The Automotive & Motorcycle Control Cable (Flexible Shaft) Efficiency Tester is designed to measure the load and displacement efficiency of automotive and motorcycle control cable assemblies under specified working conditions. By applying controlled push-pull forces to both ends of the cable and synchronously collecting force and displacement data, it quantitatively evaluates the transmission efficiency for various routing configurations and working strokes, providing reliable data for design verification, type testing, and quality inspection.
Application
This tester is applicable for efficiency testing of various vehicle control cables and flexible shafts, including:
(1) Automotive throttle cable efficiency testing
(2) Automotive clutch cable efficiency testing
(3) Automotive gear shift cable efficiency testing
(4) Automotive brake and parking brake cable efficiency testing
(5) Motorcycle throttle, clutch, and brake cable efficiency testing
(6) Bowden cables and flexible shaft transmission efficiency testing
(7) Control cables for electric vehicles, light vehicles, and specialty vehicles
(8) R&D, type testing, and mass production quality inspection of control cables
Standards
(1) Q/CT 29101-92 — Automotive Cable Assemblies
(2) QC/T 29101-2014 (Reference) — Automotive Control Cable Assemblies
(3) Q/SQR.04.828-2007 — Automotive Control Cable Efficiency Test Method
(4) Q/SQR.04.285 — Automotive Control Cable Performance Test Specification
(5) Q/SQR.04.405-2006 — Motorcycle Control Cable Assemblies Test Method
(6) Q/SQR.04.821-2007 — Automotive & Motorcycle Flexible Shaft and Cable Performance Test Specification
Parameters
| Item | Technical Specification |
|---|---|
| Maximum Pull Force (Tension End) | 5000 N |
| Maximum Push/Pull Force (Fixed End) | 5000 N |
| Maximum Stroke | 100 mm |
| Push/Pull Speed | 1–100 mm/min, steplessly adjustable |
| Displacement Sensor Accuracy | ±1% |
| Displacement Display Accuracy | ±1% |
| Load Measurement | Force sensors |
| Displacement Measurement | High-precision displacement sensors |
| Display | Real-time force, displacement, and efficiency |
| Curve Display | Force–Force, Displacement–Time curves |
| Print Function | Test data and curves output |
