// Fuels

Fuels in Engi­ne Testing

Fuels and fuel addi­ti­ves are tested on state-of-the-art engi­ne and chas­sis dyna­mo­me­ter test benches accor­ding to speci­fied profiles of requirements.

APL engi­neers are acti­ve members in the respec­ti­ve CEC working groups. They regu­lar­ly parti­ci­pa­te successful­ly in inter­na­tio­nal rater work­shops. All test proce­du­res are refe­ren­ced at fixed inter­vals. All of this guaran­tees a high quali­ty of results and accep­tance of the results in the fuel and auto­mo­ti­ve industry.

Fuels — Engi­ne Testing
Coor­di­na­ting Euro­pean Coun­cil (CEC) Testing

Quali­ty is proven by passing tests in stan­dar­di­sed test proce­du­res. APL has been a member of the Coor­di­na­ting Euro­pean Coun­cil (CEC) for many years and APL employees have always been acti­ve in respec­ti­ve working groups.

This is what distin­gu­is­hes APL:

  • Acti­ve parti­ci­pa­ti­on within the CEC working groups
  • Focus on high quality
  • Accre­di­ted accor­ding to ISO9001 and ISO17025
Fuel Blen­ding: From Deli­very to Finis­hed Blends

The blen­ding process follows exact­ly the instruc­tions given by the custo­mer in the follo­wing steps:

Deli­very

Depen­ding on the quan­ti­ty, the fuel is deli­ver­ed via tanker, in contai­ners (IBC) or fuel drums.

Analy­tics

The deli­ver­ed fuel is analy­sed in our on-site chemi­cal & physi­cal labo­ra­to­ry and unloa­ded only if the requi­red speci­fi­ca­ti­ons are met.

Blen­ding

Fuel blen­ding (biofuels, addi­ti­ves, special blends) is carri­ed out accor­ding to custo­mer instruc­tions. Our 3‑shift system (7 days a week and 24 hours a day) allows the fuels to be blen­ded just befo­re the test starts. The APL fuel supp­ly system is comple­te­ly free of ferrous metals.
Test­ing Focus

The deve­lo­p­ment of new test methods to solve current or future requi­re­ments for working mate­ri­als (for engi­ne lubri­cants as well as fuels).

Indus­try Stan­dard Tests

Fuel tests accor­ding to CEC test proce­du­res for

  • Fuels
  • Addi­ti­ves
In-House Tests

Fuel tests accor­ding to in-house test proce­du­res for

  • Fuels
  • Addi­ti­ves
Bespo­ke Projects
To funda­men­tal­ly support the deve­lo­p­ment of inno­va­ti­ve products, APL deve­lo­ps and uses custo­mi­sed test cycles and methods as well as state-of-the-art measu­re­ment technologies.

At our Land­au loca­ti­on, we have an enorm­ous capa­ci­ty of under­ground fuel tanks, distri­bu­ted over 38 chambers. 

What Makes APL Unique?

Fast Respon­se

Fast reac­tion to new requi­re­ments is impe­ra­ti­ve for us

Proac­ti­ve

The willing­ness to support inves­ti­ga­ti­ons, to intro­du­ce new ideas and to push for the achie­ve­ment of project goals

Relia­ble

Plan­ning and adhe­rence to sche­du­les through a in-house plan­ning tool

Flexi­bi­li­ty

A large number of future-orien­ted test benches for motorcycle/PC/HD, petrol/diesel/gas

Working with the Latest (Special) Measu­ring Technologies

Use of emis­si­on measu­re­ment systems, acou­stic and vibra­ti­on analy­sis, in-cylin­der pres­su­re measu­re­ment, etc.

Trus­ting Coope­ra­ti­on with OEMs

Close and cross-team coope­ra­ti­on with various OEMs internationally

// Loca­ti­ons 

Head­quar­ters Land­au
APL Auto­mo­bil-Prüf­tech­nik
Land­au GmbH
Am Hölzel 11
76829 Land­au

 

// Wolfs­burg
APL Auto­mo­bil-Prüf­tech­nik
Land­au GmbH
Gustav-Hertz-Stra­ße 10
38448 Wolfs­burg

 

// Bietig­heim-Bissin­gen
APL Auto­mo­bil-Prüf­tech­nik
Land­au GmbH
Robert-Bosch-Stra­ße 12
74321 Bietig­heim-Bissin­gen

// APL Group

APL Auto­mo­bil-Prüf­tech­nik Land­au GmbH

AIP GmbH & Co. KG

IAVF Antriebs­tech­nik GmbH

IAVF-Volke Prüf­zen­trum für Verbren­nungs­mo­to­ren GmbH

MOT GmbH

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