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  • Yanwei Wang, Yu Chen, Chengjie Shi, Cui Cui, Haoyang Wang
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 39-44.

    In order to improve the quality and efficiency of the DTS inspection for the automobile class-A-surface and assembly data, a DTS rapid inspection application is developed by using the Component Application Architecture (CAA) technology of CATIA, This application can quickly identify measurement objects, cancel the creation of auxiliary elements, automatically obtain the positions to be inspected, automatically measure gaps and flushes, and judge the qualification status so as to achieve intelligent inspection. The results show that the inspection efficiency is improved by more than 50% through verification.

  • Lei Ni
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 50-54.

    The problem of blowing white powder from the air conditioning box of the test car is analyzed by means of energy spectrum and metallographic analysis, and it is confirmed that white powder is an oxide of aluminum formed after corrosion of the evaporator. Through infrared and corrosion resistance test analysis, the results show that the serious corrosion is caused by the evaporator in a humid environment in which galvanic corrosion occurred under the catalysis of Cu. The solutions such as replacing materials and using passivation and hydrophilic chemicals with higher corrosion resistance are proposed so as to effectively solve the problem of blowing white powder in air conditioning boxes because of the evaporator’s corrosion.

  • Yuting Han, Chunlei Li, Yanfeng Liu, Yuchen Li, Jintao Yan
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 63-66.

    In order to improve the flexibility of the welding production line for car body in white, this paper proposes a T-shaped automotive flexible switching system. Firstly, this article studies the composition of the T-type flexible switching system and the working process of each component, and proposes that this switching system can switch 2N+1 vehicle models. Secondly, the power and transmission parts of the switching system are studied, and the motor parameters, guidance and positioning schemes are determined. Moreower,the module division and interface design of the switching system is proposed, and a module division diagram is obtained. Finally, the working process of the switching system is simulated in the Tecnomatix environment. The results show that the design of the T-type flexible switching system is reasonable and can achieve switching between 2N+1 vehicle models.

  • Baopeng Bi, Kun Fan
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 33-38.

    To improve numerical control plasma cutting appearance quality of longitudinal beam, the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC model is used as the research framework to analyze the factors leading to unqualified appearance quality of longitudinal beam numerical control plasma cutting. A test model is established, and data analysis and result prediction are carried out through Minitab software to identify the key factors leading to the abnormal appearance quality of longitudinal beam numerical control plasma cutting. The processing parameter setting scheme of longitudinal beam numerical control plasma cutting is determined. Trial production on the production site indicates that the optimization scheme can effectively reduce the unqualified rate of longitudinal beam numerical control plasma cutting appearance, and improve the production quality of longitudinal beam of heavy truck frame.

  • Bendong Zhu, Liang Jiang, Ke Zou
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 55-62.

    In order to meet the demand of automated guided vehicle (AGV) as transport carrier in final assembly workshop, the AGV design scheme is optimized to enhance the function of AGV transport system. Based on the operation of a passenger car assembly workshop, the AGV conveying line is designed, and combined with the workshop conveying design scheme, AGV characteristics, the operational logic of the line and the line business process, the AGV conveying system simulation model is constructed by using Siemens Plant Simulation software soas to analyze the number of AGVs at different beats. In order to meet the production cycle time, the design of experiment (DOE) method is carried out through the design of test manager, and the charging time walking speed of the automatic workstation is optimized to cache the battery capacity of the AGV between the lines. After optimization, the conveying efficiency of AGV line is increased by 24%, and the utilization rate of AGV is increased by 26%。

  • Duojia Liu, Meilin Qian, Haiqin Chen, Can Li, Kunmin Zhao
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 1-6.

    Based on the 25% offset collision condition defined by the China Insurance Research Institute, this paper studies the structural design scheme of the A-pillar of a new energy vehicle. The effect on the crash safety of the basic structure, CBS rubber block reinforced structure, and hot blow forming tube reinforced structure are evaluated and compared. The manufacturing process of CBS rubber block and tube hot blow forming are introduced, and the hot blow forming process is simulated and analyzed. The tooling capital investment and unit cost of the two reinforced structures are further analyzed. The study shows that in the case of achieving an excellent level of small offset collision safety, the 1 500 MPa tube hot blow forming scheme has more advantages than the CBS rubber block scheme in terms of unit cost and light weight.

  • Guangtong Zheng, Ming Ye, Zhongbin Ni, Dongjian Shi, Jia Zeng
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 45-49.

    To achieve lightweight and energy saving and emission reduction of heavy trucks, load bearing condition (displacement change, bending, pictures of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and surface appearance) of Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) with different foaming ratios (10 times, 9 times and 8 times) is analyzed and studied based on the basic design criterion of EPP products. Through UG NX 11.0 simulation analysis software, the structural strength of different thicknesses (30 mm, 40 mm, 50 mm) is analyzed by finite element method, and combined with material properties and appearance surface effects, the optimal foaming ratio and thickness of EPP heavy truck sleeper are defined.

  • Lin Zhang, Wenming Li, Miqing Zou
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 67-72.

    Based on the thread slip-tooth occurred when the front suspension assembly upper support seat is assembled with the body in the assembly process, this paper analyzes the excessive contact gap between the front suspension support seat and the body, poor positioning angle of the front suspension assembly upper support seat, and the related supporting tools,. Correspondingly’ it is a so proposes an optimization scheme to improve the front suspension tray support tooling and the new front suspension upper support positioning tooling, which ultimately reduces the defect rate.

  • Xueyong Sui, Aiguo Wang, Kunmin Zhao
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 12-17.

    In order to solve the cracking problem of automobile wing during road test, this paper analyzes the residual stresses of the Fender produced during the stamping and assembly processes, and studies the influence of residual stress on fatigue failure. The process notch near the fender mounting point is optimized based on the Miner theory to reduce the stress concentration during the assembly process, which effectively improves the fatigue life of the Fender. The problem of fatigue cracking of the Fender is solved without the fatigue simulation based on the road spectrum. This paper provides ideas and theoretical basis for rapid analysis and solution of engineering problems.

  • Yongchao Liu, Jiankun Zhang, Chunhui Ma, Zefei Gong, Jingpeng Li
    Automobile Technology & Material. 2024, (8): 7-11.

    In order to analyze the influence of gravity deformation on the size pass rate of sheet stampings, Hypermesh and Abaqus were used to construct the nonlinear co-simulation model of gravity deformation of the sunroof cover plate and the tunnel welding assembly. The results show that different placement positions have different abilities to overcome gravity deformation, and the convex placement can improve the ability of parts to overcome gravity deformation. The simulation results verify the feasibility of nonlinear analysis method of gravity deformation to guide the measurement scheme design of sheet stampings of BIW.