The demonstration and proving ground of PJSC “AutoKrAZ” is the only in Ukraine facility designed for testing heavy-duty wheeled vehicles, including military vehicles.
The proving ground is used for testing new vehicles, demonstrating their performance to potential buyers and researching in the process of building new versions of mass-produced trucks and its groups and units. Moreover, it helps optimize running in of new trucks rolling off assembly line.
Its distinctive feature is compactness. The 2-ha proving ground allows stable visual observation in the course of testing, comparison testing, fast movements between testing facilities.
The set of testing facilities provides opportunity to evaluate cross-country ability, maneuverability, dynamic behavior of wheeled vehicles, and test vehicles for ruggedness under the most extreme conditions.
Two 4m wide courses with special obstacles located on each of them are just in front a viewing stand.
Configuration and characteristics of test facilities are similar to those on the world known proving grounds: Nijniy Tagil (RF), NIII-21 MOD RF (Bronnitsy), NITSIAMT (Dmitrov), IDEX (United Arab Emirates), SOFEX (Jordan).
"Concrete tank obstacles" - chain concrete blocks with dimensions 1.5 x 1 5 m, the distance between the blocks 2,2 m (along the direction of movement), the height of the first row of blocks - 0.2 m, the height of the subsequent blocks - 0.4 m here geometric cross checked the car, with the chassis, suspension and vehicle bridges subjected to high stresses.
"Hill 10 m high" - on its slopes are located at: the plot with a slope of 60% - for testing vehicles to overcome overhoist (GOST V25759-83 *), a site with a slope of 20% - Test the parking brake system of single vehicles (in compliance with Regulation number 13 UNECE), a site with a slope of 12% - test the parking brake system trains (for compliance with Regulation number 13 UNECE).
"The railway embankment" in height of 0.7 m, which is laid fragment of railway track length of 6.25 m height from the base of the mound to the top of the rails - 0.9 m Construction of geometric cross-checks the vehicle in difficult driving conditions, and tested frame suspension bridges and vehicles.
"Parallel beams" - in two rows (15 pieces for each) are disposed concrete beam width and height of 0.4 m, the distance between the beams (0.6 m in the direction of motion). On this part of the geometric cross checked the car and place the test steering, frame, and suspension bridges of the car in a repetitive (cyclic) loads.