All articles by Mike Farish – Page 13
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ArticleTransmitiendo seguridad
A medida que la industria del automóvil se embarca en un cambio en la tecnología de las transmisiones, los fabricantes de estos complejos componentes deben cumplir unos estándares de calidad clave para evitar fallos de seguridad críticosTodo parece indicar que las transmisiones automáticas serán cada vez más comunes en el ...
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Article传播安全平安
自从汽车业开辟转换传输技术以来，这些复杂组件的制造商必须保持高质量标准，才能避免关乎性命安全的错误自动变速箱似乎在汽车大众市场里变得越来越普遍，尤其是与混合动力或纯电动力连载一起——重点是因为它们能有效达到降低二氧化碳排放的目标。变速器系统制造商Getrag公司有望从现在到2020年，双离合器启动变速箱的销量翻番。 但是Getrag公司的全球高级工程部高管Ulrich Knödel却认为，这种趋势恰恰暗示自动变速系统的开发进程。他说，“自动变速箱开发之所以复杂，大体上源于许多系统功能，比如自动离合器、换挡、停车、以及与发动机之间的交流，还有许多子系统之间的互动，例如机械五金、液压技术、电子设备、传感器、信号和软件，这些都是系统功能的表现。在如此复杂的程序中，很容易发生错误——但是其中有些是关乎安全的，必须避免发生。” Getrag公司总部在德国Untergruppenbach，在全球各地拥有23个公司，拥有13,400名员工——2012年营业额达30亿欧元。公司宣称，他们是汽车行业第一家实施国际标准化组织规定标准的供应商，是为了管理发展进程、制定有关安全电子设备和车用电子系统而特地研发的。Getrag是在2013年10月份获得由认证供应商SGS-TÜV Saar颁发的ISO 26262。 相似但更为特殊据Knödel讲，这个标准与通常所知的ISO质量与环境管理标准非常不同，尽管有一些相似之处。他强调说，“他们都拥有较好的发展过程，但是相比之下，ISO 26262更专注于确保汽车行业电气或电子组件安全的规定要求，这随着线控换挡和线控转向应用的增加而变得越来越普遍。”因此，ISO 26262“在系统要求方面、硬件和软件开发和测试方面，比质量标准规定得更为具体”。 遵守标准就必须在公司内部拥有功能安全系统方法。Knödel说，这个要求覆盖所有安全管理，比如管理支持和培训，还有综合开发测试流程。目标就是避免“系统性故障”。在Getrag公司，培训通常是由公司内部功能安全团队来进行的，而外部资源则用于在产品开发过程中具有特殊安全管理责任的个人。 无疑的是，依据标准而制定的主要要求，与公司联系客户的方法有关。Knödel解释说，“在一个分散式的开发过程中，标准要求所谓开发者交互协议(DIA)。这就会使相关方之间，根据标准要求，在开发和售后过程结成联盟。” 努力得到回报坚持标准的商业案例是令人贪腐的。正如Knödel所解释：“通过遵守要求，Getrag确保电气电子系统的现代化。现代变速器拥有越来越多地电气电子组件，而软件或电气硬件上的错误可能导致紧急安全状况，例如汽车驶向错误的方向。因此，供应商掌握功能性安全的技术诀窍，对赢得OEM非常重要。”据Knödel说，Getrag公司越来越多地电控双离合变速箱(DCT)及混合版本“可以做到没有高深的功能安全的专门知识也可以操作。” 不管多么困难，Knödel都坚信，遵守标准会变得越来越重要，而且Getrag如何指挥，他们将跟随到哪里。他说，“对任何公司讲，不照着开发的话，都将面临极大的危险。”Knödel有信心，只要将必要的规程嵌入到一个公司内，持续应用会变得很简单。他坚持说，“如果你能系统地进行努力，并且能在发展进程和功能安全之间连接得当，困难就会在第三次或第四次应用时降低许多。” 同时Knödel认识到，标准的效应在某些产品属性上并不会立即显现。他说，“影响力更多是体现在发展进程方面，最大的好处就是每个参与方都明确知道什么时候去做什么事情。”主要含义就凝缩在“对安全问题的共识”上。 Getrag宣称，公司许多产品都已经送交标准要求部门。包括公司的7DCI700和6DCT产品，前者在2008年应用于宝马公司，后者与2010年应用于雷诺公司。日前公司宣布7DCT300前轮驱动、7速、横向、双离合变速箱将于2015后期投放到市场。 Knödel解释道，尽管标准本身仅仅在2011年11月才被公布，但是Getrag公司却早在2007年就开始遵守这个要求。公司虽没有直接参与到标准的开发当中，但是与负责起草的工作团队的会议召集者一直保持密切联系。 有一点肯定的是，ISO 26262将有可能开始普及。当问到OEM群体是否要求遵守标准，并最终确定低于供应链的所有规定时，Knödel爽快地达到：“是的，肯定是”。
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ArticleTransmitting safety
As the automotive industry embarks on a shift in transmission technology, manufacturers of these complex components must keep to a key quality standard to avoid safety-critical mistakesAutomatic transmissions, especially when linked to hybrid or pure electrical powertrains, seem likely to become increasingly common in the automotive mass market – not ...
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ArticleAutomação inteligente
AMS informa sobre como a automação está sendo desenvolvida para uma ampla gama de aplicações A Automação prestou-se ao padrão de altos volumes de produção e uniformidade de produto, o que é particularmente exigido por montadoras de veículos OEMs.Tal padrão, no entanto, não se manteve estático. Enquanto o volume de ...
