HTD enters the automotive sector
How one of the largest car manufacturers has revolutionized its control process
Before
The traditional method was used to test the gears of the gearbox
Time required: 45 minutes per piece
Time required: 45 minutes per piece
Goal
To be able to control 100% of the production, which is not feasible with existing instruments for reasons of time and destructiveness of the test
Solution
- The test of some samples found a perfect correspondence with the values detected with the traditional method
- Special supports have been designed and manufactured to ensure adequate support for the parts
- In addition to the supports, a special anvil has been created with the aim of positioning the pieces in the exact desired point
The adoption of the solution we proposed made it possible to achieve the initial objective of total production control as well as considerable advantages:
- Elimination of waste
- Savings on consumables related to metallographic preparation
- Speeding of the test
- Elimination of the risk of incorrect workpiece positioning
Achieved benefits:
- Productivity improvement
- Testing costs reduction
- Testing extension
- Human resources reused on more profitable tasks
