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02 2003
design • engineer • build • drive
NEW SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM
Hiding
sliding door
IAA 2003
Edscha inside
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edwin 02 2003
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Fresh ideas for vehicles. As a supplier of movable systems, we’ve got a feel for what’s essential for vehicles. Together with our ability to design complete vehicles, and with fresh ideas, our path into the future invariably looks good. And hence some matching extras can come along too. Like extras that smell nice. But leave that to others to supply. www.edscha.com
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EDITORIAL Open up! central feature of corporate culture at ranging from the next-generation door hinge, Edscha is openness. Honest and time- the Notch Stop (pages 11 and 22), and an A ly communication is something we electrically-powered rear lid developed by us care about deeply, both in-house and towards (page 14), to the alternative sliding door the general public and of course our custo- mechanism that adorns the title page (page 18). mers. That’s one of the reasons why we have edwin, now ap
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CONTENTS BUSINESS 5 News Financial results, new joint venture in China, 4th Edscha Symposium 8 When the Machine came to Man 40 years ago Edscha opened its first branch plant in Bavaria 9 Sharper profile IVM Automotive picks up the pace with a new structure PRODUCTS 10 Edscha inside The Group’s contribution to new vehicles launched at the IAA 2003 12 Lightweight doesn’t have to be expensive IVM Automotive helps to keep costs down on lightweight concepts 14 Built-in drive Edscha’s electric decklid
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BUSINESS PRODUCTS PROJECTS PROCESSES BOULEVARD Tacking against the wind FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2002|2003 Weak mar- kets and other adversities could do little to hold up the Edscha Group this past financial year. espite contrary winds in the sales duction of the BMW Z4 and the Smart markets and a rough climate in Roadster tops caused sales of conver- D the motor vehicle industry in tible roof systems to shoot up 30 per- general, the Edscha Group attained its cent to € 189 million (€ 145 million). |
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NEW JOINT VENTURE IN CHINA Edscha goes East Anhui Edscha Automotive Parts Co. ture (50:50) with AEA in Hefei in nese market jointly with Edscha in fu- Ltd. (AEA) is the Hinge Systems divi- Anhui province. Shanghai Edscha ture. AEA currently supplies almost five sion’s response to the booming Chinese Machinery Co. Ltd. (SEM), the first million hinges and door checks annu- automotive market. joint venture of the Group in China, has ally, mainly to Volkswagen and General Since mid-June, Edscha AG has
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EVENTS Open for Edscha? 11–21 September 2003 (9/10 press days) IAA INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW 4TH EDSCHA SYMPOSIUM For many years Edscha has PASSENGER CARS • Frankfurt/Main been dependably opening vehicle doors, lids, hoods and roofs. 9 October 2003 PRESS CONFERENCE | ON FINANCIAL YEAR 2002 2003 In November for the fourth time we invite our customers to • Steigenberger Parkhotel, Düsseldorf open up too – to our latest ideas relating to vehicle bodywork. 16 October 2003 MEET@ FH WIESBADEN • Campus
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When the Machine came to Man 40 YEARS AT HENGERSBERG In June 1963, Edscha opened its first branch plant. For the people of the Bavarian For- est this meant jobs – for the Edscha Group the birth of the Com- pany’s most important out of today’s 24 plants around the globe. hank Heaven for forty years of employs approx. 1,200 people on a factory site 2 Edscha Hengersberg. Church dig- of 47,000 m . During the last business year, T nitaries such as the Abbot of the plant revenues came to about € 225 m
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Sharper profile IVM AUTOMOTIVE After the takeover of IVM Automotive by Edscha in the summer of 2002, nine in-house teams worked to raise the profile and structure of the vehicle de- signer. The results have been implemented since May 2003. he ability to respond even more quick- ly being analyzed from Edscha’s French loca- ly and efficiently than before to custo- tion, at Les Ulis. T mer requirements – this was the inten- “The new matrix organization forges links tion of the Vehicle Design busine
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BUSINESS PRODUCTS PROJECTS PROCESSES BOULEVARD Edscha inside IAA 2003 The Edscha Group has chosen not to attend this year’s International Motor Show (IAA) for passenger cars in Frankfurt with its own stand. Instead, it can be found in many other stands – with contributions large and small towards concept studies and new production models. Some instances. OPEL ASTRA The doors of the new Opel Astra feature a door check of completely new design – the Edscha Corporate Check (ECC1). Made almost entir
