Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at ARAI

Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at ARAI

Existing testing facilities in the area of safety, viz. battery safety lab, modular infrastructure for verification & validation (V&V) of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and cylinder testing are being augmented at ARAI. Details of the same are given below. Battery Safety Lab: The facilities being established will cater to all prevailing and futuristic national/ international standards/ regulations for all the battery domains. They are technology agnostic to support various sectors such as consumer electronic, medical devices, industrial equipment and stationary storage, apart from automotive applications. These facilities will support Indian industry to develop, validate and certify their battery technologies locally. Modular Infrastructure for V&V of ADAS: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are active safety systems designed for motorized vehicles. Their major objective is to improve the safety performance of motorized vehicles. However, before these complex systems are released onto the market they need to be tested extensively. The testing infrastructure being established will support the Start-ups, MSMEs, Research Institutes working in the domain of advanced and intelligent vehicles and engaged in developing control systems for different OEM’s and Tier 1. These facilities can be directly utilized by the different stake holders for validating their ADAS control systems in a vehicle and traffic environment. Cylinder Testing: These facilities will support in meeting industry’s requirement of approval of gaseous cylinders covering Type-I to Type-IV (type approval, batch approval, periodic testing and development testing) and also, foster technology upgradation in terms of light weight cylinders required for CNG applications. Also, these facilities will be useful for approval of gaseous cylinders for various applications as per Gas Cylinder Rules, 2016.

Financial Progress
MHI Cost (INR)
54.45 Cr.
Industry Cost (INR)
15.8 Cr.
Project Cost (INR)
70.25 Cr.
Brief

Battery Safety Lab: Various facilities being established include battery pack fire, crush & short circuit; vibration & temperature test facility; mechanical shock test system; battery pack test cycler/ emulator; cyclic walk-in chamber; battery gas analysis System, altitude, IP testing, salt spray, dust, gravel bombardment, etc. Modular Infrastructure for V&V of ADAS: Facilities being established for V&V of ADAS includes guided platform for target vehicle and target vehicle dummy; launch pads for VRU; soft pedestrian/ dummy target; communication equipment; central controller and software; real-time kinematic positioning system; driving robots; road infrastructure and India specific objects; server networking facility and related equipment. Cylinder Testing Facilities: The various facilities being installed for cylinder testing include equipment for material characterization, equipment for climatic exposure durability; equipment for pressure endurance tests in normal and under different climatic conditions, etc.