Red Dot Corp., a leader in heating and air conditioning for commercial and military vehicles, has expanded its advanced engineering and test center to include dedicated facilities for conducting vibration, acoustics, electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI), and blower-lifecycle validation.
The new test areas are part of the company’s H.G. Runnings Technical Center in Seattle. Features and capabilities include:
The vibration, acoustic, and blower test cells are operational now, with the EMI/RFI test capabilities available starting in early 2011.
“Testing is a Red Dot strength,” said Gary Hansen, vice president, Red Dot. “Our investment in these new facilities will help our engineering team meet the more rigorous performance and reliability requirements of our commercial and military customers.”
Red Dot’s H.G. Runnings Technical Center is one of the most sophisticated research and test facilities in the industry. Its full-vehicle environmental test chamber has an operating temperature range of -29 C to 60 C (-20 F to 140 F) and humidity control from 20% to 90%, as well as advanced thermal imaging capabilities. It also has a dual-chamber HVAC system calorimeter to precisely simulate a punishing range of under-hood and in-cab conditions.
Red Dot designs and builds premium climate control components, integrated systems, replacement parts, and aftermarket units for vehicles in demanding work environments all over the world. Product applications include construction, mining, agriculture, forestry, military, commercial freight, and emergency service vehicles.
Based in Seattle, Red Dot has 400 employees in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and China, and more than 175 aftermarket distributor locations in North America. www.reddotcorp.com