THE LABORATORIES

Walvoil Innovation Center - features

• Surface: 3.100 sq. mt.
• Indoor vehicle testing area: 250 sq.mt.
• Outdoor excavation area: 900 sq. mt.
• Electrical Power - installed: 3.300 kW
• Our team: 27 technicians, including 8 engineers 

Walvoil Innovation Center – test equipment

• 24 Benches for hydraulic perfomance tests up to 450 l/min and 350 bar
• 19 Benches for endurance tests up to 500 bar
• 14 Benches for mechanical endurance tests
• 4 Benches for tests up to 20 20 Hz-400 bar
• Burst pressure test equipment (up to 1800 bar)
• 45 Data acquisition systems
• > 1000 sensors and transducers for pressure, flow rate, stroke, force, etc.
• 3 3D printers for ABS plastic, resin and PA12 nylon prototypes
• 5  Temperature and Climate Test Chambers (-40 o -70 ÷ +200°C)
• Thermal shock chamber (-70 ÷ +200 °C)
• Salt spray corrosion test chamber
• Vibration test platform (11 kN, 100 g, ±25,4 mm)
• Chamber for testing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) in terms of radiated and conducted emissions and immunity
• Equipment for electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing up to 30 kV
• Semi-anechoic chamber for acoustic testing of hydraulic pumps
• Vibration test rig for tensile and material fatigue testing (100 kN)
• Spectrometer for analysing the chemical composition of materials
• Microscope with zoom up to 2.500x
• 3,000 kgf hardness tester, micro-hardness tester and IRHD hardness tester
• 3 CNC centres for prototyping
• 9 machine tools for prototyping
• Equipment for IP compliance
• Spring endurance test bench (8 units, max. 19 Hz)
• Equipment for testing the performance of springs and coils/tubes
  
  

Know-how, skills

We can count on extensive know-how on:

• Vehicle testing
• Hydraulic components characterization
• Endurance, fatigue, burst pressure tests
• Environmental simulation
• Testing of electronic products
• Material testing
  
  
  Our team has specific skills and abilities on Hydraulics and Mechatronics.
  

Know-how, skills

We can count on extensive know-how on:

• Vehicle testing
• Hydraulic components characterization
• Endurance, fatigue, burst pressure tests
• Environmental simulation

Our team has specific skills and abilities on Hydraulics and Mechatronics.