AK AUTOMOTIVE R & D Center provides design services as hood and door hinges, body parts, passive security systems, pedal groups, handbrake, door latches and strickers to its customers with its experienced and competent design team as Co-designer. In addition to customer projects, design-oriented projects are carried out to develop original and innovative products.
Within the R&D activites;
• Catia (3 station)
• Siemens NX (1 station) is used.
AK AUTOMOTIVE conducts the following duties in R&D activities with its experienced and expertized employees;
Product and mechanism development
Weight Lightening
Alternative materials
Passenger & pedestrian safety
AK AUTOMOTIVE R & D center supports its competence and experience in product design with analysis and simulation studies and strives to provide quality and trouble-free service to its customers in product development.
Virtual verification activities carried out within the R & D center;
- Static, dynamic, frequency and fatigue analysis (Optistruct, Radioss, Hypercrash)
- Kinematic analysis (Motionview)
- Structural and Kinematic Optimization (Optistruct, Hyperstudy)
- Forming Analysis (Hyperform)
Material Testing
*Microstructure analysis
• Weld analysis
• Tensile tests
• Hardness evaluation
• Penetrant analysis
- Stiffness - break load test
• Single axis load and displacement measurements
• Load range up to 100kN
• Displacement ±800mm
• Controlled speed 0-60mm/s
- Fatigue Test
*Product specific performance test equipment are available
- 3D Measurement
*1000x850x850 mm capacity
*1500x1200x850 mm capacity
*1000x850x850 mm capacity
- Visio projection measurement
- Climatic chamber
*Temperature from -40 to 170°C / Humidity range 5-95% / Efficient volume 1m3 (1x1x1)
*Temperature from -40 to 100°C / Humidity range 5-95% / Efficient volume 8m3 (2x2x2)
- Crash simulation of car components
• Pressure 200bar
• Maximal stroke 1000 mm
• Maximal acceleration force 130kN
• Maximal brake force 200kN
• Maximum energy 85000 J
• Maximum specimen mass 300kg