1.Benchmarking Definition:- Benchmarking in the automobile industry involves a structured comparison between similar products, services or processes on some dimensions of performance.         Basically benchmarking is the comparison in the features of product available in the market to design the competitive…

Underbody Coating:- Underbody Coating is applied to avoid corrossion of part, it allows to paint easily, provides protection from the small stones, water, mud & other external entities. Underbody Coating Process :- It is provided by dipping the automotive part in the bath of coating material then the part is moved…

HOOD DESIGN FOR THE GIVEN STYLING SURFACE IN SIEMENS NX CAD: INTRODUCTION: In British terminology, hood refers to a fabric cover over the passenger compsrtment of the car. It is known as the roof or top in the US. It is also known as bonnet in the commonwealth English. The hood gives us the access for the engine compartment,…

FENDER DESIGN: 1. FENDER: The main purpose of fender is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids, and other external entities from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire. Fender is the American English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well (the fender…

OBJECTIVE : To increase section modulus of the hood design by doing necessary changes. SECTION MODULUS: It is the ratio of second moment of area and distance from neutral axis to the extreme fiber. It shows the stiffness of the given member. Section modulus is a geometric property of cross-section used in the design…

AIM:To design roof of car with roof rails & perform heat distortion, snow load analysis, section modulus inertia analysis, draft analysis.                                                 FIG_1: ROOF OF A CAR. OBJECTIVE :  To design ditch area for outer panel of roof on given styling surface. To design Front & rear roof…

DESIGN OF BACKDOOR: OBJECTIVE : To design Outer Panel of backdoor of a car with hemming. To design Inner Panel of backdoor of a car with required embosses & slots. To design reinforcements of a backdoor panel. To design mountings of backdoor gas stay, hinges, latch & striker, wiper motor, headlights, plastic parts. INTRODUCTION:…

Week 7 Challenge: In this challenge we are going work on the given door bezel model. We have created the core & cavity surface as well as core & cavity boxes for the given door bezel model. In this challenge we are going to create the sliders & the washers with bolts for the car door bezel model. In this model…

Project 1: Creation of Mold for a table fan outer casing              Fig_1:Table Fan Casing Mold Design. Objective: Creation of fan outer case mold design using solidworks. Introduction:  Injection molding involves heating & injecting the plastic material under pressure into…

Week 9 Challenge :- Objective:- In this challenge we have to complete the sliders & inserts design for the CPU fan base model. Methodology:- In this challenge we have drawn the required geometry for the slider & used the split command. Then we have modified the shape of the slider to get the desired shape as per…

Week 12 Challenge Plastic Knob  Objective:- To create a proper ejection system with ejector pins and plates, runner and gate system, air vents and cooling channels for the mold. Methodology:- Ejector pins design: For ejector pins we have to create the sketch on the core outer part then we use the split command…

Project 2 CPU FAN BEZEL MOLD DESIGN USING SOLIDWORKS:- OBJECTIVE:- To create mold for CPU fan Bezel using Solidworks having sliders, ejectors, air vents, cooling channels & all required features. INTRODUCTION:- Injection molding involves heating & injecting the plastic material under pressure into a closed…

Objective:- Electrically defining the given connectors & connector mounting clips. 1. Connector: Deutsch DT06 – 08SA 2.Connector: Tyco 174357-2 Steps involved in electrically defining a connector Download a connector from TE / Tyco website igs or stp format. Unzip the connector in destination folder. Save as…

Objective: To convert Mechanical CAD Data into electrical part & catalogue creation for COT tubes.  Description: Q.1. P Clamp: Steps for Defining P clamp electrically Ref Data: Define the point & plane for the entry, exit & base position. The plane at base position should be offset at some distance. Open…

Week 4 Challenge: Objective: Electrical Harness Routing for the given connectors & application of COT Tubes. Description: The elctrical harness routing is explained as below: Downloading of specified connectors CAD files from www.te.com Define all the connectors electrically using point & axis. Then define connectors…

Week 5 & Week 6 Challenge: Objective:  To Design the Harness assembly A & Harness assembly B with all given connectors in the given routing path then electrical connection created using the electrical harness assembly. To Check the continuity in the harness, proper annotation, check for bundle warning &…

WEEK 7 CHALLENGE Objective: To create a Harness Flattened Model & Drawing for the given wiring harness model. Description: Essentials: We have to save the harness flattened model in the assembly file   Steps involved for creating Harness Flattened Model: Create the flattening parameters in the given product file…

Project 1 Engine Wire Harnessing Objective:- To route the wire harnessing for engine, create flattening model & create drawing for given routing. Description:- Step 1:Electrically define the connectors, P clamp & Guiding component. Connectors: Steps involved in electrically defining a connector Download a connector from…

WIRING HARNESS FOR TAILGATE: Aim: The main objective of the given project is to route the wiring for the tailgate tail lamps & registration plate. Description:  In this project we have followed all the best practices to complete the wiring harness. I have created the Flattened Model for the tail lamps &…