TATA Auto Comp Systems Ltd. Technical Centre


 
Tata Auto comp Systems Ltd (Technical centre) specializes in automotive domain like Plastics (Interiors & Exteriors), Lighting, EDS, BIW, & Power train (CAE) and BIW designing by offering value added services in CAD, CAE, Prototype development, benchmarking Consultancy, Technical Publication & Testing Tata Auto comp Systems Ltd. (Technical centre).
 
Formed in year 1999, geared up to take challenging assignments in automotive systems and component design and development.
  Design and development engineers : 300+
 
We are an ISO 9001: 2000 certified company with our engineering centre in Pune, India and sales & support offices in US, Germany, and Japan.


Service Details: Industries Offered:
  Product Design
  Tool Design
  Reverse Engineering
  CAE
  Prototype and Testing
  Engineering Documentation & Maintenance
  Product and Technology Consulting
  Automotive
  Heavy Engineering
  Consumer Durables
  Medical Equipments

Infrastructure and Software:
Infrastructure: Software:
  4Mbps Data Transfer Line
  FTP Site for Data Exchange
  Video Conferencing
  On Line Collaboration Tools

Domains & Services Spectrum

Lighting Product Design & Development Services
Concept Design:
  2D/3D Concept Generation,
  Styling
  Regularity Feasibilities
  Master sections developments
  Reverse Engineering, Scanning

Detail Design:
  Design for assembly (DFA), Manufacturing (DFM) ,Serviceability (DFS)
  Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
  CAD Data generation
  Identifying the standard parts
  Maintain Gap & Flush requirements
  Part and assembly drawing generation

Value Engineering (VA/VE):
 
Value engineering proposal for robust design / Interchangeability & performance enhancement.
 
Value addition in terms of design for assembly, manufacturing, cost.
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Design Verification (CAE):
  Vibration Analysis
  CFD Analysis
  Mould Flow Analysis

Mould Design:
  Data Verification
  Tooling Feasibility check
  Preliminary Design Layout
  Design and selection of feed system.
  Design of Cooling circuits
  Design of mechanism for removing undercuts.
  Design of ejector system.
  Selection of available standard elements.
 
Generation of preliminary 2D assembly drawing. 3D design of mould and Detailing
  Mold base and Elements 3D design.
  Lifting and Safety element modeling.
  Generation of 2D Assembly & Detail drawing.
  Technical part list.

Electrical Product Design
Electrical Distribution System & Power Management:
  Complete EDS Project Delivery
  Wiring Harness Design
  Circuit Design
  Fusing / Grounding Strategy
  Charge Balance Calculations
 
Mechanical Integration (Packaging & Routing) VA / VE, Cost & Weight Reduction

Project Engineering:
  Form Board Drawing
  Manufacturing Process Detailing
  Assembly Line Plan
  Process FMEA
  Change Management
  Engineering Standards for
Component Verification
In-process Checks
Product Audit checks

KBE:
  Process Automotation
  Mistake Proofing
  Techniques
  Software Development
  Knowledge Management &
Collaborative Engineering

Consultancy:
  Engineering Change
Management
  VA / VE Workshops
  Manufacturing Engineering
Process Audits
Current Engineering:
  Field / Warranty data Analysis
  Fault finding & Resolution Techniques Service engineering documentation
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Interiors & Exteriors Designing Services
Engineering capabilities :
 
Tata AutoComp offers strong design and development capabilities for a number of products.
  These capabilities include:
 
Benchmarking, market studies to offer contemporary solutions and product improvements
 
Full-service supplier capabilities for the design, development, manufacture and supply of cockpit modules and interior and exterior trims
  Design capabilities using CAD / CAE on I-DEAS, CATIA, PDGS, Pro-E software available in-house
 
Customer-specific program and product management through TS 16949-certified processes
 
Launch and PVT support / resident engineering to ensure smooth launch, quick feedback and immediate action whenever necessary

Product Development Services
Styling / Concept Engineering:
  Early involvement during styling
  Concept generation support
  Rendering / Styling data generation
 
Concept studies of interfaces / moving parts
 
Macro packaging Engg feasibility support

Packaging / Feasibility Engineering :
  Macro packaging study support
  Split strategy concept
  Defining mounting / locating strategy
 
Concepts / Section for BIW interfaces and mountings
  Creating master sections
  Creating master sections
  Study of Sunlight reflection
 
Study of visibility on instrument cluster
 
Head Impact / Knee Impact zone mapping Study packaging / serviceability
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Product Engineering :
  Develop concept / Schematic
  Define Component Split strategy
  Define Gap plan
  Define locating strategy
  Define fixing methods
  Develop Engineering BOM
  Identify Materials / Fasteners / Std items
  Establish Process flow
  Analyze Design for Assembly (DFA)
 
Establish Design Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA)
  Study Serviceability aspects
  Define acceptance criteria
 
Develop and monitor prod development plan
  Establish Design/Product Validation Plan (DV/PV)

Materials Engineering:
  Understanding the product requirements
 
Identify / select material from data base
 
Develop / Tune material spec to suit requirement
 
Material characterization to support CAE validations
  Material validations to verify
Jenoptic laser scoring
PAB related requirements
Other regulatory requirements

Process / Manufacturing Engineering:
  Process selection / definition
  Establish process flow
  Product design support – DFA
  Concept design of fixtures
 
Support facilities & process readiness
 
Proto builds to support Engg and customer requirements

Tooling Engineering:
  Product design support Feasibility for tooling And Mold Analysis
  Tool Concept design/Layout Design for multiple cavities.
  Development of tooling sheet.
  Tooling Material selection.
  Tool development-monitoring & tracking.
  Tool validation-trials/tuning.
  Tool prove out at suppliers location
  Tool prove out & signoff with plan.

