Ford said that throughout the process of opening and closing of doors is carried out with the same power and speed when the doors are closed manually by the wearer 90 percent ..
"This is a test of modern torture is more than half a million times the process of closing doors in a variety of conditions, ranging from cold environments such as hot weather at the poles to the tropics," said Barry Gale, Ford commercial vehicle technical leadership of Europe.
"Once our new vans are managed through this exam, they are ready for anything," added Gale.
WE must be wondering what is done in an automotive testing facility. Ford tried to show how they test the doors of the latest Transit Van Custom for sure he would not be a problem after thousands of times opened and closed.
With the help of automated rig equipment in the Ford development center in Merkenich, Germany, the automaker membukadan front door shut as much as 250,000 times, 150,000 times as much as sliding doors and rear cargo door open and close as many as 150,000 times.
The process of 'torture' was conducted at a temperature range from -40 degrees celsius to 82 degrees Celsius with humidity levels of up to 85 percent.
