.
In your experience, what is the number one challenge that NVH engineers resolve through using your products and services?
The NVH world constantly seeks a balance between cost and design refinement. The challenge is to ensure that potential NVH problems are identified early in the product development lifecycle but avoiding the wasted cost of redesigns caused by tests that don’t reflect the real world. Our customers know that using innovations like the fatigue damage spectrum will drive tests that better replicate a product lifecycle while speeding up the testing process.
What is the most exciting project or product development that your company is involved with at the moment?
We have just brought to market the new, fully autonomous ObserVR1000 portable data acquisition and analysis product. Our customers can configure the ObserVR1000 in the field with a wireless device, then record, visualise and analyse the data before returning to the test laboratory. Using this field data, engineers can seamlessly generate test profiles with high confidence in the end test results in much reduced record timescales.
What do you see for the future NVH measurement, testing and engineering over the next 5 – 10 years?
With the advent of increasingly complex computer models, the industry needs a matching focus on ensuring these models can be validated with laboratory tests that better replicate the real vibration environment. At a product design level, tests should be able to validate computer models and ensure close correlation to lifecycle events and failures. At an system implementation level, test engineers should be able to identify tests that have been over-accelerated at their inception, and quickly adjust them ensure a valid outcome.
What should delegates look forward to experience through your exhibiting at Noise, Vibration and Harshness 2018?
Delegates will be able to see and use our vibration test control innovations, including:
We actively solicit customer engagement, with 90% of our enhancements originating from customer feedback. Please come by our booth and tell us about your testing challenges.