DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATIC TESTING EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION

ENTWICKLUNG AUTOMATISIERTER PRUEFANLAGEN FUER DIE KFZ-REIHENUNTERSUCHUNG

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1970'S THE TECHNICAL INSPECTION ASSOCIATION OF THE RHINELAND INITIATED RESEARCH INTO THE DESIGN OF AN AUTOMATIC ROAD TESTING SYSTEM. THE WORK RESULTED IN A TWO-TRACK INSTALLATION IN WHICH ALL THE TESTS INVOLVING EQUIPMENT ARE AUTOMATED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE VEHICLE DRIVER CAN UNDERTAKE THE SERVICING OF HIS VEHICLE HIMSELF DURING TESTING. PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS AND INCREASING THE RAPPORT BETWEEN EQUIPMENT AND USERS. THE MOST UP TO DATE TECHNOLOGY, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF MICROPROCESSORS, WAS APPLIED. THE TEST RIG HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THREE LARGE TEST CENTRES (DUESSELDORF, MAINZ AND COLOGNE) AND IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TWO FURTHER CENTRES (KREFELD AND BASLE).

Language

  • German

Media Info

  • Pagination: 359-61
  • Serial:
    • TUE
    • Volume: 19
    • Issue Number: 11
    • Publisher: Sicherheit und Zuverlaessigkeit in Wirtschaft
    • ISSN: 0376-1185

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01289042
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:36AM