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Company profile
Bapro is the only company totally dedicated to the development and production of chassis dynamometers test benches for cars and motorbikes; developing chassis dynamometers for the utmost repeatability and accuracy. Bapro test benches are designed only in braked configuration by eddy current brake. That is the reason why all the hardware is designed to adsorb the vehicle power and therefore has characteristics of high resistance.
Hardware and software design are carried out in house by our technician: this allows us to be independent from any third part supplier and to know exactly every detail of our instruments.
Bapro is working continuously at the development of its products following vehicles evolution. We customize our instruments on specific requests and provide consulting services for the installation in the most suitable area. Bapro offers the right solution to every needs: installation in the area chosen by the customer, installation with soundproof cabin and ventilation system.
Bapro chassis dynamometers are compliant with every laws in force and EC guidelines. On the commercial side Bapro offers specific solutions on demand.
Double balanced rollers guarantee a perfect grip. All our rollers are knurled
by metal cutting over entire width, ensuring no tires heating and typical Bapro accuracy
All our models are equipped with high quality EDDY CURRENT BRAKES technology
Bapro ‘official workshop equipment’ Ducati and Maserati
Bapro sponsor of Petri Corse team, Lamborghini Huracan, GT3 italian championship 2018
Principles of the braked chassis dynamometer (equipped with eddy current brake and load cell)
The power and torque detection point of Bapro dynamometers is in the crankshaft. Detection is carried out on a complete vehicle and under normal operating conditions.
With braking bench testing (controlled), a more precise and representative measurement of the actual power of the vehicle being tested is obtained as a result of the eddy current brake.
It is a much more accurate test than those guaranteed by traditional test benches, such as ‘inertial’ ones. Chassis dynamometers are, above all, distinguished by the option of setting the “ramp time” (usually never less than 15 seconds), or performing it in “points” for a given range of revolutions/time, in order to obtain more reliable results, adapting to any type of power or torque.
These measurements must usually consider different dispersions of the transmitted energy in order to accelerate to the actual power to the crankshaft. These dispersions have different origins, just think of all the surfaces in contact with the engine (bearings and bushings) that enable rotation, the gear system (with continuous /automatic variation), transmission oil (if applicable) and end transmission, as well as from the tyres.
The main principles for correct operation (and guarantee of measurement precision) of the eddy current chassis dynamometer have different factors which, when carefully controlled, enable:
the lowest overall inertial mass (which enables better power acceleration precision to the crankshaft)
no vibrations (that can affect readings and communication between test bench and output signals)
maximum wheel/roller grip (slippage and micro-slippage would not enable correct reading of the vehicle’s power) no uncontrolled resistance (which could affect the overall inertial mass, thereby distorting data)
Compliance with these requirements, integral development of products and their optimisation, the sole use of high quality components and specifications and attention to details, have always been the guiding principles at Bapro.
Decades of collaboration with large companies in the automotive industry, such as Magneti Marelli, Ducati and Maserati, have allowed us to develop specific skills in their research and development departments.
Today, this results in the quality and reliability of our products, which are constantly updated to meet demands in a