Transmission test benches: Precise performance measurement and quality assurance with integrated measurement technology
Transmission test benches are of central importance in industrial measurement technology. They enable the comprehensive testing and evaluation of the performance of gearboxes - from development and prototype testing through to series production. Important parameters such as efficiency, functionality and durability are recorded and analyzed under realistic conditions. By simulating different operating conditions and load scenarios, potential weak points can be identified and rectified at an early stage, making a decisive contribution to ensuring high product quality and increasing customer satisfaction.
What advantages does the solution for a transmission test bench with Delphin offer you?
- All in one system: Recording of vibrations, torques, temperatures, pressures and other process variables without additional measuring devices.
- Higher product quality: Early detection of weak points through precise analysis of real operating conditions.
- Maximum efficiency: Time-synchronized data acquisition reduces analysis effort and increases informative value.
- Flexible customization: Individually scalable solutions based on proven standard components.
- Operational safety: Local limit value monitoring and alarming even without a PC connection.
- Cost advantage through integration: No complex interfaces thanks to seamless hardware and software combination.
- Versatile application possibilities: From the development laboratory to end-of-line testing in series production.
Rely on a robust, expandable and practice-oriented solution for your transmission test benches. Typical areas of application are
- Measurements during development on the gearbox test stand
- Wear measurements and load measurements
- Acceptance runs of large gearboxes
- Bearing vibration and temperature monitoring on gearboxes
- Efficiency measurements on automotive transmissions
- Vibration measurements in drive systems
- Enclosure vibration and structure-borne noise measurements
- Shaft vibration monitoring and analysis
- Torque and speed detection
Practical example from a transmission test bench
Effort-minimized testing of wind turbine gearboxes
A service company specializing in maintenance has specialized in the overhaul of wind turbine gearboxes. Defective gearboxes are quickly replaced with overhauled units on site to keep turbine downtimes to a minimum. After removal, the general overhaul takes place in the workshop. Before a gearbox is put back into operation, it is subjected to an approximately eight-hour test run on a test bench.
During this test run, the Delphin measuring systems reliably record and monitor all relevant measured variables, in particular temperatures and vibrations. This ensures that the gearbox is working perfectly. The time-synchronous data acquisition ensures a precise analysis of any anomalies.
With the ProfiSignal software the test is efficiently documented: All measurement data is automatically visualized, archived and compiled as a test report. This serves as binding proof for the customer that the gearbox has been successfully tested on the test bench - a significant advantage in order to avoid subsequent costs due to undetected defects during reinstallation.
The Delphin solution significantly reduces the time and effort required for testing and documentation, ensures transparent, traceable results and increases the overall operational reliability of overhauled wind turbine gearboxes.