Fender Design

Aim -

Design a fender of car given by master data considering a OEM standards & regulaions.

Fender:-

Fender is a part whic covers the wheel of a car. The primary purpose of a fender is to prevent sand, mud, rock and other particals are being thrown into the air by the rotating wheels.

Types of fender:-

1. Full Bumper Type-

This type of fender are used by old technologies. by using this the more amount of steel required and weight also increases hence the overall performance of vehicle is decreases. The problem using this fender is a lot of wastage of a blank and every inch of a steel having a cost.

2. Half Bumper type-

Now this type of fender are widely use because of in a one blank we can produce two fender and also wastage of a sheet is minimum.

It Improve the performance of vehicle compare to full bumper type fender.

Mouting Points for fender-

1. Drip Area Mounting

2. Sill Mounting

3. Bumper Mounting

4. A Piller Mounting

5. Body Mounting

1. Drip Area Mounting-

• It is the the area through which the fender is mounting to engine compartment through fasteners
• From given data the backside of the front fender, there will be 200mm clearance for the cowl(wiper motor) mounting area.
• From the front side of the front fender, there will be 150mm clearance for the headlamp housing unit.
• Total height should be less than or equal to 40mm.
• Two Ribs are provided to increase the Strength & reduce the spring back effect.

2. Sill Mounting-

Sill Mounting is at the bottom side of the fender where the mounting is done at the sill of the car.

3. Bumper Mounting-

The bumper mounting is use to mount the bumper. I have created open type emboss to reduce lenght.

One dart is provided to increase the strength

4. A Piller Mounting-

This mounting is used to mount the A piller of a car.

5. Baffel Mounting-

The wheel arch will be mounted to the baffel mounting by using push pins.

Model Images-

Result-

• The fender is design by Considering all design rules and master data.
• After completing all Mountings the final surface is Thicken with thickness of 0.75mm.