Standard parts for automotive inspection toolsManufacturer: With the rapid development of China's automobile industry, the pace of vehicle model upgrades is accelerating, the cycle of automobile projects is becoming shorter, the market's requirements for automobile quality are becoming higher, automobile prices are decreasing, and cost pressure is increasing. The corresponding development of automobile parts should adapt to the requirements of short cycle, high quality, and low cost. At present, the issues of cycle, quality, and cost in automotive engineering and component testing engineering are prominent, affecting the healthy development of the automotive testing industry.

(1) The standard parts manufacturers for automotive inspection tools have delayed product launch, long design cycles, and increasingly shorter vehicle project cycles. In the 1950s, the replacement cycle for vehicles was about 15 years, and in the 1980s, the development cycle for new car models in China was about 2-3 years. With the rapid development of the market, market demand is fleeting, and vehicle projects cannot be postponed. However, the starting conditions for the detection tool require completeness, generally requiring 3D data of the components, 2D drawings, GD&T drawings or bidding documents, and vehicle assembly environment data to determine the positioning elements and detection characteristics of the detection tool, resulting in the detection tool starting time being one month later than the mold starting time of the formed parts, and the completion time generally being later than the mold manufacturing time.

(2) The long cycle of tool manufacturing, processing, and testing has led to project delays. Traditional tool manufacturing generally uses lathes, milling machines, wire cutting, and also requires assembly and processing by fitters. Although the use of three-axis and five axis CNC machining centers can shorten the machining cycle, the manual assembly, assembly accuracy adjustment, and three coordinate detection cycle of fitters are still relatively long.

Solution

1. Modular and serialized design is beneficial for shortening the engineering cycle of automotive inspection tool accessory manufacturers' products.

The detection device consists of the bottom plate, support structure, positioning mechanism, etc. of the detection device. In addition, similar products from the same host factory are basically the same, and the shape of the detection module is similar. The detection devices from different host factories are not significantly different, which has the premise of modularity. Therefore, the concept of modular design can also be applied to the design of detection devices, which can replace single order design to reduce development cycles.

In the modular design and application of automotive gauge standard parts manufacturers' products, modules can also be formed into a series of modules according to different sizes and specifications, and a series of specification databases can be established, which can be directly selected from the database to shorten the cycle. When establishing a database, it is possible to use either the company's internal general database or the market standard industry database, which is a specialized testing tool manufacturing company providing specialized modules for testing tools.