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Oreste Berta S.A. has a double Skid Pad, a test track on which to test cars, motorcycles or go-karts.

With various layouts or variants, it has two types of surfaces, and an artificial rain system adjustable in accordance to different requirements.

The asphalt, highly resistant to abrasion, is the one which predominates, but there is also a sector with a layer of concrete cement, so as to offer the two most typical surfaces on which a vehicle normally travels on.

The track was designed for test work ranging from tyre-testing in what refers to friction, drifting, reaction to steering inputs, car roll, traction, shakedown or control referred to the reaction of the steering system, to racing car driver-training, driving on the limit of adherence, and also for special events.

The double Skid Pad of Oreste Berta S.A. will also fulfill a fundamental role in obtaining data for simulation systems which are used in the design of vehicles and the evaluation of their performance.

The precision of the simulations depends on the quality of the technical information they are given, and that is where the importance of this testing facility lies.

The project’s objective:
Development centre for street or competition vehicle safety .

Characteristics

Area: 3.5 Hectares

Total surface: 10.420 m2

Asphalt surface: 8.700 m2

Cement surface: 1.700 m2

Length: 700 metres.

Materials: REPSOL-YPF High-resistance asphalt / GRUPO MINETTI Cement.

Layout: Double Skid Pad with a slalom sector.

Diametre [maximum]: 110 metres.

Diametre [minimum]: 48 metres.

Also included: A Hairpin with surface of concrete, 130 metres long.

Equipment:
Pits.

Control room.

Terrace with spectator accommodation.

Changing rooms.

Artificial rain system, adjustable in accordance to different requirements.

Horizontally-placed, specific signalling made of thermoplastic material.

Internet plug-in WI-FI.

Uses for development purposes:
High-quality data recollection during the tests.

Ideal and Identical conditions establish trustworthy parametres.

Data-acquisition on the vehicles is used.

The information gathered feeds the software of the simulation system.

By way of the simulations, the performance of the vehicles is analyzed.

The system calculates the vehicle’s on-track and on-route dynamics in a precise way.

Typical tests carried out:

Related to safety aspects, performance and development:
Stability of the vehicle.
Reaction when confronting obstacles.
Climatic conditions on the asphalt.
Tyre evaluation.
Friction.
Drift.
Reaction to steering input and temperatures.
Abrasive wear measurement on varied surfaces and conditions.
Constant radius trajectory.
Constant values of lateral acceleration.
Traction capacity.
Load on the wheels.
Suspension loads, and loads on the brake components.
Driver training courses.
Limit of adhesion.
Reflexes.

Scope:
Unique of its type in the country.