Automotive Testing Papenburg
| ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| Seat | Papenburg , Germany |
| management | Régis Sandrin-Guillon, Peter Tobias Mehrle |
| sales | EUR 12.5 million (2008) |
| Branch | Automotive / engineering service |
| Website | www.atp-papenburg.de |
The ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg GmbH operates a 780-hectare manufacturer independent automotive proving grounds for passenger and commercial vehicles in the southeast of Papenburg .
Test facility
Various test tracks, fully equipped workshops and the associated test facilities and an engineering team are available to all national and international automobile manufacturers and their suppliers to carry out test activities.
Since the site opened in autumn 1998, national and international developers, suppliers, system suppliers and automobile manufacturers of passenger and commercial vehicles have been using the offer.
The MBtech Group from Sindelfingen has been a 100% shareholder in ATP GmbH since July 2011 . The majority of MBtech belongs to the French AKKA Group and is an international automotive competence center. In August 2018, MBtech was completely taken over by the French group AKKA Technologies and has been operating as AKKA GmbH & Co. KGaA ever since. Previously, Wilhelm Karmann GmbH in Osnabrück , which had since gone bankrupt, was the main shareholder with 60 percent of the shares, while the MBtech Group held the remaining 40 percent.
Access to the site is only possible for registered persons (test customers and their visitors, training participants and the like). The public exhibition about the ATP in the Papenburg Zeitspeicher offers various impressions of the test options.
The area of the facility is traversed by the district road 144 from Burlage to Papenburg-Obenende, which serves as an access road and crosses the test tracks on bridges.
Test tracks
The following test tracks are available for test purposes on the test site:
The oval circuit has a total length of 12.3 km and four lanes on the straights, five on the banked turns and a safety lane on the inner lane. The banked curves are 2.15 kilometers long and have an incline of 49.7 degrees. This enables cornering without lateral forces at speeds of up to 250 km / h. The oval circuit is used for almost all tests required in vehicle testing.
The driving dynamics area has an access length of approx. 800 m. The main paved area of the driving dynamics area has an area of 300 × 300 m. This area is mainly used for driving dynamics tests. This route is also part of the driver safety training.
The handling course has a total length of 2.6 km and is a replica of the small Hockenheimring. The handling course serves to test driving characteristics and endurance tests. In 2015 this route was completely rebuilt. The guard rails were renewed and new gravel beds and curbs were created.
The 300 m long brake measurement section consists of 8 lanes with different surfaces (e.g. wet asphalt, polished granite) in order to be able to represent different road conditions. The polished granite represents ice and snow conditions when it is watered. The main tests tested here are brake, tire and control systems that contribute to driving safety.
The wet handling course has a total length of 1.1 km and consists of different test modules. There is a pure wet handling course, but also a circular path with two different surfaces. The users of this route are mainly tire manufacturers.
The endurance course is divided into the endurance course north and endurance course south. Both routes are used for endurance tests on country roads. The north endurance course has a total length of 6.9 km and the south endurance course is 4.8 km. On this route some special modules such as B. Manhole covers, transverse joints or track grooves built in deliberately.
The bad road consists of four lanes with different road surfaces. The differences are shown by means of different paving, pebbles and slab joints. This route is mainly used for testing operational stability, driving comfort and driving characteristics.
The inclines are available with different inclines of 5%, 8%, 12% and 18%. The routes can be watered and are used to test electronic and mechanical starting aids.
Other stretches on the proving ground are the dirt road, the acoustic route, the sloping roads, the twist road and the city endurance course. These routes are used for special driving tests.
Workshop rental
The test site has double or single workshops and two truck workshops, as well as short-term workshops and separate offices. In order to meet the constantly increasing demand, two new workshop buildings and a new test bench building have already been put into operation.
Engineering services
On behalf of customers, the engineering department carries out projects on the topics of driver assistance systems (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, ADAS), vehicle dynamics, brakes, tires, endurance runs, load data collection, etc., on its own responsibility. There is also a workshop service.
Events
In addition, ATP also offers the organization and staging of events, such as product presentations or incentives , and driver safety training can be booked on the premises in accordance with the guidelines of the German Road Safety Council .
Proving ground consulting
ATP also supports the development process from the conception of a proving ground to commissioning.
