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This week Dipl.-Ing. P. Schimmelpfennig delivered a Biofidelic Dummy and a corresponding skeleton to the IABG in Lichtenau. In particularly in the area of dummy crash tests, cooperation with the IABG will continue to be pursued intensively.

CTS is present from 20th-23rd of March at Intertraffic in Amsterdam. Awaiting you at our exhibition stand are Dipl.-Ing. P. Schimmelpfennig, Technician K. Schulte and the new Biofidelic dummies. Visit us at our stand 03.423.

Currently, at the crash tech event in Ingolstadt, the new Biofidelic dummies are being presented. At our exhibition stand Dominique Fels (CTS) und Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Benjamin Härtel (HTW Dresden) await you. We look forward to your visit!

This week, at the defense offices for weapons and munition (WTD 91) in Meppen the new Biofidelic Crash Test Dummy was set up. In particularly in the area of dummy crash tests, but also in the area of impact crash tests, cooperation with the armed forces will be further strengthened.

CTS is represented together with the Bilster Berg Drive Resort at the current international trade fair for law enforcement and homeland security. At our exhibition stand (11.1 / C 128) awaits you the new Biofidelic Crash Test Dummies from our own dummy laboratory plus an insight into the broad range of services offered by Bilster Berg e.g. product launches, track days, driving experiences.

If a precise reconstruction of movements, damages and injuries are important to you, then we are the right company for you. Whether for the testing of protective clothing, explosive and mine tests, training objects for disaster control units or for the use in the area of occupational safety and product liability, our dummies are versatilely applicable. We would be pleased to advise you and look forward to your visit!

The new Biofidelic crash test dummy is the topic of the program "PS-the motoring magazine". If you want to impressively convince yourself, what "the new one" can do and why it was even developed, switch on NTV on Sunday (18.02.2018) from 8.00- 9.00 am.

This week, in the training rooms at CTS, the sponsoring society for cargo securing members' meeting of the sponsoring association Cargo Security e.V. took place. At the end of the event, all participants were able, under the direction of Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Bührmann (test manager), to be present at a live crash test.

With immediate effect, a number of new crash tests can be found in the CTS database. The tests carried out by the AZT (Allianz Centre for Technology) reflect once again a broad spectrum of passenger car-motorcycle (sliding) tests. These and many other tests are now available for download in the CTS database.

Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schimmelpfennig was guest at the Perimeter Protection specialist trade fair in January. The international exhibition for perimeter protection held in Nuremberg offered an interesting opportunity to establish new contacts and exchange views with business partners.

FH Münster
Münster University of Applied Sciences visited CTS in January with more than 30 students. As part of the guided company tour, the crash test centre and the new dummy laboratory were viewed. In addition to a brief presentation on the business areas of CTS, the students had the opportunity to watch a high-speed crash test live.

Over the last few months here on the crash site, a film has been produced which shows the scope of the crash test centre in all its facets. The new CTS film provides you with an informative and precise overview of what is possible on the 30.000 m² crash site.

CTS congratulates HS-Schoch, who won the European Transport Prize for Sustainability 2018 for the SL 3000 underride guard. In the category of Parts and Accessories, the 6-member jury selected the underride guard, which was subjected to many validation tests on the crash test facility. The system, which was presented for the first time at the last IAA, is resilient to collision speeds of up to 64 km/h. This means that at this impact speed there is virtually no intrusion into the passenger compartment and therefore fatal injuries of passenger car occupants are not expected.

Around 30 policemen and policewomen visited the crash test centre for training purposes on using the EDR-interface. The Event Data Recorder is obligatory for vehicles built since 2014 and provides police and accident analysts with valuable data after a crash. Focus of the seminar directed by Dr. Weyde were two live crash tests, which directly provided the participants the opportunity to try out and test the EDR-interface.

The underride guard SL3000 from the company HS-Schoch was once again subjected to a validation test. At the crash test facility it was proven yet again how successful this underride guard is. The system was introduced for the first time at the last IAA and can withstand collision speeds of up to 64 km/h. This means that, at such impact speed, fatal injuries of passenger car occupants aren’t expected, since there is virtually no intrusion into the cars passenger compartment. Launch of sales for the underride guard SL3000 is planned for summer 2018. Details for this underride guard including a crash test video can be found on the homepage of HS-Schoch.

Mid-November, Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schimmelpfennig was guest at the international safety and security exhibition “Sicherheit 2017” in Zurich

Last week, IABG tested for the army, in cooperation with the WTD 91 (defense technical center), the impact behaviour of military vehicles. For this purpose, dummies specially prepared by the WTD 91 were used. In several impact tests at varying collision speeds the load acting on the occupants was examined.

Once again, CTS says: "quiet please - we're shooting". This time however for our own cause. From crash tests to biofidelic Crash Test Dummies to seminars, a short film will be produced to offer insights into all facets of the crash test center.

With an exhibition stand and the new Biofidelic crash test dummies, CTS was the main sponsor represented at this years’ EVU-Conference. The 26th EVU annual conference, held in Haarlem Netherlands, was attended by around 300 participants from the accident reconstruction sector. Over the course of three days at the congress, the program entailed specialist lectures and exchanges for the European community of accident analysts.

Last Monday, CTS had the pleasure of the visit of Prof. Uzi Raz Phd. P.Eng from Israel. In the scope of the company tour Prof. Uzi Raz Phd. P.Eng and his team were able to attend a crash test and gain an insight into the new Biofidelic-Laboratory.

A specialist conference with focus on counter terrorism barriers, organised by GPEC, took place this week on the entire CTS-site. More than 250 participants came to follow specialist lectures on topics such as terrorist attacks with vehicles or standards and certifications of corresponding vehicle barriers and much more. Additionally, across the whole crash site, a large number of exhibitors were represented who presented their products. Alongside several counter terrorism crash tests there was, of course, another impressive CTS-crash test with subsequent training exercise for the fire brigade.