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hood hinge hand brake lever MERCEDES-BENZ VIANO The Viano’s foot-operated parking brake, specially de- signed by Edscha, is distin- guished by an extremely com- pact sandwich construction and a strict design-to-cost appro- ach. Even a manufacturer of Notch Stop exclusive Italian sports cars has SMART FORFOUR since evinced interest in this product from Edscha’s plant in In the new Smart Forfour, the latest Santander, Spain. generation of hinges from Edscha is opening series-produced doors for the
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Lightweight doesn’t have to be expensive COST-EFFICIENT LIGHTWEIGHT BODIES Environmental protection necessitates lower fleet consumption, while tough competition requires strict cost management. Although light- weight construction concepts are central to the former, they still tend to hinder the latter. One effective remedy is the cost/weight optimization method developed by IVM Automotive. ightweight construction is an obvious cast form, and it is almost impossible to num- solution in the quest
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COST WEIGHT OPTIMIZATION (CWO) DIAGRAM 5,0 30 14 25 techniques. The reasons are as varied as the 12 4,0 spectrum of alternative materials available: the often biased expertise of concept engi- 10 20 neers regarding the potential, maturity and 3,0 cost of alternative materials, semi-finished products and techniques, the expensive proce- 8 15 dures before they are released as suitable for use, and insufficient importance being attrib- 6 2,0 uted to the learning curve in cost models. 10 Often dimens
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Built-in drive ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN REAR LIDS Trunk lids that open and close at the push of a button – more and more car owners appreciate this kind of comfort. Edscha engineers have developed a particularly economical and comfortable electric solution that will go into production in the autumn of 2003. ot even hinges are what they used to fluids, which have to be disposed of at con- be. Their task has remained largely siderable expense to comply with the end-of- N the same ever since automobile
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connection with Mercedes-Benz, it’s no coin- notice by the model and prototype makers at SHOW OBJECTS cidence that the ‘Chairman’ resembles the IVM Automotive. And in collaboration with predecessor of the current S-Class – are the Mechatronics Center that is about to be An Edscha system was shown intended to lavish this great comfort on Asia’s established in Remscheid (page 6), the elec- for the first time in public in growing upper class. Edscha assumes respon- trics and electronics experts of
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BUSINESS PRODUCTS PROJECTS PROCESSES BOULEVARD Junkers for Asia OPPOSED-PISTON ENGINE Increasingly lower costs, consumption, exhaust emissions and weight – these are the most important goals of manufacturers as they continue to de- velop the internal combustion engine. Employing the well-known opposed-piston principle but brand-new technology, IVM Automotive has built a two-cylinder engine which promises big reductions in all the above values. ugo Junkers’ aircraft engines are to from one liter
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Magnesium crankcase Tie-rod Crankshaft Decoupled links of the crank- shafts by means of a drive belt ments are the car- system. The interaction of YOUTH RESEARCH bon-aluminum pistons and the an early injection point, magnesium crankcase. extremely hot piston sur- The GKM 1200 (above), largely face, long overall stroke, designed by work study stu- Designed by IVM Automotive with the and piston synchronization at dents and postgraduates, is assistance of Laukötter, the Dessau-based die- top dead
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Hiding sliding door BEFORE NEW KIND OF SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM Note how unnoticeably the sliding door opens – smoothly, almost noiselessly, giving no indication from the outside of being a sliding door until it opens. A fully functional prototype of the new Edscha system promises new freedoms for car designers and drivers. conventional sliding door is really already patented. As it features a whole range more of a “push door” – it takes of advantages over conventional systems, A strong arms to g
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AND HERE’S HOW THE EDSCHA SLIDING DOOR WORKS: On the C pillar there is a deflecting support with a spring actuator. On the inside of the door, at the same height, there is a guide rail hidden by a blind. It is connec- AFTER ted to the deflecting support via a roller carrier. Behind this roller carrier there is a second MORE RAIL TRAFFIC behalf of customers. Practically as a sideline, roller carrier parked at the end Around 4,000 hours were invested in hobby sculptor Ruigrok also is tinkering wit
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BUSINESS PRODUCTS PROJECTS PROCESSES BOULEVARD Design from Germany IVM AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN CENTER “Made in Germany” stands for precision and reliability, for mechanical engineering and metal machining, but not for innovative automotive design studios. Terry Wolkind and his team at the IVM Automotive Design Center are out to change that. erry Wolkind doesn’t rely on T luck in his work. “A vehicle has about ten seconds to con- vince a potential buyer. So nothing must be left to chance,” the head of