Protests
After plans by the Mercedes-Benz company for the construction of the test track became known, in 1991 opponents of the test track set up the hut village of Anatopia on the future construction site. It was primarily directed against the planned construction of the approximately 12 km long test track in a moorland, the destruction of which they wanted to prevent. There were other motives among the hut village residents, such as protest against the plans of the Mercedes company to build faster and larger limousines, resistance to all forms of exploitation or leading an alternative lifestyle. In the summer up to 100 people stayed in the camp; in winter only 3 to 4 people lived in it at times. After the evacuation of the hut village in 1995, construction of the test track began, which has been known as Automotive Testing Papenburg since 1998.
Key figures
history
- 1995: Start of construction of the test site
- 1997: Start of test operation
- 1998: Opening of the proving ground in autumn. Construction costs: 130 million euros.
- 2000: Wilhelm Karmann GmbH has 60 percent of the shares, 40 percent is owned by MB-technology GmbH
- 2002: Commissioning of the workshop building
- 2002: Commissioning of the test bench building
- 2008: ATP birthday 10 years
- 2011: Complete share takeover by MBtech Group GmbH & Co. KGaA
- 2012: Conversion of the oval circuit
- 2012: Introduction of a new security concept
- 2015: Conversion and modernization of handling course
- 2015: Commissioning of another workshop building
- 2017: Extension of the workshop building
- 2017: Commissioning of a new truck hall
- 2018: ATP birthday 20 years
Construction work
- 3.5 million cubic meters of peat moved
- 4.5 million cubic meters of sand washed up
- 900,000 tons of asphalt processed
- 75 kilometers of roadways built
Dimensions
- Area: around 780 hectares
- Ecological compensation area: around 1000 hectares outside the test site
Ecological measures
- around 1,018 hectares revitalized
- around 50 hectares of forest reforested
- around 500,000 plants set
Safety & Security
safety
More than 10 million test kilometers are covered annually on the test site. The number of test vehicles is between 10,000 and 12,000 vehicles per year. The safety of all drivers and users of the proving ground always has top priority. The principle applies: "Safety always takes precedence over compliance with the test program!"
In addition, the test site in Papenburg offers unrestricted prototype security and information protection.
Together with all those responsible and the responsible supervisory authorities, the security concept was drawn up in such a way that all structural, technical, organizational and personal security measures always correspond to the latest state of the art with regard to security requirements. This safety standard is regularly checked by experts such as B. tested by TÜV Süd .
Accidents
Since it opened in autumn 1998, there have been three fatal accidents on the facility between 2010 and 2012:
- September 21, 2010: A test driver crashed into another vehicle at high speed. Its driver died and the passenger was seriously injured.
- October 19, 2011: A test vehicle skid on a straight stretch, broke through the guardrail and rolled over. One of the two engineers died the following day from his injuries.
- July 5, 2012: A test driver burned to death in his vehicle after an accident.
Test and safety coordination
In order to reduce the accident risk and the risks for the test operation as much as possible, the test content is checked for feasibility by the safety coordinators of Safety & Security Management immediately after receipt of a customer registration. The coordinators decide which driving tests can be carried out together with other users and under which safety conditions, as well as which driving tests have to be carried out separately from each other. This is done with the help of hazard and stress analyzes and is documented via a hazard and risk assessment for the individual tour guide.
On the basis of the safety measures that result from the individual hazard and risk assessment, the responsible tour guides are instructed by the coordinators.
Web links
- ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg GmbH
- Overview of the various test and inspection routes
- Strabag - Construction of the Daimler test track in Papenburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ PM: MBtech-Group takes over all shares in ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg GmbH ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 70 kB)
- ↑ Daimler: 65 percent of MBtech sold to Akka Technologies In: Focus Online. December 8, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ↑ AKKA takes over all shares in MBtech in order to consolidate its leading position in the German automotive market and to expand its Automotive Center of Excellence in Germany In: Presseportal. August 30, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2019
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Another accident on the Papenburg test track: two engineers seriously injured , NOZ from October 20, 2011
- ↑ After an accident on the test track in 2011: the driver succumbs to serious injuries on noz.de, October 23, 2011
- ↑ http://www.noz.de/lokales/65254193/testfahrer-verbrennt-bei-unfall-auf-atp-pruefgelaende-in-papenburg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 53 ° 3 ′ 8 ″ N , 7 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ E