Product/Device/Development and Testing
K&C has aided many product/device manufacturers with evaluating/improving their designs through testing under blast and impact loads. In the case shown above, K&C conducted an anti-ram bollard system test. Here a vehicle of a specific weight, type, and speed is propelled into the anti-ram device to be tested with regard to meeting a particular anti-ram rating.
K&C has pioneered the use of finite element analyses to design devices which resist high velocity impacts and evaluate the performance of materials and anchorage systems. UCSD, in close cooperation with K&C, has developed a technology for low cost testing of products and design concepts to evaluate the capability of providing protection from blast and impact hazards. This form of device has afforded K&C’s clients to closely observe their products performance in a blast-like environment.
Services Offered
- Anti-ram tests which are usually conducted at KARCO Engineering; a certified site for testing of anti-ram devices that is nearby K&C.
- Analysis of anti-ram devices to assess their performance.
- Test planning, including the evaluation of the ability of devices to pass a specific test.


