Have you ever wondered how Ford tests the long-term ride quality of its super duty trucks? How does an automaker know how repeated trips and jobs are going to affect the integrity of some of the toughest trucks on the planet? When it comes to the 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty ride quality, Ford uses mobile climate and road simulators to find the sources of squeaks and rattles before you ever have to deal with them!
Improving the 2017 Ford Super Duty ride quality
The key to Ford’s testing of the all-new Ford Super Duty trucks is mobile climate and road simulators, known as Transportable Environmental Four Posters. That name comes from their mobility (they can be transported wherever and whenever a vehicle is undergoing development) and the four-point road simulators that support each wheel when a vehicle is being tested in the chamber. According to their recent press release on the technology, “Ford is the only automaker to use these mobile simulators.”
See how the climate and road simulator tests the 2017 F-Series here:
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Before the first all-new Super Duty charges off the line, it will have logged more than 12 million cumulative miles of testing – more than any of its predecessors – to ensure the promise of Built Ford Tough.
Testing the 2017 F-Series Super Duty over extended periods on rough terrains and extreme climates is the only way to diagnose where those annoying squeaks and rattles are going to develop when these trucks are put to the test in real world driving conditions. In addition to simulating extreme humidity and rough road surfaces and terrain, the Transportable Environmental Four Posters can adjust testing temperatures from 20 degrees below zero to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. According to Ford, “[b]efore the Super Duty charges off the line, it will have logged more than 12 million cumulative miles of testing – more than any of its predecessors.”
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