Testing   Acoustics

Component testing

In our sound measurement room, we test electrically driven and belt-driven components according to customer specifications. For innovative tests, we work with our customers to develop the optimal test program.

Test objects

  • Electrically driven components
  • Belt-driven auxiliary units
  • Warning and signaling devices
  • Household appliances
  • Plant engineering

Measurement methods & analyses

  • Sound power measurement
  • Transmission routes
  • Frequency analyses
  • Order analyses
  • Localization of noise
  • Psychoacoustics

Test conditions

  • Class 1 sound measurement rooms according to DIN EN ISO 3745
  • High-voltage power supplies up to 1200 V
  • 120-channel measurement systems
  • Sensors for sound pressure, acceleration, force, pressure pulsation and reference variables
  • Individual test setups

Structural dynamics

In our structural laboratory we carry out investigations into structural dynamics and room acoustics.

Test objects

  • Complete vehicle
  • Trimmed Body
  • Parts and components

Measurement methods & analyses

  • Impulse hammer method
  • Shaker and loudspeaker excitation
  • Acoustic fingerprint
  • Modal analysis
  • Operating deflection shapes
  • ETS measurement
  • Transfer path analysis

Test conditions

  • Structural laboratory (insulated modular room)
  • Modal shaker for incoherent excitation
  • Analysis Shaker
  • Volume sound source
  • Point sound source

Driving tests

Instrumented driving test: Measurements using multi-channel measurement technology to analyze influences on acoustic and vibration comfort.

Test objects

  • Car
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Prototypes
  • Aggregate carrier (Mules)
  • Competition vehicles

Measurement methods & analyses

  • Body acoustics
  • Vibration comfort
  • Aggregate acoustics
  • Insulation
  • Damping

Test conditions

  • Mobile 120-channel measurement systems
  • Sensors for sound pressure, acceleration, force, pressure pulsation and reference variables
  • CAN / OBD
  • Spectral analysis, signature analysis
  • Psychoacoustics