CLOSURES
RLE offers consulting for safety architecture, systems engineering, standardized safety product and services to support you during the projects. We do that from the item definition to the safety case or in parts if needed. We also encourage disccusions about adaptation and enhancement of methods to be ready for future projects like autonomous driving and security.
Closures Expertise
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Concept through to launch
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High volume high automation through to very low volume builds
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Frameless and famed doors
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Conventional, gullwing, dihedral and rear hinged doors
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CAE led design (Pedestrian for hood, side impact for doors, stiffness)
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Materials selection and use of combinations of materials within the same structure to achieve lightweight and durable design
Side Closures
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Regular Door Opening
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90 deg. to ground plane hinge axis​
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Two hinges, one latch
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Gullwing
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Hinge axis parallel to ground plane​
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Balanced kinematics for easy closing and opening efforts
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Ring Hinge Door, Pillarless
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Pillarless latching and sealing​
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Rear hinge door safety deadlocks
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Di-hedral
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Hinge axis angular to ground plane​
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Complex hinge system, balanced kinematics
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Regular
Gullwing
Pillarless
Di-Hedral
Glazing and Seals
​We have extensive experience on working with complex Seal Moldings and encapsulated glazing for both niche and mass volume OEM's
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Component design & development according to Design Standards and attribute requirements
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Seal deformation and stiffness studies via CAE
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Supplier management with visits to supplier sites ans supplier visits to OEM
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Package management including master section development and maintenance.
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Information sharing to meet VPP timing using weekly program meetings
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CAD management including CAD data structure management
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Virtual build support and issue resolution
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Launch support Sealing teams in two OEMs