Radoslav Fujerik Continental Technology Center Púchov SK 8 November 2011 Zl í n M Haufe Product Development Commercial Vehicles Continental AG Continentals RampD activities in Slovakia Tires ID: 151884
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R & D Continental in Púchov
Radoslav
Fujerik
Continental Technology Center
Púchov
, SK
8. November 2011,
Zl
í
nSlide2
M. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles
© Continental AG
Continental’s R&D activities in Slovakia (Tires)
Current Trends in tire development
Potential
co-operation
fieldsSlide3
As centralized as possible to maximize efficiencies
As decentralized as needed to support specific markets
more than 50 nations
6
ww
R&D locations
prooving grounds ww 15 ww tire plants
Continental‘s R&D activities in SK
Global Technology Center
Local Engineering
Centers
Hannover / DE
Púchov
/ SK
Local Engineering
Centers
Local Engineering
CentersSlide4
Continental‘s R&D activities in SK
M. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles © Continental AG
Global Technology
Center
Hannover / DE
Púchov
/ SK
R&D CONTINENTAL
Hannover / DE
R&D MATADOR
Púchov
/ SK
Hannover / DE
Púchov
/ SK
Joining
Integrating
Growing
committed to have R&D in SK
15% R&D employees by 2015
engineers / natural scientists
intermediate level of English
mobility / willingness to
t
ravelSlide5
Continental‘s R&D activities in SK
M. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles © Continental AG
Tire Line Development
Technical Benchmark
Technology Development
FEM Simulation
Material Development
Development of Production ToolsSlide6
M. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles
© Continental AG
Doing more.
For intelligent driving
.
Doing more.
For safe mobility.
Doing more.
For global mobility.
Doing more.
For zero emissions.
We Shape the Megatrends in the Automotive Industry
Safety, Environment, Information, Affordable carsSlide7
Major
challenges
(PLT, CVT)M. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles
© Continental AG New legal limits in EU Introduction of label system ww Solving various target conflicts
Increasing requirements for load capability New tire sizes (reduced diameter or aspect ratio)
Complexity managementTire NoiseRollling ResistanceWet BrakingSlide8
Potential
Cooperation
FieldsM. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles
© Continental AGVehicle Dynamics impact on tire forces
Road surface characterization and its impact on rubber behavior
Advanced understanding & numerical modeling of rubber - test, criteria, numerical implementation – under different load, temperature and time dependency.Rubber CreepRubber AgingRubber DamageAdvanced pre-processing techniques – automatization
CT Geometry (parametric) automatic mesh
Optimization/Sensitivity in FEM tire simulationsCriteria dependent numerical optimizationNumerical modeling of snowSlide9
Co-
operation
PLT
M. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles © Continental AG Adhesion
Tread pattern
FE of a tyre tread model
Aquaplaning
Tyre noise
Rolling resistanceSlide10
Co-
operation
CVT
Reference tire model
New optimized tire model
Construction & contour optimizationValidation by FEM calculations
FootprintsBelt
Durability &
Rolling Resistance Wear - mileage Bead endurance
Groove cracking
Sp
eed
up FEM model setup procedure
significantly (quality,
accuracy, high level of automatization)We are searching for partner in potential areas for cooperation:
modification/morphing of standard mesh to fit to input picture (CT – computer tomography of tire) modeling of 0°layer in truck tyres
Start of serial production
What do we do?
What do we
want
to improve?Slide11
Your
ContactsM. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles
© Continental AG Dr. Matthias Haufe, director of Technology Center Puchov Martin Rypak, head
of PLT Simulation Jan Ondrisik
, head of CVT Simulation Radoslav Fujerik, head of Process Development (Curing & Curing Bladders)Slide12
M. Haufe/ Product Development Commercial
Vehicles
© Continental AG
Thank
you
for your
interest