PRODUCTS AND SERVICES S-E-A To find out more, scan the QR code or visit: ON-AND OFF-ROAD TEST CAPABILITIES The vehicle dynamics team at S-E-A has been performing tests for the automotive and off-road industries for over 30 years. This experience has enabled it to develop equipment to serve test engineers who simply need the product to work and get the job done. In addition to the company’s flagship Vehicle Inertia Measurement Facility (VIMF) – a staple tool used in 10 locations globally – other products include driving robots, a component inertia measurement rig (C1000) and the STRIDE VRU ADAS platform. The team’s testing experience has both breadth and depth in the automotive and off-road sectors. OEMs, race teams and student project groups all regularly send their prototype vehicles to be measured on S-E-A’s VIMF, which generates CoG and inertia tensor information that can be used to develop better models. NHTSA has used the VIMF to provide information for the static stability factor (SSF) metric for NCAP since 2001. Additionally, S-E-A regularly performs tests to ANSI, SAE, OPEI and ROHVA standards for clients. These include maximum speed, dynamic handling stability, service brake, lateral and pitch stability and occupant retention system (ORS) evaluations, and can be combined with work on the tilt table or VIMF for even more data. The company’s destructive and unmanned testing experience is another strength. It has a low-speed indoor sled, which can be used to roll vehicles over, crash component parts into obstacles or debris and study vehicle occupant dynamics in trip events. The inputs to these sled tests can be gathered from unmanned outdoor rollover or impact testing of vehicles. 82 MARCH 2024 www.sealimited.com/vehicle-testing/ Thirty years of testing experience has created a trusted supplier of equipment and services to meet the demands of manned, unmanned and other unique analysis cases Need to know » The specialist provides both » testing products and services Custom solutions can be developed to meet any need The open-source code and intuitive GUI enable custom test scenarios of non-traditional pedestrian motions, such as a curved walking path. Customers of S-E-A regularly approach the team with special needs and use cases that require custom solutions. The company can customize testing plans, existing S-E-A products and more to help solve unique challenges. An example of this ABOVE: Evaluation of a remotely operated vehicle using S-E-A’s driving robot LEFT: STRIDE can be used for ADAS pedestrian testing The latest service from S-E-A is pedestrian and non-traditional ADAS testing. Its STRIDE platform and other testing tools can be combined to test a variety of vehicle features for research and development or to provide demonstrations to a variety of audiences. The STRIDE is a low-profile, overrunnable platform designed to carry pedestrian, cyclist and other small targets at speeds up to 20km/h. customization is the creation of specialized arrangements of driving robots for applications such as crash testing, where traditional driving robots might not survive. Any organization, big or small, needing expert testing to develop a product can turn to S-E-A. The company’s team of testing professionals is ready to improve a raft of products and services. www.AutomotiveTestingTechnologyInternational.com