Taking emission-testing technology to

TAKING EMISSION-TESTING

TECHNOLOGY TO A NEW LEVEL

Maha Maschinenbau Haldenwang is a global leader in brake and emission testing technology. The company continues to set new standards in accuracy and innovation throughout its product portfolio. Philip Yorke looks at the company’s latest innovative products and its move towards sustainable production.

Maha is a brand that is synonymous with quality and innovation in the field of motor vehicle testing and workshop outfitting. Founded in Germany over 40 years ago, the privately owned company has seen consistent growth, and today operates four major production facilities, three in Germany and one in the USA. The company’s product portfolio consists of motor vehicle test lanes that include sideslip testers, shock absorber and suspension testing equipment, roller brake and headlight alignment testers and surface-mounted lifting gear.

From Maha’s headquarters in Haldenwang its 1000 employees manage and coordinate the movements of more than 45,000 brake testing installations currently operational in auto-dealerships, test stations, workshops and test agencies, to ensure the safety of cars, commercial vans, motorcycles and special vehicles around the globe.

The company’s services not only include the realisation of complete concepts for vehicle testing programmes but also stand-alone solutions for individual, single workshop outfitting. Maha customers also receive optimal service back-up from its worldwide locations which are supported in turn by subsidiaries and partners in more than 130 countries, to provide technical support around the clock.

Pioneering high-tech laser technology

Today everyone is aware of the dangers posed by vehicle exhaust emissions to health and to the well being of humans and the environment. Vehicle exhaust gases contain some of the most dangerous components of particulate matter and only by employing highly sensitive measurement methods can essential reductions in particle emissions be achieved.

As the pioneer of innovative vehicle testing solutions, Maha has developed the most practical, innovative and accurate solutions. The company’s second generation Opacimeter is the logical development of its well-known predecessor. In the field of diesel emission measurement technology Maha relies on its highly accurate laser-scattered light measurement technology, which can identify even the most microscopic soot particles, which diesel engines with direct-injection systems tend to emit. The company’s latest MET 6.3 emissions tester is capable of measuring turbidity value and particle concentrations. These evaluations exceed the standards laid down for official emission testing and the testing of particle filters. Development is at an advanced stage and full approval of the company’s first advanced laser scattered-light measurement device is expected to be granted during the last quarter of 2012.

Maha is also committed to sustainable development in all its production pro-

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cesses and all its environmental management systems are soundly based on ISO 14001 certification. This serves to guarantee sustainable environmental compatibility throughout its business activities, products and processes. In addition, it offers an economical tool to achieve sound environmental production throughout the company’s manufacturing processes.

Full service provider

Maha is a full service provider in every sense of the word and offers its customers everything from professional consultation at the design stage to the production of equipment and full after-sales service support. Virtually all Maha products are manufactured in-house at its four modern automated production sites. Projects can range from new concepts and solutions for the implementation of individual test lanes up to nationwide vehicle test systems with advanced e-communication networks.

Maha’s diverse portfolio consists of motor vehicle test lanes of every description, but the company has also moved into the development of an entirely new generation of tyre changing and wheel balancing equipment. The company’s latest wheel alignment robot, the Lastron has already been described as a ‘revolutionary’ innovation by the automotive trade press. The company continues to set new world-class standards in other market sectors too, such as in its emission and performance dynamometer division. Maha’s innovative AIP (Automotive Industry Projects) sector dominates the market in the emission testing field and its latest LPS 3000 performance dynamometer has set new global standards in functionality and in the performance testing of vehicle emissions. Maha’s exhaust emission analysers for diesel and petrol engines have gained approvals in all the world’s leading markets as well as in many of the fast-growing, emerging trading nations.

Setting new standards in energy management

Since December 2011 Maha Maschinenbau Haldenwang GmbH has been certified in accordance with the new DIN EN 16001:2009 standard, which makes it one of the very first companies in the industry to introduce a concerted energy management system based on stringent European protocols. As a result, Maha’s unique Greenline product line emphasises the involvement of the workshop outfitter for improved environmental protection.

By the year 2020 the federal government wants to reduce CO2 emissions in Germany by 40 per cent compared to 1990 levels. This can only be achieved through a more efficient use of energy. Klaus Burger, Maha managing director said, “With the latest certification in accordance with DIN EN 16001:2009 we are continuing down the path already set of pursuing a sustainable environmental policy. Again we are setting important trends in the industry and meeting the demands that leading automobile manufacturers place on their suppliers.”

This latest quality certification has also had a beneficial effect on a range of Maha products such as its innovative tester series MET6.x in which both choice of materials and reduced electrical consumption levels have been enhanced. n