Physical testing is a key step in the product development process. The tests evaluate both design and manufacturing influences on a product's stiffness, strength, fatigue and modal properties.

Tower's approach:

• Our engineering team works closely with our customers to develop component and system level tests that accurately reproduce the results from customer proving ground events.
• Conduct tests in-house to provide rapid feedback to our design team and customers.
• Physical testing results are correlated with our CAE model to increase the accuracy of future design iterations.

Tower's capabilities:

• Single- and multi-channel durability testing using block cycle, real-time and real-phase inputs
• Material testing (mechanical and chemical)
• Vehicle instrumentation, data acquisition, and drive-file development
• Static stiffness, yield and ultimate strength testing
• Vibration testing including modal, point mobility and random