Many of the United States government's largest testing centers as well as the world's largest automotive companies and associated suppliers use Jacobs test control and measurement software for research and development (R&D) and manufacturing testing applications.

As a general purpose test control and measurement software tool, Test SLATE and its predecessor, TestVIEW, have been used in dozens of different applications by a variety of customers, ranging from aerospace and automotive research and development testing to manufacturing line component testing.

With over 300 licenses installed worldwide, backed by one of the world's largest technical services companies, our software is proven, dependable, and ideal for a wide range of applications.

A partial customer list includes:

• Behr
• Caterpillar
• Delphi
• DENSO International America, Inc.
• Doowon
• Ford Motor Company
• General Motors
• Halla Climatic Control
• Honda
• Hyundai Motors
• Korea Delphi Automotive Systems, Inc.
• Mando Climatic Control Corporation, Korea
• Modine Manufacturing Co, Wisconsin
• NASA Ames, California
• Samsung, Korea
• Saturn Corporation, Tennessee
• U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee
• U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, North Carolina
• Visteon, Germany
• WindShear, Inc., North Carolina

A partial application list includes:

• Automotive climatic wind tunnels
• Automotive aerodynamic wind tunnels
• Aerospace aerodynamic wind tunnels
• Motorsports aerodynamic wind tunnels
• Automotive air conditioning component test stands
• Automotive transmission manufacturing validation test stands
• Helicopter transmission rebuild validation test stands
• Commercial aircraft fuel pump rebuild test stands
• Automotive emissions test chambers
• Rocket engine component test stands
• Jet engine component test stands
• Automotive casting process validation test stations
• Submarine hull stress testing chamber

To prove that Test SLATE is the most flexible and dependable testing software tool on the market today, we will be periodically adding customer success stories to our website, demonstrating how Test SLATE successfully addresses a variety of needs and applications. The following are summaries of example applications:

• US Air Force Arnold Engineering and Development Center (AEDC) -

  
  Since 2001, the 16 Foot Transonic (16T) Propulsion Wind Tunnel at AEDC has been using TestVIEW, the predecessor to Test SLATE, to perform aerodynamic evaluation testing for most of today's military flight programs. The capabilities of this facility are unmatched in the world; for example, imagine a Tomahawk cruise missile suspended in the 16 foot by 16 foot test section of a wind tunnel with the wind at near supersonic speeds. Then, imagine igniting its live, fueled engine, enabling it to exert thrust against its tethers into the wind generated by the massive tunnel fans. These tests, as well as automated aircraft model pitch-pause and continuous sweeps, are common for this facility. These entire processes are automatically sequenced and controlled by TestVIEW through a variety of complimentary hardware subsystems. In addition, using TestVIEW's "proceed when pre-defined conditions are met" functionality has enabled AEDC to minimize test time for each individual test run, greatly improving facility productivity and throughput.

• NASA Ames National Full Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC) -

  
  The NFAC is a wind tunnel with both an 80 foot by 120 foot test section and a 40 foot by 80 foot test section. Brought back on-line in late 2007, one of real draws of this facility --other than its simply massive test section -- is its ability to test full-scale rotary aircraft. The Department of Defense (DoD) revived funding for the de-commissioned facility and added capability unmatched throughout the world. Of particular interest are the data acquisition systems. Test SLATE sits at the heart of the measurement capabilities of this complex — Jacobs provided 256 analog measurement channels that take measurements at 68,000 samples per second per channel and 256 channels that run at 1,000 samples per channel second.
  
  
  
  Couple this with 224 pressure channels and 48 temperature channels that sample at 200 samples per second per channel and you can fill a computer disk drive in a hurry. Unique to our system is its capability to convert all the analog channels from a time-based measurement to a rotary-position-based measurement in real-time (i.e., converting 560 measurements every 15 micro-seconds). Considering all the calculated variables, the system stores nearly 20 million data point per second, which is a little over one Terabyte of data generated per hour of testing.

• WindShear (NASCAR) Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel - The world's first commercially available aerodynamic wind tunnel with a rolling road surface provides 180 MPH wind and a 180 MPH moving ground plane for motorsports teams to fully simulate aerodynamic track conditions in a repeatable test environment. In addition to designing and building the facility, Jacobs also operates it.

  
  Operations personnel utilize Test SLATE to orchestrate fully-automated test sequences that adjust wind speed, road speed, vehicle yaw against the airstream, and independent wheel ride height settings. Similar capabilities exist in proprietary Formula 1 wind tunnels, but not with the comprehensive automation available at Windshear. One of the key features of this application is the assurance of data security in response to the competitive nature of race teams, while providing each customer with real-time access to their data during testing to enable on-the-fly decisions. As the old saying goes, "time is money", so optimizing the utility of the data while a customer's car is in the test section is critical.

• Ford Motor Company Driveability Test Facility (DTF) - Jacobs designed, built, and operates a complex of three wind tunnels and two soak rooms for Ford, brokering the unused facility time to competitors and suppliers, all while maintaining the strictest confidentiality and security. TestVIEW provides operational control of all the test facilities within this complex, using a common set of software for all of them — from wind tunnels to soak rooms — enabling cross utilization of operations personnel and integrated sharing of data and test vehicle configuration information. The test automation tools within Test SLATE and DTF have been instrumental in helping reduce Ford's overall product development cycle time.