(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of precision sensors, electronic systems, and instrumentation for measuring pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has announced the availability of its lightweight miniature accelerometers for automotive component durability testing.

Throughout all phases of a new vehicle R&D and manufacturing process, Kistler accelerometer technologies are used to test the critical automotive components found on engine mounts, rear and front suspensions, steering assemblies, exhaust mounts, bushings, transmissions, and drivelines, as well as within fully instrumented new vehicle prototypes during both on-road and laboratory simulated testing. These transducers play a vital role in helping automotive engineers to better understand how interrelated vehicle components and systems structurally behave over time, as well as within various environments.

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