New MAHLE Test Systems Dry Leak Tester Helps Manufacturers Around the World Reduce Assembly Line Testing Time

New MAHLE Test Systems Dry Leak Tester Helps Manufacturers Around the World Reduce Assembly Line Testing Time

May 11, 2007

Requires no disassembly of vehicle, no vehicle battery
power

    NOVI, Mich., May 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- MAHLE Test
Systems, a major supplier of end-of-line and diagnostic
engineering services to the global automotive industry,
today announced industry-wide availability of its new
TestLogiq (R) Mobile Evaporative System Dry Leak Tester for
automotive and component fuel systems.  

    "As government regulations for on-board
diagnostics evolve, testing tolerances on many emissions
systems are becoming more stringent," said Ben Shirey,
Director for MAHLE Test Systems.  "This tester is
engineered to meet current Environmental Protection Agency
regulations that require an audit detection of minute leaks
in the fuel system, which would be time prohibitive using
standard on-board diagnostic routines."

    As part of MAHLE Test Systems' TestLogiq (R) Mobile
platform, the portable Evaporative System Dry Leak Tester
conducts a vacuum-based test that is administered on a fuel
system through the vehicle's fuel-tank filler neck. The
test, which does not require disassembly of the vehicle,
was designed by MAHLE Test Systems' engineers to detect
leaks as small as 0.010 inches. The test can be conducted
without using vehicle power and within a cycle time
suitable for in-line testing on a production assembly line.
 

    An application of the TestLogiq (R) tester has been in
use at all Chrysler Group manufacturing plants in North
America and at its Toledo Supplier Park rolling chassis
plant for more than a year. More recently, the tester has
been applied to other critical subsystems, as well as Tier
1 manufacturing.

    The MAHLE Group acquired Cosworth Technology in 2005, a
consultant and major supplier of powertrain and diagnostic
engineering services to the global automotive industry, and
created MAHLE Powertrain, LLC. It employs 600 people at its
offices in Novi, MI, and Northampton, Wellingborough and
Worcester in the United Kingdom. MAHLE Powertrain, LLC is
unique in the automotive engineering supply business in its
wide blend of capabilities, which extend from engineering
services in powertrain design, development and systems
integration through to complete engine manufacturing,
including the casting and machining of major engine
components.  

    MAHLE Test Systems, a division of MAHLE Powertrain, LLC
offers end-of-line and diagnostic engineering services and
systems that are utilized today worldwide in many fields
for the development of new vehicle models, in
manufacturing, in service products by authorized dealers
and in diagnostic test systems for the aftermarket.

    The combined resources of MAHLE Powertrain, LLC and the
parent company product divisions and R&D centers
provides a worldwide capability to support our customers
from individual components through to fully integrated
powertrain systems from conceptual design through to full
manufacturing.

    The MAHLE Group is one of the 30 largest automotive
suppliers worldwide. As the leading manufacturer of
combustion engine components, systems and peripherals,
MAHLE is among the top 3 suppliers for piston systems,
cylinder components, valve train systems, air management
systems and liquid management systems. MAHLE employs more
than 40,000 employees in 110 production plants and seven
research and development centers. In 2006, MAHLE generated
sales in excess of EUR 4.3 billion (USD 5.8 billion).

    For more information on MAHLE Powertrain, LLC visit
http://www.mahlepowertrain.com .


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