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Gajah Tunggal Tbk is the largest integrated tire manufacturer in South East Asia. Commissioned In
2013, Gajah Tunggal Proving Ground also known as GT Proving Ground (GTPG) was launched in May
2016.GT Proving Ground serves as tire testing facilities for all Gajah Tunggal products as
well as research and development initiatives.
Located in Karawang (West Java), GT Proving Ground
was built on a sizeable land of 65 hectares.
The Operation Centre (OPC) is a meeting point for all OEM partners and customers. This is where the modern tire fitting machines & equipment, track control, cafetaria, medical, meeting and training rooms are located. In connection with OEM projects, the building also provides confidential prototype rooms.The wide area of track services, staff capabilities and meeting facilities, make GT Proving Ground the largest and most complete facility in Indonesia.
GT Proving Ground provides more than a dozen individual test tracks which allow us to replicate real-world roads from smooth to broken concrete in puddles on different dry and wet driving conditions.
The Vehicle Dynamic Area is mainly used for subjective testing such as; Comfort, Noise, Dry and Wet Handling. The detail of the Vehicle Dynamic Area consists of 2Km loop with two super elevated corners, different road surfaces for comfort and noise testing, the variation of slopes to check the vehicle drift pull and the dry and wet handling area.
The Longitudinal Hydroplaning track is used to test the tire’s performance during extreme wet condition to prevent aquaplaning. Test track consist of 9 different road surfaces. One of these tracks is ISO ASPHALT used to measure Wet Grip index.
The Glass Plate is used to analyze the tire contact patch on hydroplaning condition. This area is equipped with the state-of-the-art high-resolution video camera which can capture up to 4,000 frames per second. This facility shows how the tire effectively evacuate water from all tire pattern we design. This will help our tire designers to analyze the tire design in great details.
The GT Proving Ground will not be complete without the ISO Noise Track. This track is in compliance to the ISO 10844. This special track can be used for two ECE regulation testing. The ECE R117 also known as Coast By Noise for tire manufacturers and the ECE R51 which can also be known as Pass by Noise for Car Manufacturers.
The Operation Centre (OPC) is a meeting point for all OEM partners and customers. This is where the modern tire fitting machines & equipment, track control, cafeteria, medical, meeting and training rooms are located. In connection with OEM projects, the building also provides confidential prototype rooms. The wide area of track services, staff capabilities and meeting facilities, make GT Proving Ground the largest and most complete facility in Indonesia.
Being the largest tire testing facilities in Indonesia, GT Proving Ground is exclusively used to test all GT improved and newly developed tires rigorously as part of the company’s never-ending efforts to provide highest quality tires with outstanding performance and reliability to fulfill the demand from customers and the industry.
Address: GT Poving Ground JL. Transheksa km2.3 Kawasan KJIE (Konsorsium) Karawang Barat (depan INOAC) Jawa Barat Indonesia
Working Hours: Mon – Thu: 8am – 5pm (Break Time: 12pm – 1pm) Fri: 8am – 5pm (Break Time: 11.30am – 1pm)
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