COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES LLC

INDUSTRIAL REPRESENTATION

• Establish relationship between the suppliers and OEMs

• Facilitate timely exchange of information

• Arrange and conduct project meetings

• Provide technical support

• Expedite warranty problem resolution

MECHANICAL DESIGN

• Manage technical projects from beginning to start of production

• Provide technical guidance to the design teams for sound, cost effective and manufacturing friendly design solutions

• Assist in preparation and fulfillment of DVP&Rs

• Perform design FMEAs

• Assist in structured problem solving methodologies and field issue resolution

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

• Problem statement definition

• Assist in choosing the correct analysis approach and platform to solve the problem at hand. (ie. Linear vs Non-linear, static vs dynamic, transient vs steady state)

• Provide guidance in identifying the correct loading criteria, the boundary conditions and mesh density

• How to avoid computer intensive larger models

• How best to represent bolted joints and contact surfaces with or w/o gaskets

• Guidance in understanding load paths toward shape and weight optimization

VALIDATION

• Define appropriate component, system and program level Reliability and Durability targets

• Help to establish statistically relevant accelerated reliability growth program

• Create and follow 8D fault elimination process

• Assist in identifying the proper durability sample size and critical test configurations

• Leverage FEA and Multi Body Simulations to drive bench test conditions