:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Samo Gazvoda Technical Director, TECOS Slovenia Togliatti, Russia, 16 th October 2013 YOUR RELIABLE PARTNER IN DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS, TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Who we are?  Technology center for applied research and development in the fields of toolmaking and production technologies  Established in 1994  17 employees, 1,2 MIO income (2012) CELJE

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Who we are?  OUR VISION To become the long-term strategic development partner of production companies in Slovenia and the wider region. Furthermore, to become a renowned European technological centre in the areas of the development of new products, moulds and technologies.

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: What we do?  turnkey projects in product development (from concept to real prototype)  design optimisation & reducing of material costs  eliminating trial by error costs  reducing time to market and production start up costs  troubleshooting and problem solving in production  shortening of production cycles  dimensional inspection  3D-scanning and reverse engineering

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Case Study 1: Engineering Simulations  Bearing bush made of fiber reinforced thermoset material  Coupled Moldflow and Abaqus analyses Filling analysis Velocity analysis Fiber orientation

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Case Study 1: Engineering Simulations  Results confirmed by practical experiment stresses in perpen- dicular direction to fiber orientation experimental data stresses in direction of fiber orientation

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Case Study 2: Engineering Simulations  Analysis and optimisation of warpage of a plastic oil filter housing  several parameter setups analysed Material:PA66 Durethan AKV 35 H2.0 Lanxess Melt temperature: 280 °C Mold surface temperature:80 °C Velocity/pressure switch-over98 % Injection time:automatic Packing settings:20 s, 80 % filling pressure (61,23 MPa) 20 s, 60 % filling pressure (45,92 MPa) 10 s, 40 % filling pressure (30,61 MPa) Cooling time: 60 s Mold open time:5 s Two cavities have been considered

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Case Study 2: Engineering Simulations  Analysis and optimisation of warpage of a plastic oil filter housing Filling analysis The maximum pressure at the polymer injection locations (at 98 % filled the mold) is 76,53 MPa (765,3 bar). Pressure drop in runner system is 64,1 MPa (641 bar) and in cavity is 13,43 MPa (134,3 bar).

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Case Study 2: Engineering Simulations  Analysis and optimisation of warpage of a plastic oil filter housing Roundness analysis Deviation of selected points

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Case Study 3: Reverse engineering  3D scanning and reverse engineering for duplicate stamping dies 3D scanning at customer’s location Final result – CAD model of top surface

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Case Study 4: 3D scanning  Deviation analysis of a stamping die after manual rework Roundness analysis Colour deviation plot

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: Case Study 5: Digital mock-up  Scanning of existing components for virtual assembly of newly designed parts Camper industry

:: SOME CASE STUDIES FROM AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING :: Samo Gazvoda, TECOS, Togliatti, 16 th Oct 2013 :: :: :: QUESTIONS? Thank you for your attention!