Fender Design

Fender

Fender is a american english term for the part of an automolie other vehicle body that frames a wheel well. The primary purpose is to prevent sand ,mud ,rocks, liquids, and other road spray from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire

Two types of fenders :

They are 1.full bumber type 2. half bumber type

1. Full bumber type :

• Inital models or old version of cars had this type of fender .

2.Half bumber type :

• This is mostly used in the current models of cars , and divide the fender into 2 parts -fender and bumber
• this mehtod save the material as the material used for bumber can be plastic which is cheap ,less in weight and coming to strengthen the body of the vehicle .

Fender make procedure:

First step is open the Fender skin file in the nx cad.

Design of Drip area mounting :

Considering the master section , we have designed the drip area . That is at a distance of <300 mm from the cowl top and 150mm from the headlamp at the front .

To increase the strength of the drip area mounting and resist vibration and impact force embosses are added stiffeners or darts to strengthen the drip area.

SILL MOUNTING AREA

Sill is located directly below the bottom of the door , supporting the floor .

BUMBER MOUNTING AREA

It is used to fix the bumber made of plaastic to the fender

A-pillar mounting

It is a structural pillar that combines the body to the roof

Baffle Mounting Area

Also called as mudguard are mounted on the inner side of the fender arch over the tire.Ensuring face blends or edge blends relief cut. thicken part by the 0.75mm towareds the inside direction