Delphi expanding emissions testing - Test Equipment - Brief Article

Diesel Progress North American Edition, Feb, 2004

Delphi Corp. said it will invest $50 million over the next six years to upgrade the company's advanced engine and emission test facilities. The investment will allow Delphi to improve its Engine Dynamometer Labs (EDL) and Vehicle Emissions Labs WED at eight of the company's technical centers worldwide.

Delphi's leading engine management system and exhaust product portfolios include gasoline and diesel rejection systems, air control products, exhaust aftertreatment, fuel handling and emissions, valve train, ignition systems and controls. Development of technologies such as Multec gasoline injectors, diesel catalysts and emission systems, variable valve train technologies and hydrogen enrichment, among others, is accelerated by utilizing Delphi's state-of the-art trot facilities.

Successful upgrade pilot programs have been completed at Delphi's Rochester, N.Y., and Bascharage, Luxembourg, technical centers. The global EDL/VEL upgrades will follow this year at other Delphi technical centers located in Flint, Mich.; Piracicaba, Brazil; Tokyo, Japan; Blois, France; and Gillingham and Park Royal in the U.K.

With one globally common template for EDL/VEL testing, Delphi anticipates supporting its customers through potential workload leveling between markets. It will also allow Delphi to develop components and powertrain management systems to meet future regulatory standards while increasing testing throughput capability and global consistency.

In addition, Delphi will make testing capability at some of its EDL and VEL facilities available to third parties to further increase equipment asset utilization.

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