Application
What motor, process, or support problem is in front of the team?
Test Methods
Motor test methods, fit, limits, and next steps
Engineers need enough depth to trust the route, plus enough honesty to know when the application needs a conversation.
Application fit
Match the system to the motor, process, and support need.
MDS helps teams move from a motor testing question to a practical method, product fit, support path, and next conversation.
Method
Which test method belongs in the conversation?
Product
Which Schleich or MDS product family deserves attention?
Support
What North American service path reduces ownership friction?
Engineer utility
Methods belong on benches, lines, and real application paths.
Use the method guide to scan quickly, see limits, and decide when to bring MDS into the specification conversation.
Open surge guide
Open production route
Open premium route
Bench diagnostics
Method guidance stays connected to windings, leads, instruments, and visible test work.
Production testing
Production methods need line context, process fit, and operator workflow.
Premium evaluation
Premium methods need credible product-system context before product fit hardens.
Method comparison
Compare motor test methods by application fit.
Compare methods by fit, operating context, product route, support need, and where the application deserves a direct conversation.
Surge testingPartial discharge testingInsulation resistance and PI/DAR testingResistance and motor circuit analysisEnd-of-line production testingField predictive maintenanceQuality control and OEM QCWarranty, service, and calibrationCustom test cell engineeringEV-specific motor testing
Method
Surge testing
- Best fit
- Winding evaluation and repair-shop diagnostic conversations.
- Evaluates
- Whether surge testing belongs in the larger diagnostic workflow.
- Product path
- MTC2 R7, MotorAnalyzer3, and related Schleich paths when the application fit is confirmed
- Ask MDS when
- The application depends on exact limits, standards language, or product fit.
Method
Partial discharge testing
- Best fit
- Premium technical evaluation where insulation stress and operating context matter.
- Evaluates
- Whether partial discharge belongs in the application and product route.
- Product path
- Premium Schleich technical paths where product capability and application fit are confirmed
- Ask MDS when
- The team needs EV, high-value, or standards-sensitive guidance.
- Best fit
- Maintenance, quality, and documentation conversations.
- Evaluates
- How insulation condition testing fits the decision being made.
- Product path
- Portable and system-level testing paths where insulation condition must be documented
- Ask MDS when
- The result will drive service, documentation, or specification decisions.
- Best fit
- Service, repair, and engineering measurement workflows.
- Evaluates
- How winding or circuit measurements support practical diagnostics.
- Product path
- Service, repair, and engineering routes where winding or circuit measurements support the decision
- Ask MDS when
- The application needs measurement context before product selection.
- Best fit
- OEM, manufacturing, and repeatable line testing environments.
- Evaluates
- How testing fits operator workflow, quality process, and documentation.
- Product path
- GLP3, GLP3-M, and production-oriented Schleich systems where the line process calls for them
- Ask MDS when
- The system must fit an existing or planned production process.
Method
Field predictive maintenance
- Best fit
- Reliability programs and field-service support decisions.
- Evaluates
- How testing supports maintenance planning and service workflow.
- Product path
- MotorAnalyzer3 and field-service paths where maintenance workflow is confirmed
- Ask MDS when
- The team needs a practical field route without unsupported financial-performance claims.
Method
Quality control and OEM QC
- Best fit
- OEM, manufacturing, and repeatable line testing environments.
- Evaluates
- How testing fits operator workflow, quality process, and documentation.
- Product path
- GLP3 and relevant Schleich quality-control routes where the production process supports them
- Ask MDS when
- The system must fit an existing or planned production process.
- Best fit
- Support, calibration, documentation, and post-purchase confidence.
- Evaluates
- Which service and documentation questions need to be resolved.
- Product path
- Service, documentation, calibration planning, parts, repair, and support routes
- Ask MDS when
- The decision depends on support path, records, parts, repair, or training.
Method
Custom test cell engineering
- Best fit
- Integration, automation, data acquisition, and non-standard test cells.
- Evaluates
- How the test process should be designed around the application.
- Product path
- Custom test systems, automation, data acquisition, and application engineering paths
- Ask MDS when
- The team needs process design before product selection.
Method
EV-specific motor testing
- Best fit
- Application-specific motor testing decisions.
- Evaluates
- How method fit, product fit, and support path connect.
- Product path
- EV-relevant Schleich and MDS application routes where product fit is confirmed
- Ask MDS when
- The application needs direct technical guidance.
Application guides
Move from a test method into the complete operating context.
These guides connect individual checks to production workflow, interfaces, results, documentation, and support planning.
Automated Inspection and Test Systems
Connect the test sequence, station hardware, automation, results, and support plan before a production system is specified.
Lighting and Luminaire Testing
Bring electrical safety, functional behavior, contacting, production flow, and result handling into one lighting test conversation.
Rail Vehicle Electrical Testing
Connect electrical safety and functional testing to the rail vehicle, subsystem, production stage, documentation, and support need.
Electrical Safety and Function Testing Guide
Separate the safety checks, functional decisions, process needs, and result requirements before selecting a test system.
AC High-Voltage Testing
Define the insulation system, applicable requirements, voltage, duration, current evaluation, safety controls, and result path before specifying equipment.
Motor Winding Testing and Diagnostics Guide
Choose winding tests by the fault mechanism and decision required, then confirm the method sequence, limits, equipment, records, and support fit.
Induction Motor Testing
Connect the induction motor, winding condition, operating context, likely fault mechanisms, and required decision before selecting test methods.
Leakage-Current Testing
Define the device class, applicable requirements, measuring circuit, operating condition, limits, and result path before specifying a leakage-current test.
Protective-Earth and Ground-Bond Resistance Testing
Define the protective path, connection points, test current, measurement method, applicable limits, sequence, and records before specifying equipment.
Technical Solutions
Start with the test object and decision, then connect the required methods to a current product, integrated system, and support plan.
Motor Life Is Not a Simple Concept
Motor life is an outcome of operating stress, environment, construction, condition, maintenance, failure history, and the decision the evidence must support.
Application engineer
Use the method page to ask a better technical question.
When the method, product path, standards language, or support context is not obvious, move the visitor into a direct application conversation.