BENCHMARKING Introduction Benchmarking is a process of measuring the performance of a company’s services, process and products against similar companies or competitors to improve the performance of the company. It is pivotal to understand one’s performance in comparison to others in this competitive environment.…

UNDERBODY COATINGS Underbody coatings provide a durable, corrosion resistant underbelly for the cars. It provides protections against gravels, corrosion and chipping of paint. Coatings in general confront an almost limitless variety of environments and environmental assaults, to avoid these threats and protect the car’s…

HOOD ASSEMBLY AIM To design a hood assembly with the help of given master section. OBJECTIVE To design an inner panel from the given master section. To assemble the hinges on inner panel. To do a position analysis for the placement of striker. To assemble the outer panel on to inner panel. INTRODUCTION A hood is a hinged…

SECTION MODULUS CALCULATION AND OPTIMAZTION IN HOOD AIM: Calculate the sectiton modulus of the hood and optimize the section modulus OBJECTIVE: To calculate the moment of inertia for the designed hood. To find out the section modulus. To modify the designed hood. To find out the section modulus and draw its inference.…

FRONT FENDER DESIGN AIM: To design the front fender of a car from styling data provided. OBJECTIVE: To design the front fender of a car and provide with Drip area mounting A pillar mounting area. Sill mounting area. Bafflle mounting are. Bumper mounting area. FENDER Fender is a curved portion beside the hood which…

AIM: To design a roof of the car from the given styling data with appropriate reinforcement. OBJECTIVE:  To design a front roof rail according to given master section. To desing a rear roof rail according to given master section. To design bow roofs. To perform curvature study of the designed components. ROOF Roof…

AIM: To design a back door with appropriate reinforcement using the provided styling surface data. OBJECTIVE: To correct the given styling surface for surface discontinuity. To design an inner panel from the corrected styling surface/outer panel. To provide inner panel with all the necessary reinforcements. To join…

 AIM: To perform a draft analysis on the given fan cover model. OBJECTIVE: To check for the continuity of the given surface. To create a tooling axis. To perform draft analysis along the created the tooling axis. Checking for surface discontinuties Input class A surface should be checked for any surface discontinuties.…

AIM: To create a base bracket plastic component using the class A surface provided. OBJECTIVE: To perform a draft analysis on given class A surface. To create a B surface. To create a C surface. To create a plastic model. DRAFT ANALYSIS Draft analysis is performed to ensure the proper ejection of the component from the…

AIM: To create the switch bezel plasctic component using the given class A surface. OBJECTIVE: To create a tooling axis and perform draft analysis on the given class A surface. To create a class B surface. To create a class C surface. To join all the three surfaces to each other and create a closed surface. To create a…

 AIM: To create a coin holder plastic component with the help of given class A surface. OBJECTIVE: To create a tooling axis for the given class A surface and perform draft analysis. To create a class B surface from the given class A surface. To create a class C surface. To create a part model from the surface model…

AIM: To create the core and cavity block for the switch bezel. OBJECTIVE: To create a parting surface and parting line. To create a core block for the switch bezel. To create a cavity block for the switch bezel. CORE AND CAVITY Core and cavity are the parts of the mold which gives shape to the component. Core is that part…

AIM: To creat rib on the coin holder according to the design rules. COIN HOLDER WITH RIB A rib is a feature which increases the strength of a component. Ribs on a plastic component must be created according to the rules shown in figure 1. If the rib deviates from the design rules, surfaces may have defects such as sink…

AIM: To create the screw boss and dog House for the centre console coin holder considering the design rules mentioned. SCREW BOSS General guidelines for bosses:   Draft  - 0.5 degrees on walls of boss   Thickness -  Typically 40%* of the nominal wall at the base.   Height to…

AIM: To create a door applique with locators and heat stakes. OBJECTIVES: To create a tooling axis and perform draft analysis on the given class A surface. To create a door applique part from class A surface by creating class B and C surface. To create locators to arrest degrees of freedom. To create heat stakes to join…

AIM: To create a door arm rest from the given class A surface. OBJECTIVE: To create a tooling axis for the given class A and analyize whether a side core is required. To create a class B surface. To create a class C surface. To create a part by joining class A, B and C surfaces and perform a draft analysis on the part.…

AIM: To create the assemblies and draft the individual parts and assemblies. QUICK RETURN MECHANISM A quick return mechanism is a device that generates a reciprocating motion in which the return stroke takes less time than the forward stroke. It uses a system of links with three turning pairs and a sliding pair to…

AIM: To create a B pillar from the given master section and class A surface. OBJECTIVE: To check for surface discontinuities and perform draft analysis on class A surface. To create a side flange from the master section. To create a class B surface and C surface. To create engineering features according to the master section.…

AIM: To develop a door trim panel using given class A surface with the help of given master sections. OBJECTIVE: To join the unconnected surfaces to its respective subparts and import them into assembly workbench. To perform draft analysis of the individual component by creating a proper tooling axis for each component.…

AIM: To download the connector and mounting clip from open source and assign the necessary characters OBJECTIVE: To download the connector and clip from open source. To create bundle entry point and connector contact point. To define the character of connector and clip. To assemble the mounting clip and connector. CONNECTOR…

AIM: To create the electrical components mentioned and deine their electrical properties. OBJECTIVE: To assign electrical properties to the given P clamp. To assign electrical properties to the given backshell. To create corrugated tubes as given in the table and add them to the catalogue. P CLMAP P clamps are used as…

AIM: To route the harness layout in electrical workbench by using the given connector CAD data. OBJECTIVE: Define the given connector as connector in electrical part design. Define the geometrical bundle. Connect the connectors with bundle. Add corrugated tube as protection. CONNECTOR Following are the connectors used…

AIM: To route the given connectors according the given layout. Objective: To route the given connectors according to the given layout. Check for bundle discontinuties. Add 3D annotation. Fig 1: Bundle continuity check Fig 2: Bundle continuity check result   

Aim: To flatten the harness assembly created. Fig 1: Geometric Bundle to be flattened   Fig 2: Flattened bundle