Re-Engineering Door Ramp of a Box Body

Customer: Large Truck Box Body manufacturer in North America

PROJECT SCOPE

  • Create engineering data of outsourced products to facilitate supplier migration.
  • FEA validation to correlate physical test data.
  • Design optimization to reduce cost and weight.
  • Create design package to faciliate manufacturing.

APPROACH

  • Document current design in 3D & 2D CAD.
  • Correlated FEA model with physical lab testing.
  • Engineered a new concept by optimizing the design.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Reduced weight by 11% and saved $500K annually
  • Facilitated easy transition of supplier migration.

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