MIRA has extensive experience in providing test engineering services to the global automotive industry. With over 30 major test facilities, including a comprehensive set of safety laboratories - crash, impact simulation, pedestrian; vehicle and component environmental facilities; full scale aerodynamic wind tunnel; vehicle and component EMC (electromagnetic compatibility); component and structures test labs.
Our team of specialist test consultants, engineers and technicians provide our clients with hundreds of years of combined expertise in testing to regulations and standards, to client specific requirements and in the development of appropriate test procedures and methods.
Ongoing capital investment in major facilities and equipment to support our client base has seen the recent additions of a new EMC facility, a major upgrade to our vehicle Climatic Wind Tunnel (CWTOne) and a comprehensive battery test facility.
Research and development investment in new test methods and tools is also an important part of MIRA’s test engineering business. R&D investment in the last 12 months has resulted in the introduction of a new ‘non-destructive’ low ‘g’ test rig and associated test methods, which are now being used to support vehicle manufacturers with sensor development in rollover scenarios.
Safety Development at MIRA integrates the very best facilities to deliver the very best services across the automotive, rail, aerospace and military sectors.
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MIRA has a range of facilities for vehicle environmental testing including two vehicle chambers and two climatic wind tunnels (CWTs).
Comprehensive component and environmental test capabilities mean that MIRA can support virtually all environmental test specifications for the automotive, aerospace and defence sectors.
To support vehicle electrical system development activities MIRA operates a number of EMC and electrical test laboratories. Our capabilities include Electrical testing of components and vehicles such as full load analysis, thermal rise checks and insulation resistance measurements. Our EMC test capabilities provide component and vehicle sign off to ISO 17025 quality standards.
MIRA’s aerodynamics team use the UK's largest full scale wind tunnel to deliver substantial aerodynamic drag savings on a wide range of vehicles from motorcycles, passenger cars and trucks through to land-speed record breaking concepts.
The MIRA Calibration Centre was established over thirty years ago to support our wide range of on-site vehicle research and development facilities. It benefits from utilising an experienced team of Instrument calibration technicians and metrologists.
Over 50 years of involvement in crash testing research and development has enabled MIRA to become a centre of excellence in safety development. Working with customers from all around the world we are able to deliver all types of crash testing and supporting services to meet and certify to Euro NCAP, European, U.S and other worldwide safety standards.
MIRA has the UK’s only full scale aerodynamic wind tunnel providing a cost-effective solution for aerodynamic test and development for a wide range of applications from automotive vehicle development, motorsport, aerospace, wind engineering, structures and sport sectors to name but a few.
MIRA's combined environment facilities enable tests combining cyclic temperature, humidity, solar loading and shock/vibration to be run according to a customer’s exact requirements.
MIRA Component and sub-system testing facilities are accredited for all major vehicle manufacturers test schedules through the automotive EMC laboratory recognition program (AEMCLERP) as well as all the automotive directives.
MIRA's whole-vehicle environmental test chambers are for extreme temperature testing with humidity and solar loading options. MIRA's twin chambers accommodate two passenger cars separately or, when linked together, one commercial vehicle.
MIRA has two state of the art climatic wind tunnels (CWTs). These facilities allow our customers to test their products under a wide range of wind speeds while exposed to different global environmental conditions. This enables customers development time-scales to be further compressed, delivering 'right first time' products into markets faster and more cost effectively than their competitors.
The Components test lab is equipped with a vast range of test equipment to assess the performance of your product. Our aim is to provide rigorous assessment, of the fitness for purpose of the product, over its intended lifetime.
MIRA’s external crash site is 30,000m2 in size with scope for extensive civil engineering installations. The crash site gives MIRA the ability to test high energy impacts or tests that cannot be carried out within an enclosed crash laboratory environment.
MIRA Defence EMC testing facilities meet the full requirements for the Def Stan 59-411 and MIL-STD. MIRA is also perfectly placed to support any CE marking requirements of defence systems ensuring the most efficient route to compliance.
MIRA has played an influential role in exhaust emissions development and was the first truly independent emissions test laboratory. We now have ambient emissions capability in the Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Lab (VEEL) and climatic emissions capability in one of our Climatic Wind Tunnels (CWTone).
Alongside MIRA’s dynamic and durability test facilities our Body Structures Laboratory conducts testing for all aspects of safety and development for vehicle seating.
MIRA EMC Engineering is an accredited facility to a ISO17025 standard via UKAS. Our vehicle test facilities are approved for all major vehicle manufacturers test schedules through the Automotive EMC Laboratory Recognition Program (AEMCLERP) as well as being an NPIA approved test facility.
MIRA Dummy Certification Facility offers a full range of services for Anthropomorphic Test devices. Apart from maintaining and calibrating MIRA’s fleet of over 40 crash test dummies, in support of the crash laboratory, HyGe laboratory and HAVOC open air crash facility, dummy certification maintains and calibrates, plus hires out crash test dummies for many external test facilities and organisations.
The HyGe sled facility is a key part of MIRA’s safety offering. It provides safety related testing services to numerous worldwide customers across an ever increasing range of sectors.
MIRA’s pedestrian test capability has been continuously developed over 15 years to give a high-quality service and rapid turnaround. With experienced staff, a fully climate controlled laboratory, dedicated instrumentation and high-speed video equipment, it provides a complete service.