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Structural Validation through Field Testing

While field test validation can be applied to a wide range of products, it is most often used to validate designs for vehicles of some type. This often includes, but is not limited to, agricultural and construction equipment, forestry, on and off-highway trucks, specialty vehicles, and so on. Watch this

Oil Pan Cracking

Rotating equipment, with its multiple components and sub-assemblies, is subjected to varying vibrational forces. While certain levels of vibration are inherent to the normal operation of pumps, fans, gen-sets, and similar equipment – however, sometimes vibration levels become excessive. As vibration increases equipment and supporting structures are susceptible to cracks,

Let’s get Social!

Did you know that Six D is now on Facebook, Linkedin, and YouTube? In the months ahead, we’ll be creating and posting a number of informative videos, articles, and other forms of useful content to help improve your understanding and applications of equipment/vehicle testing and engineering analysis. Be sure to

Supporting Equipment Dealers

For more than five decades, Six D Testing & Analysis senior management and engineers have worked with equipment manufacturers and systems integrators to troubleshoot equipment, validate new designs, and plan next generation products. We often get involved when a dealer is requested to commission an engine to drive a piece

Structural Durability Validation

Knowing where you want to go and how you want to get there is critical to any product development campaign. And while these and other considerations are the important overriding driver for a new or redesigned product, so is the impact that it will have on the company’s bottom line.

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6D literally wrote the book on data acquisition, testing and analysis. Our senior principals pioneered many of the testing, data acquisition and analysis tools, technologies, and best practices now standard throughout the industry. With more than 300 man-years of experience, we offer an expertise that simply can’t be matched. Meet

Hail the Selfish Employee!

Author Moe Glenner shares some interesting thoughts on selfish employees. See if you agree… When Gordon Gekko says, “greed is good,” we tend not to empathize with him, instead opting to scorn his “all for me” mentality. The word “selfish” is most often used in a derisive manner. Furthermore, we

Caterpillar Dealer Support

Six D Testing & Analysis is no stranger to Caterpillar equipment.  For more than five decades, our senior management and engineers have worked with Caterpillar to troubleshoot equipment, validate new designs, and plan next generation products. We often get involved when a dealer is requested to commission an engine to

Working at 6D

What’s it like working at 6D Testing and Analysis? Over the years we’ve hosted a number of college co-ops and other young men and women hoping to get a start in mechanical engineering. Many have gone on to some stellar careers both here with us and other places. Our most

Products in the Real World

Expectations and reality can sometimes differ radically.  To help ensure that products will in fact operate successfully in their intended environment, design validation is driven whenever possible by tangible and quantifiable data. Such baseline operating data is collected in numerous ways. Unattended Testing is one reliable method for collecting real-world

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