TopROPS’ new equipment can test machine load up to one million pounds
But when it comes to protecting workers from vehicle rollovers and falling objects — when the result could make the difference in ensuring a worker goes home safely — it’s better to know before a vehicle goes into service than to find out after tragedy has already struck.
But in a simulation, the computer tests ROPS against a perfect scenario, Bhardwaj said, yet there can be a 20 to 40 per cent difference in performance between the simulation and a physical test.In a physical test, a rollover protective structure is put on a large steel device called a jig that slowly applies pressure amounting to twice the overall weight of the vehicle it’s being used for.
In the early days of his career, Bhardwaj worked with TopROPS' predecessor, whose jig could test for up to 50,000 pounds of weight. “Machines are getting bigger and bigger. How are you going to test it? How are you going to put it on the jig?” Bhardwaj said. “You can’t do it. There’s nothing out there.”In the works for two years, the hefty steel structure was designed and constructed on site, in a purpose-built facility that enables the company to test ROPS inside year-round.
“We just went all in: just make a million-pound rig, just put it up there,” he said. “Let’s see what happens.”
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