Drop Tower

With the weight of the drop tower small and medium components can be loaded, usually not reversible. The drop height is up to 5 m. The drop weight (up to 50 kg) is guided, immidiately before the impact it is disconnected from the guidance.

Droptower
Droptower
  1. Guidance sled
  2. Disengaging device sled
  3. Guide rail
  4. Disengaging device weight
  5. Shock absober
  6. Weight (example)
  7. Cable winch
  8. Test specimen
  9. Load cell
  10. Mounting plate

Drop Tower Example Battery

Battery Test

In this project whole batteries as well as their components are tested using different weights. The goal of this investigations was to establish crash models for batteries.

Battery in the drop tower

Battery Test

In this example one test for a battery in the drop tower is shown.

Wheel test

In this test wheels are loaded (nearly reversible) in the drop tower. The pressure inside the tire is measured.

HSU

Letzte Änderung: 25. March 2021