Launch support:
  Craftsmanship reviews and approvals
  Dimensional analysis (reports) and approvals
  Appearance approval (AAR)
  PPAP approvals
  New / Current model - Engg Change Management
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Seating System
  Program Management
 
Interface with client to understand project requirements
  Packaging study
  Concept design
 
Develop fixing strategy, Master Sections.
  Detail Design for manufacture , Assembly and service
  Participation in DFMEA, APQP and design reviews
  Participation in CAE, Deep Draw Simulation, Thermal Analysis
  Support tool maker for design/tool
modifications.
  Support to Assembly Team at Tier 1
  Support in Testing and Validation

Testing
Air Bag Testing:
 
Experience of more than 100 PAB testing.
  Strong Team of 5 Engg.
 
Present customers are FORD, TML, and FIAT.
 
Under the certification of NABL accreditation.
 
Under process of developing Seating Air Bag

Durability Testing:
 
Plastics Components durability testing.
 
Development more than 30 durability
fixtures.
  Have completed 5 Axis robot
  Able to execute cycles of 100,00.

Environment Chamber:
  Walk In Chamber of 3.5x3.5x2.3m
  Temperature Range - 40 to 110 Deg.
 
Have done more than 1500 hours
of environmental testing

Team Size:
  Headed by PhD in testing
  Total team of 12 engineers
  Engineers with average 4 year Of experience in testing.
  NABL Certified.
Material Testing:
  All types of Plastic material
tests
  Material Benchmarking
  IMDS services
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CAE Services
CAE group provides development support on component, systems and full vehicle for the following services.
 
Finite Element Modeling Support for various analysis processes
 
Stress, Thermal & Heat transfer Analysis
  Static/Dynamic Analysis
  Coupled Electrical Thermal Analysis
  Crash/Impact Analysis (Offset / Side / Frontal / Rear Etc)
  Fatigue Analysis
   
Software: Hyper mesh, ANSA, I-Deas , MSC NASTRAN, ABAQUS, LS-DYNA, Radios, MSC Fatigue, ICEM-CFD, Fluent, MSC ADAMS, Motion Solve, Mold flow & Kuli
Hardware: Computation Server, High End PCs.

System Simulation:
TATA AutoComp System Ltd.-Technical Centre has vast experience working on CAE analysis and product development and optimization support for following vehicle systems
 
BIW (small car/ Utility Vehicles/ Commercial vehicles)
 
Closures (Bonnet/ Side / Trunk Lid / Sliding Door)
 
Interiors ( Instrument Panel/ Door Trims/ Console/ Sun visor)
 
Exteriors (Front Bumper/ Front Fascias/ Rear bumpers)

  Power train (Engine / Transmission / Exhaust Systems)
  Axle, Chassis & Suspension
  Comfort Systems (Sliding window / Luggage Cover / Roof Rack)
  Seating Systems
  Lighting systems (Head Lamp/ Tail Lamp/ Map Lamp)
 
Mirror Systems (IRVM/ ORVM for Cars / Utility Vehicles / Trucks / Buses)
  Electrical Systems (Coupled Electrical-Thermal)
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Prototype Development
Scope:
Development of functional and non functional prototypes for testing and fitment trials during product development phase
Prototype methods

Rapid prototypes:
  SLA/SLS
  FDM
  Silicone molds
  3D printing- Non functional



Prototypes- Soft tool
  Aluminum molds- max life 500
  MS mold – max life 2000
  Fabricated/Manual bending & forming sheet metal –Parts
  Machined components
Existing Customers - TML, GM, TACO group companies, Tier1s

Technical Publication
Service Offerings:
  Parts List Manuals
  Maintenance and Operation Manuals
  Installation Manuals
  Assembly Manuals
  Services Manuals
  Standard Practices Manuals
  Product manuals
  User Manuals
  Quick Reference Guide
  Errata Sheet
  Graphics Intensive Instruction Sheet
  Step By Step Instruction Sheet
  Service Bulletins
  Engine Manuals.

Tools Expertise:
  Adobe Frame maker
  Iso Draw
  Corel Draw
  Adobe Illustrator CS
  Adobe Photoshop
  Microsoft Office Vision
  Microsoft Word-Documents
  Microsoft Excel-Spreadsheets
  Adobe Acrobat-PDF
  Team Center
  Agile
  AutoCAD
  Solid Edge
  CATIA V4 & CATIA V5
  UG
  Solid Works

Standards:
  Customer Specified Style Sheets and Style Guide.
  Graphics Style Guide.
  Simplified Technical English (AECMA).

Generate new Style Sheets as per the Requirement of the Customer
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