Automotive case studies
Worldwide demand for vehicles continues to grow and focus on fuel efficiency and emissions control from both domestic and commercial transport. There is also an increasing need to produce extremely accurate and reliable manufacturing systems, with a trend towards automated manufacturing processes to reduce cycle times.
Body, chassis and wheels
Challenge: Reduce the overall weight of the Swinburne Formula SAE car.
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Challenge: Increase throughput and reduce scrap during production of high-volume and high-value automotive parts.
Find out moreChallenge: To provide high quality machined castings with a short lead-time.
Find out moreChallenge: To have the flexability of gauging many different parts with an immediate pass/fail decision.
Find out moreChallenge: To design and build a single-seater car which races on a course normally reserved for Formula 1.
Find out moreChallenge: To be the first land vehicle to exceed 1000 miles per hour (1609 km/hr).
Find out moreChallenge: Assess the engineering performance of students, the costs of the car and a marketing strategy for the racing car of a fictitious investor.
Find out morePrecision components
Challenge: meet a weight reduction target without compromising performance with additive manufacuring.
Find out moreChallenge: The Fulin Testing Centre needed to upgrade to a rapid and efficient inspection solution.
Find out moreRenishaw and RLS provided magnetic encoders and technical support to British-based Dynisma for its latest dynamic motion simulator designed for applications in motorsport and beyond.
Find out moreChallenge: To accurately inspect difficult-to-reach features on automotive parts.
Find out moreChallenge: To confirm that additive manufacturing can produce sufficiently thin walls, production of a complete component and be used for short series production.
Find out moreChallenge: Aligning the performance of software modelling and design tools with real 3D printing processes.
Find out moreChallenge: Reduce unsprung mass and achieve an overall weight reduction in Moto2 bike design.
Find out moreChallenge: To find a diagnostic tool to check machines are capable of producing to part specifications.
Find out moreChallenge: Monitor the position of the crankshaft in the engine and measure clutch speed.
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Case brief: Tyre mould production: increasing productivity through automated part setting
Case brief: Tyre mould production: increasing productivity through automated part setting
Case brief highlighting the challenges faced by a generic tyre mould manufacturer when producing high volume mould segment and how Renishaw systems helped overcome them.
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Case brief: Forged alloy wheel production - delivering high-precision parts through in-process gauging
Case brief: Forged alloy wheel production - delivering high-precision parts through in-process gauging
Case brief highlighting the challenges faced by a Taiwanese end user (SuperAlloy Industrial Company Ltd) when machining forged alloy wheels and how Renishaw systems helped overcome them.
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Case brief: Motorcycle cylinder head machining - reduce scrap and increase machine productivity.
Case brief: Motorcycle cylinder head machining - reduce scrap and increase machine productivity.
Case brief highlighting the typical challenges faced by an end-user in the automotive industry when machining motorcycle cylinder heads, and how Renishaw systems overcame these challenges.
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Case brief: Automotive pump body machining - eliminating scrap through automatic part location
Case brief: Automotive pump body machining - eliminating scrap through automatic part location
Case brief highlighting the challenges faced by an Indian end user (Sumax) when machining a pump body casting and how Renishaw systems overcame them.
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