NTS Detroit Expands Dyno Test Capabilities and Capacity
June 4, 2019NTS’ Automotive Center of Excellence in Detroit, MI is pleased to announce the addition of two new 600 HP dynamometers to their already extensive dyno lab. These new test stands will execute 600 HP regenerative dyno performance testing of electric...
Love that muddy water? Slurry Testing at NTS Detroit
August 16, 2017Slurry testing is a specialty at NTS Detroit testing laboratory. It is a great way to gauge the durability of products at the risk of failure due to various environmental operating conditions. Commonly used in the automotive industry to test...
Open House – NTS Detroit
June 6, 2016Detroit Open House Come on out to the NTS Detroit open house event and get a first hand look at how our 42,000 square-foot facility can support your next testing program! The Detroit team can help answer your questions regarding...
Meet your Testing Team at NTS Detroit
May 13, 2016(Left to right) Geoff Polan, Dynamometer and Hydraulics Manager Mike Garvey, Regional Sales Manager Loren Isley, Applications Engineer (Quoting) Steve Patykowski, Vibration and Climatics Manager Our technical team at NTS Detroit has the experience and capabilities to provide world class...
How can I relate the results of MIL-STD-810 salt fog testing to the life time of my product?
April 20, 2016This is a very common question that we get asked quite often and unfortunately there is no correlation between what the product sees in the salt fog chamber to what it will experience out in the field. In order to...
Vibration Fixture Basics
March 30, 2016By Randall Cobb, P.E. Inside Sales Manager, NTS Detroit. Vibration testing is a necessary part of many programs, and there are a wide variety of vibration types, but the one thing every test has in common is that the energy...
A Great Day at the NTS Detroit Open House!
October 30, 2013NTS Detroit welcomed over 40 visitors at our open house on October 24th! It was a great opportunity to see the facility and meet our technical experts. Guests enjoyed a catered breakfast and were treated to live demonstrations of testing...
Who’s Who at NTS
September 3, 2013Steve Patykowski started his career testing automotive electro-mechanical components for Eaton Corporation. He then moved to the Reliability Engineering Department where he wrote test specifications, developed test plans, performed and analyzed the results of accelerated testing on many automotive component...
Lab Spotlight: NTS Detroit
September 3, 2013NTS Detroit is an independent product testing and validation laboratory. We offer a wide range of test and analysis services in our 65,000 sq-ft facility and at customer sites. We serve the Defense, Medical, Automotive, Aerospace, Communications, Electronics, Energy and...
Ask the Expert: Randall Cobb
September 3, 2013Randy joined NTS Detroit in 2010 as the Engineering Department Manager for Special Projects at the Detroit facility, he is currently focusing on accelerated life testing of hybrid electric motors. His previous experience in testing started in 2004, beginning with...