BMW gets new light channel to test head lights
23 May 2023|2,478 views
BMW has a new facility to test the head lights and exterior lighting of its new models.
Called the Light Channel Next, the facility, formerly a parts warehouse near Munich, now contains a 132m long and 22m wide test surface.
This surface allows BMW's developers to replicate different kinds of substrates to test, analyse, and optimise all components of the vehicle lights. Housing the surface within a facility also allows BMW to replicate the lighting conditions for any time of day or night. To faciliate this, the surfaces of the entire light channel have been painted in a special light-absorbing matt black colour, while light traps are also mounted in the walls to enable this.
The new facility will allow the firm to perform direct evaluations of the light from the real vehicle, a process it states is still necessary despite the progress made in computer-aided simulations. The Light Channel Next is said to already be employed in the development of BMW's next light concepts.
Called the Light Channel Next, the facility, formerly a parts warehouse near Munich, now contains a 132m long and 22m wide test surface.
This surface allows BMW's developers to replicate different kinds of substrates to test, analyse, and optimise all components of the vehicle lights. Housing the surface within a facility also allows BMW to replicate the lighting conditions for any time of day or night. To faciliate this, the surfaces of the entire light channel have been painted in a special light-absorbing matt black colour, while light traps are also mounted in the walls to enable this.
The new facility will allow the firm to perform direct evaluations of the light from the real vehicle, a process it states is still necessary despite the progress made in computer-aided simulations. The Light Channel Next is said to already be employed in the development of BMW's next light concepts.
BMW has a new facility to test the head lights and exterior lighting of its new models.
Called the Light Channel Next, the facility, formerly a parts warehouse near Munich, now contains a 132m long and 22m wide test surface.
This surface allows BMW's developers to replicate different kinds of substrates to test, analyse, and optimise all components of the vehicle lights. Housing the surface within a facility also allows BMW to replicate the lighting conditions for any time of day or night. To faciliate this, the surfaces of the entire light channel have been painted in a special light-absorbing matt black colour, while light traps are also mounted in the walls to enable this.
The new facility will allow the firm to perform direct evaluations of the light from the real vehicle, a process it states is still necessary despite the progress made in computer-aided simulations. The Light Channel Next is said to already be employed in the development of BMW's next light concepts.
Called the Light Channel Next, the facility, formerly a parts warehouse near Munich, now contains a 132m long and 22m wide test surface.
This surface allows BMW's developers to replicate different kinds of substrates to test, analyse, and optimise all components of the vehicle lights. Housing the surface within a facility also allows BMW to replicate the lighting conditions for any time of day or night. To faciliate this, the surfaces of the entire light channel have been painted in a special light-absorbing matt black colour, while light traps are also mounted in the walls to enable this.
The new facility will allow the firm to perform direct evaluations of the light from the real vehicle, a process it states is still necessary despite the progress made in computer-aided simulations. The Light Channel Next is said to already be employed in the development of BMW's next light concepts.
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