Benchmarking in Automobiles

Aim: To design two rest units and three clamp units with different types of risers, clamp fingers for a given car panel. Introduction: In this project, two rest units and three clamp units are designed using different types of clamp fingers and risers. Rest units are used to rest the car panels on it, while clamp units…

Aim: To design different types of Fixed pin units and Retractable pin units with different types of risers, blades, pin and blocks to understand design fundamentals and procedure for pin unit of BIW fixture.   Introduction: Pin unit is a unit designed to locate car panels using pins. It consists of riser, blade,…

Aim: To Design 3 Different types of Swivel Clamp Unit with Different Riser, Blade, and Clamp Arm for the given Car Panel and Maintain the stroke as 100mm. To Design a Pin-Clamp Unit for the given Car Panel.   Introduction: A Clamp unit is usually designed to clamp or hold the car panel. Clamping is achieved by holding…

Aim: Design of Base unit with all weldments for given car panel, design of fixture assembly to constrain all 5 panels. Introduction: The base unit is designed to mount all the other units like clamp unit, pin unit, rest unit, etc of the tool, also other parts like pneumatic valve box, trunking cable path will also be mounted…

Aim: To perform a 3D finish and create rough locators for the given panel assembly design.     3D finishing Process: The 3D finish is a process where the design is finished and ready for final simulation and 2D detailing. The nominalism of the designed parts is checked to ease the assembly of all the units. The…

Key Sheet:   Fix Pin Unit 1:   Fix Pin Unit 2:

Clamp Unit 1   Clamp Unit 2   Clamp Unit 3   Clamp Unit 4   Clamp Unit 5   Retractable Pin Unit   Clamp Unit 6

BOM For Fixture Assembly P001_Z01_S04_00_00     BOP For Fixture Assembly P001_Z01_S04_00_00  

Aim: To design inner trim of an automobile door using provided class A Surfaces and Master sections in Catia V5. Objectives: To create thickened part using values from master sections. To create B side mounting features. To perform Draft Analysis. Introduction: The door inner trim is the plastic part on inside of door…

Aim: To design plastic B pillar along with B side features using provided class A surface and master sections.   Objectives: To create tooling axis for the component. To design class B and C surface from given class A. Add B side features like Dog house, 4-way locator and Ribs to component. Perform draft analysis…

Aim: To design door applique from class A surface with engineering features like locators and heat stakes. Objective: To design door applique by creating B and C surface and converting in solid body. Create 4-way and 2-way locators. Create Heat stakes on B surface as attachment feature. Procedure: Checking class A surface…

Aim: To design core and cavity for switch bezel design.   Design procedure: In core and cavity design, there are 4 major elements considered; Core, Cavity, Parting Surface and parting line. Core and cavity are the two halves of complete mould in which either of them is fixed and other one is movable. During injection…

Aim: To design coin holder from given class A surface. Designing Class B and Class C surface. Perform draft analysis on the final component.   Design procedure: Checking Class A input for imperfections The input class A surface is checked for discontinuities and joined together to get complete class A surface as one.…

Aim: - To design door arm rest from given class A surface by creating tooling axis and class B and C surface. - Perform draft analysis on the final part.   Design procedure: Checking given Class A surface for imperfections. The imported geometry of class A surface is checked for discontinuities and imperfections.…

Aim: Switch bezel design using given class A surface by creating tooling axis for the component and designing class B and class C surface. General considerations: Minimum draft angle - 3 degrees The thickness of component – 2.5 mm   Checking input surface for imperfections. Given class A surface is first imported…

Introduction: A fender is the curved portion of the car’s body that sits over and houses the wheels. The purpose of a fender is pretty simple. Its purpose is to keep mud, rocks, and other road debris from being thrown around by the tires. In other words, the fender is a housing for the wheels that keeps road debris…

Underbody coating in an automobile Underbody coating is a rubberized paint that forms a 2-3 mm thick coating all along the underside of the body. You also get a thinner clear coat underbody coating which is like a lacquer that coats the entire underside of the car. Some even inject rust-preventive coating material into…

Benchmarking in the Automobile industry   Benchmarking basically means comparison with competitors of similar products or services. This comparison is done on basis of consumer requirements to provide a better product or service. Benchmarking ranks the product or service based on some factors and provides recommendations…

What is BIW & define its parts? Ans: In the Automotive Industry BIW (Body in White) is the common terminology used to mention the car sheet metal welded structure (body shell). In today's situation, automotive BIW is made of steel (various steel grade material -DP, DD, HDP etc.) as well as made of aluminium alloy (e.g.,…

Introduction: An automobile roof is the portion of an automobile that sits above the passenger compartment, protecting the vehicle occupants from sun, wind, rain, and other external elements. Though it just looks like a styling surface that protects from sun, wind and other elements, various environmental conditions are…

Objective: The aim of the project is to design hood of the car by considering functionality, manufacturing and safety aspects.   Introduction: Safety is the most important criteria in automobile designs which concentrates on both pedestrian and occupant safety. The pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users and…

Modelling and Rendering of Sunseeker Predator Yacht   Introduction: During this project, modelling of different parts of the yacht will be done, then assembly of Yacht and rendering of the model will be done to get photorealistic images of assembly model.   Objective: The objective of the project is to design…

Modelling and Rendering of American Chopper   Introduction: The project is about modelling of different parts of American Chopper, assembly of chopper and rendering of the model to get photorealistic images of Assembly model.   Objective: The objective of the project is to design the various parts of American…

Introduction: The back door is a door at the rear end of the car which enables entry to the boot space of car. This door is commonly hinged at the top. This door is operated by gas stay which reduces the effort required to open or close the door. In some high-end luxury cars, this door is operated by an electric motor…