Advanced Design and Product Development
Our award-winning, Algonquin-unique development processes are certified to automotive and internationally recognized quality standards.
The Team
- Industrial designers
- Process engineering
- Product engineering
- Quality engineering
- Program managers
- Test Techs
Product Development Process:
Algonquin Automotive utilizes APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) as the backbone to our development process. Capabilities include:
- Conceptual design
- Mechanical design
- Virtual simulation through Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Part prototyping
- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Product validation, Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R)
- Part fit-up
- Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA)
- Process flow
- Control plan
- Pre-Production Approval Process (PPAP)
- Design for DIO/PIO installations
CAD Capabilities:
- NX 5
- I-DEAS 12
- CATIA v5
- ALIAS
On-Site Prototyping Shop:
- Metal forming
- Wood
- ABS FDM rapid prototyping
The Test Facilities
- Extensive in-house product validation capability including:
- Hot and cold temperature impact
- Environmental testing
- Static and dynamic load testing
- Vibration testing
- Coating performance
- Design for DIO/PIO installations
- Finite element analysis and verification
- Further product validation capability through Algonquin Automotive partners:
- Rough road durability
- Airbag Deployment
- Photometrics
- Crash behaviour
- ISO 17025 accredited
