Research & Development Systems

Mustang Advanced Engineering supports many areas of Research and Development.  We perform consulting engineering and design as well as develop custom test systems to support our customers Research and Development.  MAE precision engineering expertise has allowed us to accel in supporting the Research and Development customers by creating many repeat customers

MAE provides many test systems for loading dynamic components, measuring emissions, measuring electricity, controlling electricity, monitoring sensors, controlling actuators and providing data acquisition, control and operator testing integration solutions into one coherent system. 

MAE works with our R&D customers in many different ways from supplying in-house testing services, supplying custom engineered products, supply modified standard products or standard products.  We routinely integrate customer supplied equipment with our equipment to make a full functioning system. 

Project sizes vary from a couple of days of consulting engineering or service work to large infrastructure projects spanning multiple years and touching virtually every continent.  

  • High-speed, rotating and linear, precision mechanical design, engineering and component supply
  • High-torque mechanical powertrain transmission, precision mechanical design, engineering and component supply
  • High-power mechanical and electrical power systems, precision mechanical design, engineering and component supply
  • High speed fast processing, laboratory software and control system integration
  • Equipment for monitoring and measuring emissions.
  • Facility infrastructure systems to support R&D equipment.
  • Facility design services to support R&D projects.

Mustang has served the Research and Development area for over 35-years and will continue to meet our customer’s specifications and requirements. If you do not see a product you are interested in please contact our engineering sales team.

MAE’s Chassis Dynamometers reproduce precision road conditions under the most demanding environmental conditions for your R&D testing. 

There are many different type of Research and Development criteria for Chassis Dynamometers and related components.  Much of these criteria are covered by the testing environments such as NVH, EMC/RFI, Emission Laboratories, Environmental type applications.  Still there are other testing uses such as hybrid vehicle development, vehicle calibration and tuning, powertrain development, exhaust validation, fuel consumption, on-road track simulation, off-road course simulation, durability testing and just general road load applications.  These chassis dynamometers are developed with single roll, 2×2,4×4,6×6, 8×8 and 10×10 applications. Over the past 35-years Mustang has engineered and manufactured many research and development chassis dynamometers for many different laboratory testing environments. 

MAE’s Research & Development Chassis Dynamometers are precision designed systems with reliability to perform precise testing and hold calibration within various testing environments.   MAE is a world class Chassis Dynamometers design and manufacturer and our equipment exceeds the perform requirements under these demanding conditions while having the durability to last for many years with in the testing environment. Mustang supplies many standard and custom designed R&D Chassis Dynamometer products. 

The Chassis Dynamometer is typically one of several items that are part of an R&D laboratory. Depending on the laboratory requirements the Chassis Dynamometer and the other testing equipment are tied together to allow a single point of control for the R$D testing laboratory.  MAE can assist with the supply and integration of equipment from other vendors with powerful TESTCell® software platform.

For these laboratory environments we supply and integrate many different types of equipment:

  1. Chassis Dynamometers
  2. Emission analyzers and collection systems
  3. Fuel monitoring and conditioning systems
  4. Battery simulator, battery chargers, battery management systems
  5. Test cell interface, wind, cool, solar heat, rain, snow, fire suppression, and facility monitoring systems
  6. Vehicle CAN/data interface monitoring and control, tire air pressure monitoring system, 
  7. Vehicle operator control systems, pedal actuators, gearshift actuator, steer actuators, robot drivers, ignition actuators, dash board actuators, in-cell drivers trace
  8. Test cell operator Interfaces, control consoles, complete system data display and monitoring, remote hand pendents, 
  9. Data Aquistion systems, vehicle measurment sensors, weather stations, wheel slip sensors

Chassis Dynamometers:

Mustang can supply many of our standard 8.65″, 10.7″, 20″, 48″ and 72″ (220, 272, 508, 1,219, 1,829 mm) single roll, 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, 8×8 and 10×10 variant Chassis Dynamometers for your R&D testing requirements.  These chassis dynamometers can be supplied with individual motor to roll/wheel connections or one motor per axle roll set connection the motor can be connected in several different methods:

  • Motor In Line (MIL)
  • Motor In Middle (MIM)
  • Motor Belted Back (MBB)
  • Motor Direct Connect (MDC) 

Should your require other motor connection requirements or modification to your Chassis Dynamometer we can make the required modifications. 

R&D Laboratory Equipment:

Vehicle Sizes: ATV, Motorcycle,Scooter, Golf Cart, Mowers, Snowmobile

 Roll Configuration: Single Roll, 2×2, 4×4

  • Motor Configuration: Independent Motor/roll, Motor Inline (MIL)
  • Available Cradle Roll: 8.65″, 10.7″, 17.8″, 20″ ( 220, 272, 452, 508 mm)
  • Available Single Roll: 36″, 42″, 48″ (914, 1,067, 1,219 mm)
  • Speed: up to 200 mph (320 km/hr)  higher speeds are available
  • Power Range per Axle: 25 -400 Hp (18.7 to 300 kW)

Vehicle Sizes: Auto Passenger Vehicle < 10,000 lb. /4,545 Kg

 Roll Configuration: Single Roll, 2×2, 4×4, 6×6

  • Motor Configuration: Independent Motor/roll, , Motor In Middle (MIM). Motor Inline (MIL), Motor Belted Back (MBB)
  • Available Cradle Roll: 8.65″, 10.7″, 17.8″, 20″ ( 220, 272, 452, 508 mm)
  • Available Single Roll: 36″, 42″, 48″ (914, 1,067, 1,219 mm)
  • Speed: up to 200 mph (320 km/hr)  higher speeds are available
  • Power Range per Axle: 25 -400 Hp (18.7 to 300 kW) higher powers are available

