Re-Engineering Door Ramp of a Box Body
Customer: Large Truck Box Body manufacturer in North America
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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