Thermal Systems Testing Services - Delphi

A comprehensive variety of technical testing services for climate
control and powertrain cooling systems, components and modules
are offered at several Delphi facilities. Testing services are available
for automotive and non-automotive applications and include climatic
wind tunnels, airflow, heat transfer, noise and vibration, corrosion
and compression laboratories; and support services including
engineers and technicians. Each facility has security precautions
in place to assure customer confidentiality. Delphi Thermal Testing
Services are managed by Sverdrup Technologies Automotive
Operations*. Sverdrup has over fifty years experience in the design,
build and operations of test facilities worldwide. Delphi Thermal
Systems and Sverdrup have teamed together to offer state-of-the-art
facilities and expertise. Delphi’s thermal testing services are available
at our Lockport, New York and Juarez, Mexico facilities and at the
Sverdrup facility in Amherst, New York.
Lockport, New York
■ Six Climatic Wind Tunnels
Fully equipped engineering garage for vehicle preparation
and instrumentation
• Four (4) tunnels: ambient to +130°F (+54°C)
• Two (2) tunnels: -35°F (-37°C) to +130°F (+54°C)
• Solar simulation
• Chassis dynamometers: full road simulation—idle to
120 MPH (193 KPH)
• Wind Speed: idle to 100 MPH (160 KPH)
■ Component Test Laboratory
• Seventy-five (75) performance, durability, vibration test stands
• Heat transfer dissipation—radiators, condensers,
evaporators, heaters
• Corrosion chambers—temperature, humidity, salt fog (SWAAT),
sulfur dioxide
• Vibration machines: mechanical, hydraulic, electro-dynamic
• M.A.S.T. (multi-axis simulation table) with environmental
chamber: -40°F (-40°C) to +185°F (+85°C)
Climatic
Wind
Tunnel
PLENUM
STEAM/BRINE COILS
HUMIDITY BOOMS
FAN
Thermal Systems
Testing Services
DIFFUSER
SECTION
■ Airflow Laboratory
• Four (4) “windjammer” airflow machines for HVAC development,
benchmarking and competitive assessment
■ Support Services
• Test support—engineers, technicians
• Test systems—design and specifications of test equipment
• Full capability, on-site metrology services
■ Laboratory Certification
• QS9000
AIR FLOW
MOVABLE NOZZLE
DYNAMOMETER
SOLAR LIGHT BAND
PNEUMATIC DAMPERS
AIR INTAKE & EXHAUST
STRUCTURES
VEHICLE
ENTRY
DOORS

Thermal Systems
Testing Services
Amherst, New York
■ Compressor Laboratories
• Forty (40) computerized water cooled typical system durability
test strands
• Seven (7) air cooled/environmentally controlled durability stands
• Two (2) air cooled typical system performance test stands
• Six (6) water cooled secondary refrigerant calorimeter stands for
compressor performance
• Environmental chamber capable of -20°F (-29°C) to +18°5F (+85°C)
and humidity from 30% to 100%
• One (1) products development laboratory for precision assembly,
mid- and post-test analysis
■ Noise and Vibration Laboratory
• Two (2) full anechoic test chambers for component/systems
acoustic and vibration measurement
• One (1) semi-anechoic chamber for full-size vehicle noise and
vibration evaluations
• Two (2) dynamic compressor test stands for force transmission
measurement
• One (1) pressure pulsation test stand for heating, ventilating
and air conditioning pressure systems
• One (1) squeak and rattle shaker table and analysis system
■ Miscellaneous Test Laboratory
• Four (4) pulley bearing evaluation test stands
• Six (6) gas cycle test stands for clutch durability and development
• One (1) Refrigerant Emissions Analysis Laboratory (R.E.A.L.) for
leak rate analysis
• A/C Controls test area for performance evaluation, thermal &
pressure cycling, burst and corrosion—salt fog (SWAAT),
humidity testing
• One (1) clutch tribology stand for friction and engagement
• One (1) clutch inertia stand for development and evaluation
• One (1) carbon dioxide stand for evaluating performance of CO 2
as refrigerant
■ Airflow Laboratory
• Constant temperature anemometer used to measure velocity
flow fields quantitatively
• Laser doppler anemometer used to precisely measure flows fields
• Motor dynamometer used to measure torque characteristics of
motor used in conjunction with airflow measurement machine
to demonstrate fan/motor efficiency
• Airflow measurement machine to evaluate components as to
their volume flow rate
■ Support Services
• Machine shop—fully equipped for laboratory wide support
• Instrumentation department for calibration, repair and support
of all test activities
■ Laboratory Certification
• A2LA—mechanical, acoustic and vibration fields
Acoustic analysis anechoic chamber tests HVAC module for
noise and vibration
Compressor noise and vibration analysis is conducted in Delphi’s
anechoic sound chambers
Vehicle in the semi-anechoic noise measurement chamber with
Aachen head measurement system in the driver’s seat of the vehicle

Thermal Systems
Testing Services
Juarez, Mexico
■ Component Test Laboratory
• Ten (10) performance and durability test stands
• Heat transfer dissipation—radiators, condensers
• Corrosion chambers—temperature, humidity, salt fog (SWAAT)
• M.A.S.T. (multi-axis simulation table) with environmental
chamber: -40°F (-40°C) to +185°F (+85°C)
■ Packaging Test Laboratory
• Servo-hydraulic vibration table with environmental chamber:
-20°F (-29°C) to +185°F (+85°C), 20-95% RH
• Transportation simulator—repetitive shock
• Incline impact and drop testing
• Compression (burst pressure) testing
■ Airflow Laboratory
• “Windjammer” airflow machines for HVAC development,
benchmarking and competitive assessment
■ Laboratory Certification
• QS9000
* Actual testing services are performed by employees of Sverdrup and/or Delphi under
Sverdrup supervision. Agreements to perform testing are between customer and Sverdrup.
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M.A.S.T. is used to test representative HVAC modules and
other components under various degrees of motion,
temperatures and humidities
Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems
200 Upper Mountain Road
Lockport, New York 14094
U.S.A.
Tel: [1] 716.439.2639
Fax: [1] 716.439.2386