VOI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
VOI GmbH operates a state-of-the-art R&D and Testing Center in Wolfen, Germany, staffed by an international team of engineers and technicians who specialize in the fields of chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering and electronics, covering all aspects of state-of-the-art airbag inflator design.
VOI's R&D and Testing Center employs the most advanced testing and digital imaging equipment available today, to ensure levels of safety, reliability and low effluence, far exceeding the U.S. and European Standards for vehicular restraint systems, including USCAR Specification 5.2.4,
GM Specification W3124 and
Environmental Simulation of Gas Generators AK-LV 03.
VOI Research and Development Center, Wolfen, Germany |
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VOI's Research and Development Center in
Wolfen,
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Main R&D Lab at VOI GmbH |
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Development and Testing Equipment |
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| The Vötsch VT 4018 Temperature Test Chamber, used for testing VOI's inflators in extreme temperature and temperature change conditions. |
| Capacity: |
190 liter |
| Temperature range: |
-45 °C to +180 °C |
| Rate of temperature change: |
Heating: 4.0 K/min
Cooling: 3.5 K/min |
| Max. Strain: |
Test base: 50 kg
Grate: 30 kg |
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| The Vötsch VC 4018 Temperature and Climate Test Chamber, used for testing VOI's inflators' resistance to a wide range of environmental conditions. |
| Capacity: |
190 liter |
| Temperature range: |
+10°C to +95°C |
| Humidity range: |
10% to 95% r. F. |
| Rate of temperature change: |
Heating: 4.0 K/min |
| Max. Strain: |
Test base: 50 kg
Grate: 30 kg |
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The Vötsch VTU 60/60 Heating and Drying Oven, used for ensuring the integrity of the inflators and the liquid propellant in extreme hot and dry conditions. |
Capacity: |
216 liter |
Temperature range: |
Room Temperature to +300°C |
Max. Strain: |
Test base: 50 kg
Grate: 30 kg |
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The Vötsch VTV 4057-5/S Temperature Testing Chamber is used for combined temperature and vibration combined testing. |
| Capacity: |
561 liter |
| Temperature range: |
-40 °C to +180 °C |
Rate of temperature
Change: |
Heating: 2.0 K/min
Cooling: 2.0 K/min |
| Vibration Test System |
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V830 |
| Sinus Peak: |
4.9 kN |
| Noise: |
5.3 kN |
| Half Sinus Curve: |
29.4 kN |
Acceleration
Sinus Peak: |
735.4 m/s² |
| Acceleration Noise: |
588.4 m/s² |
| Max. Strain: |
Depends on acceleration and weight of the testing material |
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The Vötsch VSC 450 Salt Spray Chamber is used for Salt-Spray and Condensation Water testing. |
| Capacity: |
360 liter |
| Temperature range: |
Room Temperature to +50°C |
| Max. Strain: |
Test base: 100 kg
Grate: 8 kg |
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The Vötsch VT 7030 S2 Temperature Shock Test Chamber is used for testing VOI's inflators' resistance to extreme temperature changes. |
| Capacity: |
300 liter |
| Temperature range: |
-75 °C to +220 °C |
| Humidity range: |
10% to 95% r.F. |
| Rate of temperature change: |
Heating: 2.0 K/min
Cooling: 3.0 K/min |
| Max. Strain: |
50 kg
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The Vötsch VT 6130/M Vacuum-Drying-Chamber is used for extreme negative pressure condition testing. |
| Capacity: |
128 liter |
| Temperature range: |
Room Temperature |
| Achievable Vacuum: |
1 x 10-2 mbar (hPa) |
| Max. Strain: |
60 kg |
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| Burst Chamber, capable of withstanding pressure levels up to
2000 bar. |
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Digital Imaging
Test results analysis incorporates high speed digital imaging for powerful computer-assisted analysis and efficient documentation. |
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The Redlake HG-100K High Speed Digital Imaging System, used for computer-assisted test analysis. |
| Frame rate: |
Up to 5000 pictures/sec |
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Up to 1504 x 1128 Pixel |
| Zoom level : |
28 to 105 mm |
| Image editing/film production: |
eXtra by Falcon |
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Preparing a high-speed imaging shoot. |
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| High-speed digital imaging of a simulated head-impact collision, using a spherical test object released from a drop tower to simulate the operation of a passenger-side airbag. |
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| High-speed digital imaging of a simulated torso-impact collision, using a flat test object released from a drop tower to simulate the operation of a side-mounted airbag. |
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Contact VOI
U.S. Headquarters
267 E. Jericho Turnpike
Mineola, NY 11501
U.S.A.
E: info@worldvoi.com
T: (+1) 516-746-2100
F: (+1) 516-746-2405
Research and Development Center Germany
Variable Output Inflators GmbH
Chemiepark Bitterfeld-Wolfen
Areal A – Andresenstrasse 6
Geb. 0291/0299
D-06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen
Germany
E: info@worldvoi.com
T: (+49) 03494-637950
F: (+49) 03494-637956
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