Press Conference

The AMS Braking

g Test

Boxberg, October 8, 2009

Dr. Andreas Giese,

Director Global Engineering Test

AMS Test
the AMS test is an international well recognized test named after the German
automotive journal Auto Motor Sport
it is a simple brake performance test
basically the test should simulate a mountain test of a full loaded car
main test parameters: stopping distance, rotor temperature (front, rear)
but much more data are acquired:
e.g. pedal travel, deceleration, velocity, brake
pressure

AMS Test - Definition

Test Procedure:
10 brake stops from 100 to 0 km/h:
1 max.
1.
max acceleration to 100 km/h
2. max deceleration (ABS
(ABS--braking on the wheels) until 0
km/h
3. perform next stop (go to 1.)

vehicle must be fully loaded (max. gross vehicle weight)

Tinitial= 50
50--100
100C

AMS Test - Definition of one stop

v
[km/h]

100

38 m

Rottor Temperatture [C
[C]

Sto
opping dista
ance [m]

102C

89C

0
time

front
axle

rear

AMS Test 10-Stop

10 Stop Procedure
max rotor temperature
front axle
rear axle

v
[km/h]
100

T
[C]
700

5
Stop N
N

10

time

AMS Test basic test result

60

max rotor temperature

front axle
rear axle

brake pad A

50

Stopping dis
S
stance [m]

brake pad B

40

30

20

10

0
1

Stop N
N

10

AMS Test adjustment

In order to get a good adjustment to the test track/

observers we have modified the test:
the 10 AMS brake stops are embedded by
1. a cold stop (reference braking, 1st stop) and
2. a hot stop (very last stop)

The AMS - Test

the AMS
AMS--test is a challenging test to the
y
brake--system
brake
it is able to differentiate the performance of
brakes and it components
The AMSAMS-test is not part of the ECE R90 homologation
process;
all IAM brake pads launched into the European market
must be ECE R90 homologated
The ECE R90 is a set of minimum
minim m requirements
req irements to be met

Press Conference

Thanks for y
your attention

Boxberg, October 8, 2009

Dr. Andreas Giese,

Director Global Engineering Test