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ArticleAutomatización inteligente
AMS informa sobre cómo se están desarrollando los automatismos para un rango más amplio de aplicacionesAutomation ha asumido el patrón de grandes volúmenes de producción y uniformidad del producto, un requisito específico exigido por los montadores de vehículos OEM. El patrón sin embargo no ha permanecido estático. La producción global ...
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ArticleTaking greater control
Two case studies highlight the development of control systems in manufacturing automationWhat was initially planned as the refurbishment of an automated guided vehicle (AGV) system serving a press at the Toyota plant in Burnaston, UK, turned into something much more radical when the company realised that a simple upgrade would ...
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ArticleIntelligent automation
How automation is being developed for a wider range of production configurationsAutomation has lent itself to the pattern of high production volumes and product uniformity which is particularly required by OEM vehicle assemblers. That pattern, however, has not remained static. While global production volumes remain high, automation now has to ...
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ArticleDesigns on digital efficiency
AMS hears from GKN Driveline and McLaren Automotive about recent upgrades to their modelling softwareGKN Driveline, global supplier of automotive driveline systems and solutions, has an OEM customer base which includes Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Fiat-Chrysler, Renault, Nissan, Toyota and Jaguar Land Rover. As such, the technologies the company uses ...
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ArticleThe sum of its parts
As OEMs increasingly explore the use of additive manufacturing in production Mike Farish discusses its unique advantagesThe 2014 Chevrolet Malibu from General Motors boasts several neat features intended to increase driver and passenger convenience as well as vehicle appearance and performance. On the former count, there is a redesigned centre ...
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ArticleThe sum of its parts
As OEMs increasingly explore the use of additive manufacturing in production AMS looks at its unique advantagesThe 2014 Chevrolet Malibu from General Motors boasts several neat features intended to increase driver and passenger convenience as well as vehicle appearance and performance. On the former count, there is a redesigned centre ...
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ArticleTurning painting green
The BMW Brilliance Tiexi plant in China is leading the way towards more environmentally friendly paintshops'Best-in-class technology''The most sustainable plant in China'Developing key workforce competenciesNew standards & future plans"The world’s most environmentally friendly paintshop” is currently being ramped up towards full production capacity at BMW Brilliance Tiexi, Shenyang. So says ...
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Orion plant is GM’s quality control star
We reveal how GM maintains a high level of quality control during painting procedures at the manufacturer’s Michigan plant Technology & painting phasesA global perspectiveModernising ageing installationsA fresh perspectiveA new paintshop in FairfaxA little over a year ago, quality control procedures at the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan ...
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ArticleAkzoNobel & Delft unveil aerodynamically coated race car
Sikkens paint experts from AkzoNobel and a group of students from the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands have unveiled the Nuna 7 race car which they will enter into this year’s World Solar Challenge in Australia.The car features the new water-based composite pinhole filler Aerowave 2501 which has ...
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ArticlePPG celebrates 50 years of electrocoating
The company first filled an automotive body electrocoat tank at a Ford plant in Wixom, Michigan, in 1963 and since then has introduced further innovations such as cationic electrocoat technology, cathodic epoxy electrocoat and lead-free, low-VOC, high-throw electrocoat.“Innovation is one key to PPG’s leading position in the coatings industry, and ...
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ArticlePorsche completes Leipzig paintshop for Macan production
Completing the paintshop marks the latest step in preparations for the production of the Macan, due to begin in December. Siegfried Bülow, chairman of the executive board, Porsche Leipzig, said the project is on schedule and that the company is “very keen to see the first car roll off the ...
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ArticleOven Industries showcases sensor range
The company has announced that it is now offering new varieties of temperature sensor probes, ranging from thermistors and thermocouples to resistance thermometers. The products are detailed in the ‘Temperature Sensor Selection Guide’ on the Oven Industries website.The guide shows the tolerance level, model number, temperature range and key details ...
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EcoDryScrubber wins Peugeot Citroën award
Peugeot Citroën has awarded Dürr an ‘Industrial Equipment Performance Award’ for its EcoDryScrubber paint booth system, used at the car maker’s plant in Sochaux, France. EcoDryScrubber enables separation without the use of water or chemicals, generates energy savings of 60%, and cuts paint particle and CO2 emissions. It can operate ...
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ArticleCombat celebrates 35th anniversary
Over 35 years, the Malaysian company has operated as a specialist provider of industrial painting systems, while recent projects in Vietnam, Indonesia and India have reinforced its status as a major presence in Asia.Combat was selected by Malaysian motorcycle manufacturer Boon Siew Honda to install a new paintshop, following a ...
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ArticleNew dry booth at Honda Yorii
Taikisha Japan has recently installed a dry booth at Honda’s Yorii plant near Tokyo which will allow overspray paint separation and removal by a filtration method rather than the water-based ‘venturi’ approach. In a dedicated chamber, the oversprayed paint and pre-coat material powder, usually a form of calcium carbonate (CaC03), ...
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ArticlePaintshop for plastics
Sturm’s chief operating officer, Ralf Völlinger discusses the company's recent installation at BMW LeipzigThe economics of paintingThe three-coat painting processPainting system supplier Sturm Group has recently installed a paintshop designed for handling plastic parts for exterior vehicle components at the BMW factory in Leipzig. The required standard of accuracy for ...