Fender Design

Fender -

Fenders are panels on a car that are located on the sides of the car in front of the doors.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 contained. If there was nothing covering the wheels, all kinds of debris would be kicked up by the rotating tires.

Types of Fenders -

• Full bumper type 
• Half bumber type

         

Full Bumper type
This type of fender is used in olden days, it is no more in use due to its heavyweight of the structure and consumes more raw material in manufacturing.

Half Bumper Type
Half Bumper Type fenders are widely used now, due to its mini size and the scrap or wastage is less compared to the full bumper type.

Fender Mounting Regions -

Drip Area
The area at which the fender gets attached to the engine housing through fasteners. It is the major mounting for the fender. Mountings at the drip area are designed leaving a clearance of 200mm from the back of the fender for the cowl setup. And clearance of 150mm from the front of the fender for a headlamp housing unit.

A-Pillar Mounting Area

The A-pillar is the structural pillar that combines the body to the roof . This make the sides of the windshield rest. Front fenders are fastened to the A -pillar to form a robust structure.

Sill Mounting Area

The area at which the bottom of the fender gets connected to the floor near the bottom edge of the door. The Embossed sill mounting of the fender is attached with the fasteners.

Bumper Mounting Area

Bumper mounting area is used to fix the plastic bumper to the fender with the help of the fasteners.

Baffle Mounting Area

In this region, the baffle gets installed to the fender with the help of clips which holds the baffle with the fender along the wheel arch.

Fender Design -

Base Fender Skin

Master section for the Drip Area

Design Parameters : 

• Embosses are provided to increase the strength.
  
  
• Smooth curves are designed for easy manufacturing of panel.
  
  
• Ribs are provided to drip area mount to give structual support and extra strengh.
  
  
• Maintain extra 10mm from the flat surface  for the fastner holes.
  
  
• Thickness of fender is 0.75mm.

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