Mar., 21/National Instruments announced that General Motors Powertrain, a global producer of engines, transmissions, castings and components for GM vehicles, has standardized on a data management system using DIAdem software. By providing access to several isolated testing stations with one standard data analysis environment, engineers now can evaluate test data from many of their remote labs worldwide, saving hundreds of engineering hours and cutting costs. GM Powertrain engineers use the Technical Test Data Environment built by NI Select Integration Partner Quantum Controls to test the functionality of joined engines and transmission systems.

This data management system uses DIAdem software to view standard reports and conduct detailed data analysis tasks for the testing of temperatures, pressures, RPMs, fuel efficiency and emissions. "DIAdem is intuitive and loaded with many versatile features," said Doug McClung, vice president of Quantum Controls. "Using NI software, it is easy to create custom reports, support data mining taks and automate complex applications, which saves GM engineers several man-hours and dollars per retest.

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