Test/Research Facility (Automobiles)

Futaba uses CAD and CAE technology in conjunction with analysis software to achieve drastic reductions in development time, with the evaluation of performance starting from the design stage, resulting in the elimination of the need for trial production, thus reducing costs. Of course, we do not carry out all testing in a virtual environment and carry out various performance tests on actual vehicles as well.

Multi-Axle Road Simulator	Multi-Axle Vibration Tester
We can rapidly test and evaluate the strength and durability of suspension by reproducing the conditions found on bad roads.	Using this equipment, we can evaluate the strength of suspension parts when attached to a running engine as they are exposed to the bumps and dips found on road surfaces.
Anechoic Chamber With Chassis Dynamometer	Engine Durability Bench
This facility enables performance evaluation of exhaust system parts using an actual automobile.	We use this equipment to evaluate how strong parts are under the thermal expansion of exhaust gases, and to check how they hold up under resonance.
VT-SHED
Fuel vapor leakage is tested and evaluated.

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The Futaba Approach

Fuel (gasoline) constantly evaporates under normal conditions, and this is even more true in summer. Photochemical smog can be caused if hydrocarbons are released into the air as fuel vapor. If you think about it, every year approximately 10 million cars are manufactured in Japan, and so if each one produces even a small amount of fuel vapor, the environmental damage can be devestating.
To prevent this fuel vapor from leaking and damaging the global environment, Futaba has set up two SHED Houses (hermetically sealed fuel vapor leakage test chambers) to aid research and development. An initial results of this has been a fuel tank module with a built-in canister for reducing these emissions.