Vehicle Sizes:Auto Passenger Vehicle / Light Truck < 14,000 lb. / 6,400 Kg

Roll Configuration: Single Roll, 2×2, 4×4, 6×6

  • Motor Configuration: Independent Motor/roll, , Motor In Middle (MIM). Motor Inline (MIL), Motor Belted Back (MBB)
  • Available Cradle Roll: 8.65″, 10.7″, 17.8″, 20″ ( 220, 272, 452, 508 mm)
  • Available Single Roll: 36″, 42″, 48″ (914, 1,067, 1,219 mm)
  • Speed: up to 200 mph (320 km/hr)  higher speeds are available
  • Power Range per Axle: 25 -600 Hp (18.7 to 450 kW) higher powers are available

Vehicle Sizes: Heavy Truck< 80,000 lb. / 36,400 Kg

 Roll Configuration: 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, 8×8, 10×10

  • Motor Configuration: Independent Motor/roll, Motor In Middle (MIM), Motor Inline (MIL)
  • Available Roll Diameter: 72″ (1,829 mm)
  • Speed: up to 100 mph (160 km/hr)
  • Power Range per Axle: 400 – 600 Hp (300 – 450 kW)

Vehicle Sizes: Extreme Heavy Truck > 80,000 lb. / 36,400 Kg

 Roll Configuration: 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, 8×8, 10×10

  • Motor Configuration: Independent Motor/roll, Motor In Middle (MIM), Motor Inline (MIL)
  • Available Roll Diameter:  10.7″, 17.8, 20″, 48″ , 72″ (272, 452, 508, 1,219, 1,829 mm)
  • Speed: up to 100 mph (160 km/hr)
  • Power Range per Axle: 400 – 800 Hp (300 – 600 kW)

R&D Chassis Dynamometer Extras:

  • Torque Measurement Environmental Control Enclosure
  • Fuel Measurement and Conditioning System
  • Battery Systems
  • Automatic Transmission Driver Control System (Throttle, Brake, Ignition, with or without Gear Shift)
  • Manual Transmission Driver Control System (Throttle, Brake, Clutch, Ignition, Gear Shift)
  • Truck 5th Wheel Trailer Load Simulator
  • Restraint System No Vertical Loading
  • Variable Speed Vehicle Frontal Cooling Blower and/or Dual Side Cooling Blowers (not for use in wind tunnel) 
  • Wheel Tire Pressure Detection System
  • Remote Drivers Aid Display
  • Remote Control Pendent
  • Pop-up Wheel Restraints
  • Roll Covers
  • Wheel Covers
  • Additional Eddy Current PAUs for extra performance

All of MAE’s Chassis Dynamometers are available with a drivers trace that can be configured to Supported Drivers Traces such as:

WLTPFTP 75 (Light Duty)EPA US06 Supplemental FTP Driving Schedule (Light Duty)ECE + EUDC
Japan 10-15 Mode (JP1015)ESC & ELRCARB HHDDT Composite CycleHHDDT Cruise Test
HHDDT Transient TestHHDDT-Creep TestUDDS-Diesel TestUDDS Drive Cycle
City Suburban Heavy VehicleCentral Business DistrictEPA FTP-72, UDDS-LD, LA-4 (Light Duty)Manhattan Bus Drive Cycle
NY Bus Drive CycleNY Composite Drive CycleOrange County Bus Drive CycleRefuse Trash Truck Cycle
EPA FTP 505Hybrid Truck User Forum Class 6 cycle (HTUF-6)Business Arterial-Commuter (BAC) cycleNeighborhood Refuse Truck Cycle
World Harmonized Vehicle Cycle (WHVC)FTA and Altoona Drive CycleVocational Drive Cycle (Beverage, Linen and Parcel)Japan Cycle 08 (JC08)
WVU 5-Peak CycleNREL Utility Truck Cycle (California)NREL Utility Truck Cycle (Miami-Dade)NREL Port Drayage Near Dock Cycle (California) 
NREL Port Drayage Metro Highway Cycle (California)NREL Port Drayage Local Cycle (California)NREL PORT Drayage Creep Queue Cycle (California)NREL Port Drayage Composite Cycle (California)
 NREL Parcel Delivery Truck Cycle (Baltimore) NREL Neighborhood Refuse Truck CycleNREL Class 6 Electric Vehicle Cycle NREL Class 3 Electric Vehicle Cycle 
New York City Cycle (NYCC-LD) (Light Duty)EPA Highway Fuel Economy Test (Light Duty)HWFETCommuter Segment of the Transit Coach Operating Duty Cycle
California Unified Cycle (UC), LA92 Cycle (Light Duty)Braunschweig City Driving CycleHong Kong Modified TUV drive cycle for LPG light bus 75kph & 90kph max, Appendix VBHong Kong TUV drive cycle for LPG light bus 75kph & 90kph max Appendix VB
Hong Kong Standard TUV Auto Except LPG bus 90kph maxCommuter – J1376 Driving ScheduleArterial – J1376 Driving ScheduleRefuse Trash Truck Cycle WHM
Refuse Trash Truck Cycle WHSCity Suburban Heavy Duty Vehicle Drive CycleCentral Business District – CBD Drive CycleTransit Coach Commuter
SC03 Test CycleIM-240BAR-31ECE1504A
ECE1504M   

Contact MAE for your Research & Development Chassis Dynamometer requirements by calling 330-963-5400.  Email us at sales@mustangae.com.

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