Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research and Training Center, KART |
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| Owner: |
Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI) |
| Shareholders: |
Non-life insurance companies in Korea |
| Address: |
125-1
Susan-2Ri
Sulsung-Myun
Icheon
GyeongGi-Do
Korea |
| Fax: |
Int + 82-31-644-1690 |
| Telephone: |
Int + 82-31-644-1600 |
| Email: |
swshim@kidi.or.kr |
| Web Address: |
http://www.kart.or.kr/eng/eng_01.asp (english)
http://www.kart.or.kr/ (Korean)
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| Equipment: |
- Crash Impact Facility:
- Test Track 240m x 70m
- Driving Power: EVC (Electronic Controlled Vehicle) System 3 Sets
- Barriers: Fixed & Moving Barriers
- Dummy: Hybrid III 50% Male Dummy (75kg) 2 Sets/BioRID 1 Set
- DAS (Data Acquisition System): 96 Channels
- High-speed Camera: 4 Units
- Lighting: HMI System
- Research Facility (Repair shop, Training facility, Painting shop, Pendulum)
- Classrooms (3)
- IT Centre
- Dormitory and Restaurant
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| Main activities: |
- Safety: High-speed crash testing, head restraint research, car accident reconstruction
- Vehicle Group Rating: evaluation of new vehicles in respect of damageability and repairability
- Repair Time Schedule: study of vehicle repair times, repair research and conduct of experiments in repair techniques
- Repair Cost Estimating System: Software development such as automobile repair cost computation on-line systems (AOS)
- Training: training automobile technicians and estimating for insurance staff and adjusters
- Accident Investigation: investigating the cause of car accidents
- Statistics research on automobile insurance and repair costs
- Publishing
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| Strategic Direction: |
- Direction controlling repair costs and reducing car ownership costs
- Extensive repair research and training of adjusters and repairers
- Improving damageability and repairability of passenger cars
- Development of repair cost calculation system
- Close cooperation with related industries
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