February 2013

I love automotive engineers

Valentine’s Day: Tribute to automotive engineering

By this special day, we would like to take the opportunity to talk with you about our passion for automotive engineering. Automotive industry is going through tough times right now and we need more than ever to support it by any way. Sharing our knowledge through this website is the way we decided to follow […]

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Pseudo Mac-Pherson suspension

MacPherson and Pseudo MacPherson suspension

MacPherson suspension The system was invented in 1955 and used on the first Ford Consul. The MacPherson suspension is a technology for front and rear suspension. It is an independent suspension type, including a single suspension arm (spring and damper), an anti-roll bar and a lower arm. The junction between sprang and unsprang masses is

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Ni-Mh Panasonic battery cell

New Energy Recovery system developed by Panasonic for Stop and Start application

Panasonic Corporation has developed a 12V Energy Recovery System for Stop and Start vehicles that uses nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries for automobiles. This system allows the energy generated during braking to be stored in the batteries and use the stored energy to power the vehicle’s electrical components, thus ensuring power availability even when the

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ice2 integrated software to accelerate calibration process

ICE2, Integrated software solution to speed up engine calibration

As a result of the increasing complexity of current engines, and new requirements of more stringent regulations, the calibration process has become a time-consuming and costly task. IFP Group Powertrain Technologies now proposes a fully integrated calibration tool named ICE²*, which uses powerful Design of Experiments (DoE) techniques, and offers innovative solutions to tackle these issues and

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