DESIGNING COST EFFECTIVE PRODUCTS

โ–ถ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ย TPV AUTOMOTIVEย ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ.

A design solution has to be developed for a specific problem, where it is first and foremost important to satisfy all ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, and especially ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ of the customer. In most cases, finding a design solution is not difficult; ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜.

The choice and quantity of material has a major impact on the price of the product. The amount of material used on a product can be influenced by appropriate design. To ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, we use virtual simulations to simulate realistic loads and calculate the response of the structure.

Cost-efficiency and competitiveness on the global market are also achieved by selecting ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and, as a next step, by ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ in detail. The choice of production technology is largely dependent on the quantities. With this in mind, @TPV Automotive always selects the most robust production processes possible to achieve consistently high product quality. Our extensive experience – more than 60 years in the automotive industry โ€“ are priceless in this respect.

 

 

TPV AUTOMOTIVE – SUPPORTING FORMULA STUDENT TEAM

As one of the partners of the project we were present at the rollout of the brand new race car ๐ŸŽ๏ธcreated byย Superior Engineering – Formula student Team Ljubljana

TPV AUTOMOTIVEย has provided the team with several chassis components and we are excited that the project came to life with our help โœ”๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

We would like to congratulate the team for their efforts and we wish them a lot of success in the upcoming season! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

 

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TPV AUTOMOTIVE WINS 10 INNOVATION AWARDS

TPV AUTOMOTIVEย ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

On 13 and 14 June, the regional competitions for the best innovations of the Chamber of Commerce of Posavje and theย Gospodarska zbornica Dolenjske in Bele krajineย were held at Rajhenburg Castle in Brestanica and Otoฤec. TPV AUTOMOTIVE won two gold ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ ย and eight silver awards ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ

Our innovation – ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ has been selected as one of the best innovations in the nation to compete for the highest awards awarded byย Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije

We are extremely proud of our innovators who will continue to successfully create the mobility of the future with their ideas and innovations ๐Ÿ’ก

 

TPV AUTOMOTIVE at ISPIM – INNOVATION CONFERENCE

As one of the Slovenian most innovative companies we were invited to take part in a panel organised byย Gospodarska zbornica Slovenijeย at theย ISPIM – International Society for Professional Innovation Managementย conference in Ljubljana.

Innovation is the foundation of our operations and plays a key role in our vision of creating the mobility of the future.

We were happy to share our experience and participate in an interesting discussion about innovation processes in Slovenian companies and future challenges.

We would like to thankย Gospodarska zbornica Slovenijeย for the invitation and great organisation of the panel and also companiesย SIJ Acroni,ย SIJ Metal Ravne,ย Podkriznik Group,ย Steklarna Hrastnik d.o.o.ย that participated and shared their insights and experience.

Taking production technology into account

โ–ถ๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜. Only a good knowledge of the production processes can enable us to design a product that will be ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑย #competitiveย in terms ofย #productionย andย #transportationย ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.

In doing so, we need to be aware of the limitations of each production technology and at the same time take advantage of its strengths. Atย TPV AUTOMOTIVEย , our extensive – ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ – ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ in the automotive industry gives us a great competitive advantage in this respect.

Choosing the right materials in product development

โ–ถ๏ธ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น. ๐Ÿ‘‰ When developing a product, the first priority is to ensure that the product performs its function, which must also be considered when selecting the material. This is because it must be ensured that the product will adequately ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ to which it is subjected during its service life.

When selecting the appropriate materials, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ by which the product will be ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ must also be taken into account. This may be forming, welding, machining, surface protection, or other manufacturing technologies. In all of this, care must be taken to keep ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ of the product as low as possible.

In the automotive industry, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ตย #steels, and advancedย #aluminiumย materials are the preferred materials, while ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ where stiffness is more important than strength, more basic materials can also be incorporated.

TPV AUTOMOTIVEย ‘๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜. This is the only way to keep our material expertise up-to-date with the rapid developments in materials and give us a competitive edge in new projects.

NEW BMW X1 AT OUR BREZINA FACTORY

BMW group has brought their brand new X1 model to our Brezina factory where we produce the trailing arms for this magnificent vehicle!

 

As you can see our engineers who developed the components were very keen to take a better look at the car that they helped to co-create ๐Ÿ™‚

Why is lightweight design important?

โ–ถ๏ธ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜?
Regardless of the type of powertrain, the automotive industry is committed to making vehicles as light as possible.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†, resulting in lower fuel consumption and a smaller carbon footprint.

There are different ways to reduce the weight of products.

The 1๏ธโƒฃ first way is through appropriateย #lightweightย design, as this can have a significant impact on the load capacity of products.
The 2๏ธโƒฃ second way is by using more ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€, which can make products lighter for the same loads.
A combination of both is usually used ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

Inย TPV AUTOMOTIVEย we adhere to the principle of lightweight construction, which says: “๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ”