Tilt testing for Perkins engines

摘要

Perkins has invested US$21 million (€16.4 million) over the last three years expanding and upgrading its Global Engine Development (GED) Centre in Peterborough, UK, testing the performance of its new Tier 4 engines. One significant addition was a tilt cell that allows the company to check performance while simulating typical and extreme attitudes that an engine would see in customer applications. Perkins'tilt cell has a hydraulically-actuated table that can rotate a fully-instrumented engine through 180° on the crankshaft axis, and it tilts up or down 45° off horizontal while it's running. A typical test includes a battery of tilts and rotations that mirror actual conditions the engine is likely to meet in use.