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Concord, North Carolina, February 09, 2009 - As part of its commitment to continuous improvement, Windshear has recently completed two projects to enhance accuracy, repeatability, and throughput, and is near completion on another. The first of the new enhancements is implementation of a temperature compensation system for down force measurement. According to Windshear Site Manager Jeffrey Bordner, the system eliminates the need for run-to-run warm-ups, translating to as much as a 20% improvement in test productivity. A typical customer could see an additional 2 hours of test data in a given day. On the heels of that project, Windshear implemented a new process of database management that drastically reduces the time to collect test data. The new process has already proven to reduce data processing time by more than 30%. The result is a significant reduction in the time spent managing data and an increase in the total number of test runs. The newest enhancement to Windshear is a system of force measurement at-the-wheel. When complete in March, it will provide a new level of extremely accurate aerodynamic side-force measurement at speed. The new system will allow for operation while vehicles run at speeds up to 180 MPH on Windshear’s rolling road. An additional benefit will be reduced tares and the ability to measure chassis lateral forces both with and without wind. The end result will be a more accurate side force measurement capability and an increase in the number of data runs available within a given test period. For more information about this feature or any of the other high-tech systems at Windshear, call Business Manager Peter Zierhut at 704-788-9463.
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