Case Study: Ford reduces physical prototyping with Hexagon’s Adams Real Time

Reducing physical prototyping using Adams Real Time

Ford Motor Company faced the challenge of lengthy and expensive vehicle development cycles, where traditional physical prototyping for transmission calibration was both time-consuming and costly. The company collaborated with Hexagon and leveraged its Adams Real Time software to reduce its reliance on these physical prototypes.

Hexagon implemented a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) testing solution using an Adams Real Time model exported as an FMU. This allowed Ford to connect physical engine and transmission hardware to a virtual vehicle model, enabling comprehensive testing and calibration in a lab environment. As a result, Ford achieved its test objectives with fewer physical prototypes, significantly reducing development time and costs while facilitating the tuning of transmission parameters.

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