Discover advanced testing, inspection, and reconstruction support at the ATA Technology Center. Spanning 15,000 square feet, this cutting-edge facility features an overhead crane, vehicle lift, electrical amenities, shop air, exceptional lighting, and a comprehensive array of tools and equipment. Ensuring a clean, safe, secure, and environmentally controlled workspace, the ATA Technology Center is unique in its capabilities.
Within this state-of-the-art facility, our dedicated team collaborates with intellectual resources, utilizing advanced tools and equipment to support testing, analysis, accident reconstruction, graphics, and video production. The ATA Technology Center offers an optimal environment for both customers and staff, fostering engagement in a diverse range of unique technical activities.
High-Bay Laboratory
This facility houses equipment critical to handling items for inspection, tests, and precise technical analyses:
- 10-ton capacity overhead bridge crane for safe and secure movement of large objects.
- 10,000-lb. capacity hydraulic lift raises vehicles for safe underside inspection.
- A rigid structural test table provides a stable base for structural deformation and failure tests.
- Full array of general and special purpose hand and power tools to accomplish disassembly, inspection, and test.
- Hydraulic Testing.
- Metallurgical Testing.
Fabrication Shop
The fabrication shop is equipped with wood and metal working tools and machinery for fabricating unique testing mechanisms, test jigs, instrumentation mounts, and demonstrative scale models.
Engineering & Analysis Laboratory
The engineering and analysis lab is equipped to perform computer analyses, electrical component testing, limited small-scale flammability and fluids testing, and instrumentation procedures. A sampling of resources includes:
- An environmental hood for safely conducting small-scale tests on chemicals and flammables..
- Power supplies, oscilloscopes, waveform generators, and general-purpose electrical test equipment..
- Laboratory microscope for detailed examination of parts..
- Automotive "black box" data recovery system - Crash Data Recovery (CDR)..
- Truck Data Retrieval - to include quick-stop, hard braking, airbag deployment, and system information..
- GPS data retrieval and analysis.
Video / Graphics Lab
Our video, graphic and animation division provides complete services to support litigation and commercial applications. High-resolution digital video and photography and full editing capability for digital productions are but a few of the key features of our graphics department.
Imaging and media integration software is consistently maintained with current, emerging technologies, such as photogrammetry, surveillance video analysis, and 3D scanning, modeling and animation. Additionally, our staff uses drones and a 3D printer as a regular part of our workflow, expanding our case presentation capabilities.
Additional Specialized Equipment
- Total Station system for performing digital forensic mapping.
- 3D digitizing laser scanner.
- IOTech signal conditioning and data logging equipment package allows for collection of up to 264 channels of high rate data on strain, temperature, acceleration, vibration, loads, force and a number of other parameters during tests.
- IST high rate 3-axis data logging packages for crash test data collection.
- Airbag module and engine systems imaging software and equipment..
- DJI drones.
- Racelogic VBOX data loggers.
