Body and Interiors Testing
Regardless of vehicle type, the common objective is to ensure that the product is safe, durable, reliable and refined. Millbrook’s laboratories provide full test support for development and validation of body and interior systems and components, including seat, instrument panel, automotive trim and airbag testing.
Millbrook delivers tests covering environmental, durability, NVH and performance assessment of body, chassis and interior systems to legislative, customer and Millbrook-developed procedures.
Vehicle Body and Interiors Test Capabilities
Test capabilities include:
- Vibration durability and squeak and rattle testing, including climatic, using single and multi-axis shakers
- Climatic chamber testing
- Subsystem actuation and climatic component cycle life testing
- Dust and contaminant and corrosion tests, including dust intrusion, salt fog and cleanability assessments
- Door key life and body closures testing
- Seat, instrument panel and curtain airbag testing, with high-speed cameras and environmental conditioning
- Interior system key life testing combining road load data vibration, temperature and humidity cycling, infra-red heat and subsystem actuation in a single test
- Infra-red heat testing, increasing surface temperatures up to 115°C to reveal imperfections
