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| Bilfinger Berger building test tunnels for the automotive industry  Bilfinger Berger Industrial Services has taken on three projects for the construction of climatic wind tunnels in the automotive industry, one of which is the world's largest. The orders have a total volume of €175 million, of which €80 million is accounted for by Bilfinger Berger.For the recently commissioned energy and environmental test center of the BMW Group in Munich, a consortium led by Bilfinger Berger has built the test track with five climatic wind tunnels on a turnkey basis. MCE Stahl- und Maschinenbau, a Bilfinger Berger Group company, was responsible for the entire steel construction, delivery and installation of testing components for the simulation of snow and rain, the main blower and exhaust fan as well as the transport system for test cars. A particular technical challenge was presented by the one-piece installation of the 190-ton pressure chamber for the altitude testing facility. At the BMW test center, cars undergo intensive testing before being introduced to the market. The two environmental test chambers and three wind tunnels can realistically simulate mountainous conditions of up to 4, 200 meters in altitude, speeds of up to 280 km/hr, any weather condition and all climate regions from the Arctic to the Sahara. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |