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Serving a Diverse Equipment and Component Manufacturing Sector

Delivering Comprehensive Physical Testing Services

WESTEST’s multidisciplinary laboratory serves the equipment design, testing and problem-solving needs of a wide spectrum of vehicle, mechanical equipment and component manufacturers in many sectors across North America including:

Complete Mechanical Units

Road and Off-road Transport

• Bus
• Freight
• Trucks
• Recreational vehicles

Agriculture

• Tractors
• Harvesting equipment
• Hay equipment
• Tillage equipment
• Seeding equipment

Heavy Construction

• Graders
• Gravel trucks
• Dozers
• Backhoes
• Front-end loaders

Mining Equipment

• Underground vehicles
• Surface equipment

Emergency Vehicles

• Ambulances
• Fire trucks

Alternative Energy

• Biofuels
• Wind energy

Equipment and Vehicle Components

• Engines
• Gear boxes
• Seatbelts and anchor points
• Fuel tanks
• Suspension components
• Brakes
• Hitches
• Structural components

Safety Evaluations

• Rollover protective structures (ROPS)
• Falling object protective structures (FOPS)
• Operator protective structures (OPS)
• Tip-over protective structures (TOPS)
• Mowers
• Equipment guards