Michigan Scientific Corporation offers comprehensive vehicle testing solutions that combine advanced instrumentation with robust data acquisition strategies. Our services are designed to support product development, durability testing, and real-world performance validation across a wide range of industries and vehicle types.
Whether you’re developing a new vehicle component or validating an existing system under real-world conditions, our integrated approach to vehicle instrumentation and road load data acquisition (RLDA) ensures you get the insights you need. We specialize in capturing forces, motions, environmental effects, and operational data from vehicles in both controlled and natural environments.
Instrumentation Capabilities
We provide full-service instrumentation for vehicles and components, including:
- Strain Gauges on critical components
- Temperature sensors, displacement, and acceleration measurement
- Wheel Force Transducers, suspension component transducers, powertrain instrumentation, and chassis twist gauging
- CAN channel data collection (speed, GPS, accessory usage, door usage, etc.)
- Custom DAQ systems tailored to your testing needs
- OEM component gauging and data transfer solutions
Instrumentation setups are designed to be unobtrusive and non-disruptive to normal product usage, enabling long-term data collection from actual users.
Road Load Data Acquisition (RLDA)
Our RLDA services capture the dynamic loads and environmental conditions vehicles experience during operation. This data is essential for:
- Durability and reliability testing
- Product requirement specification
- Computer simulation and lab testing
- Efficiency and road performance analysis
- Long-term data collection
We collect data on public roads, proving grounds, simulators, and even during customer usage over extended periods (days to years) to capture seasonal effects.
Applications
We’ve instrumented and tested a wide range of vehicles and equipment:
- Passenger cars, motorcycles, trucks
- Farm and construction equipment
- Locomotives, lawn mowers, wind turbines
- Internal combustion and electric vehicles
Related Services
To further support your testing and development needs, explore the industries that we serve.
For examples of custom solutions, explore some of our Custom Force and Torque Transducers.
Whether you need a full instrumentation package, long-term usage data, or help developing a custom test protocol, Michigan Scientific is ready to support your project. Contact us to discuss your testing goals and let us tailor a solution that fits.
