Fan shroud
Customer’s expectations :
- Replacement of steel
- 16000 operating hours life expectancy
- Dimensional stability over large part
- Resistance to high temperature, abrasion and vibrations
- No clear view of feasibility (permanent vibrations)
- Only external dimensions known
- Other dimensions and ribbing to be determined by loads and vibrations frequencies (FEA analysis)
- Prototypes to be made from original material for 7500 hours field test
- Telene prototypes supplied within 8 weeks after first meeting (from machined MDF mould)
- Prototypes made from oversized moulding machined to various thicknesses
- Cost within agreed upon budget
- Design and Telene validated by field test
- Commercial part as of 2006