For many years customers asked if
Microsys could help them improve the productivity of their
barrier and sled testing process just as SureFire had done so
successfully for airbag testing. Microsys listened and in 2003 released a suite of software and hardware products for the crash
test market.
Microsys designed the SureFire crash
test software after extensive consultation with operators of
sled and barrier facilities. SureFire was made to meet the
following broad objectives:
Significantly
decrease the amount of time
the operator spends managing the high-speed
cameras by automating the camera setup, image download and
AVI conversion
- Allow different camera makes & models to seamlessly
combined. This would give sled and barrier managers the
ability to purchase on-board cameras from one vendor and
off-board cameras from another.
- Allow different DAS makes & models to seamlessly
combined. This would make it possible to use a dummy with
an embedded DAS from one vendor along with a traditional
DAS from another vendor.
- Provide a user experience that is consistent between
test cells: barrier, sled and component. This would allow
operators to be quickly cross trained for greater
management efficiency
- To be completely database driven, thus allowing for
traceability, statistical reporting, test setup recall,
and fast search & recall of test results
Crash Test Partners
In addition to Microsys products the
company has formed alliances with many of the major equipment
providers, allowing customers to order a complete crash test
facility from Microsys.
Many customers prefer to have a single company provide the
instrumentation for their sled or barrier facility. This
"turnkey" approach improves communication and
schedule coordination among the vendors. It also simplifies
post-installation support by removing
"finger-pointing".
The Microsys approach to providing a turnkey crash facility
combines instrumentation from our partners with Microsys
planning, project management, control software, installation,
training and support.
Our partners:
- For data acquisition systems: DTS and Kayser Threde
- For high speed cameras: IDT, Vision Research, NAC
- For HMI lighting: KHS
- For dummies: Humanetics
SureFire Specifications
See the complete list
of the major SureFire
crash specification
and features to learn about the benefits of using
SureFire for sled and barrier applications.
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