Leuven, Belgium – LMS, the engineering innovation company, today announced that Southern Research has selected LMS Test.Lab as the new standard testing solution for its new NVH (Noise Vibration and Harshness) engineering laboratory in Birmingham, AL. Southern Research is a full-service contract research and development organization which conducts advanced engineering research for automotive, aerospace and industrial clients.
Southern Research (www.southernresearch.org) added noise and vibration capabilities in 2005 to meet the demand for service from the growing Southeastern U.S. automotive manufacturing industry. Traditionally, Southern Research has provided the bulk of its core engineering services to the aerospace and defense industries. However, as engineers at Southern Research were asked to perform an increasing amount of work for local manufacturing industries, they needed to generate more data in shorter amounts of time to efficiently identify and solve the root causes of NVH problems. Southern Research standardized its NVH testing systems using the LMS Test. Lab software suite and LMS SCADAS III data acquisition front-end. The deployment of this software expands Southern Research’s capability to perform structural and modal analysis both in-house and at a customers’ facilities.
Percy Wang, Ph.D., engineering manager for the NVH Group at Southern Research, viewed selecting the right equipment and software for the NVH lab as a critical step, “We selected the LMS suite because of the features provided through an extra smooth user interface. In acoustic, structural, as well as rotating machinery applications, this suite offers extensive math processing all within a very user friendly package, which saves us a lot of guesswork and makes technical reporting very efficient.”
The LMS Test.Lab system also allows Southern Research engineers to conduct standard and advanced NVH testing jobs with a single solution, eliminating time-consuming data transfers and the need to learn and maintain multiple software tools. “There are further efficiency increases through the intuitive user interface,” said Dr. Wang. “The workflow-based approach allows us to systematically capture all the required steps of routine NVH testing jobs, resulting in shorter test cycles and higher data consistency. The advanced analysis tools in LMS Test.Lab support our efforts to analyze the different sources and complex transfer paths that determine vibration comfort and sound quality.”
“We are very pleased to welcome Southern Research and its Engineering Division among the large group of LMS Test.Lab customers,” said Filip Pintelon, general manager of the LMS Test Division. “Once again, the selection of LMS Test.Lab stresses the proven benefits of LMS Test.Lab in terms of productivity, scalability, ease-of-use and data transparency. We look forward to making the LMS Test.Lab deployment at Southern Research a true success story, and to support the Engineering Division in strengthening its highly regarded engineering capabilities.”
About LMS:
LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. LMS enables its customers to get better products faster to market, and to turn superior process efficiency to their strategic competitive advantage. LMS delivers a unique combination of virtual simulation software, testing systems, and engineering services. We are focused on the mission critical performance attributes in key manufacturing industries, including structural integrity, handling, safety, reliability, comfort and sound quality. Through our technology, people and over 25 years of experience, LMS has become the partner of choice for most of the leading discrete manufacturing companies worldwide. LMS, a Dassault Systèmes Gold Partner, is certified to ISO9001:2000 quality standards and operates through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.
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