As environmental concerns continue to grow over automobile emissions and gas mileage, the automotive industry is under increasing pressure to improve engine and powertrain performance, reduce emissions, and simultaneously make vehicles safer. In addition, fierce competition requires auto manufacturers to reduce costs while improving performance, both in the design and manufacturing phases as well as on the road

Jacobs' Test SLATE provides auto manufacturers with crucial driveability, emissions, aerodynamic, thermodynamic, acoustic, climatic, and safety test data at a cost five to ten times less than competing software applications. Test SLATE makes it easier to move road testing into the laboratory, where vehicles can be tested under any climatic condition, saving even more time and money by eliminating expensive, time-intensive outdoor testing

Test SLATE is used in some of the most advanced national and international automotive test facilities, including the General Motors Proving Ground and Technical Center, Visteon Corporation, Ford Motor 
Company, and numerous component suppliers.
 

Motorsports testing is a demanding offshoot of automotive testing, requiring advanced aerodynamic analysis, extreme engine and transmission performance, precise tolerances, and more rigorous analysis.

Today, NASCAR and other open wheel racing organizations, including individual teams, are designing and building their own test facilities to meet the demand for better and more comprehensive testing of race car designs and performance. Jacobs' Test SLATE is ideally suited to provide car designers with crucial aerodynamic, thermodynamic, and safety test data, at a cost five to ten times less than competing software applications. By moving on-track testing into the laboratory, Test SLATE can test race cars under virtually any track and performance condition, saving even more time and money.

Test SLATE is being used by WindShear, Inc. in NASCAR's first dedicated wind tunnel facility and by other confidential motorsports customers.

Today's world runs on machines with moving parts — motors, turbines, pumps, transmissions, generators, valves, pistons, and bearings — to name just a few. And as components move they are subject to a wide range of conditions — temperature, wear, stress, moisture, pressure, and more. To guarantee optimum performance, products such as safety equipment, medical components, engine and transmission parts, and others often require quality assurance testing during development  to gather stress, performance, reliability, and fit tolerances.  

Testing products under development can be accomplished in the design laboratory, but quality assurance testing after manufacturing begins can be challenging and expensive.  Because Test SLATE enables moving real world testing into the laboratory, products such as well pumps, oil drilling equipment, and many other components can be effectively and comprehensively tested in simulation, providing significant savings in product development time and testing costs.

Jacobs' Test SLATE is used by some of the world's best-known manufacturers such as General Electric, Behr, Caterpillar, and Saturn for both product development and quality assurance testing.

 

Test SLATE has the full functionality to provide complete closed loop controls as well as high speed data acquisition of instrumentation from a standard library of major manufacturers to handle engine speed, fuel consumption, exhaust emissions, coolant temperatures, air flow speed, and much more. Using Test SLATE’s automated test sequencing features, engine tests can be fully automated and overall testing time significantly reduced.  From engine cycle testing to performance and endurance testing to emissions tests and more, Test SLATE has been created with engine testing in mind.

Jacobs has been a trusted partner with the United States Military for more than 60 years. Jacobs’ support to the Department of Defense, and specifically the U.S. Air Force, dates back to the design of wind tunnels at Wright Field during World War II and to the inception of Arnold Engineering Development Center, where we have provided continuous support since 1950. 

Our portfolio encompasses ground test support to nearly every type of aerodynamic and rocket propulsion flight program, and we have supported virtually every type of air armament system. We also provide support to the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command.

Since its inception, Jacobs' Test SLATE has been a major contributor to the success of these programs and is used in some of the most advanced U.S. military and NASA test facilities, including USAF’s Arnold Engineering Development Center, USAF’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory, the U.S. Navy's Cherry Point Naval Aviation Depot, and NASA's Ames and Langley Research Centers.