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Promoting company : TPV d.d.

Safe and eco-friendly headrest - VarEV. Promoting company : TPV d.d. About the promoting company. The VarEV project promoter Company name : TPV trženje in proizvodnja opreme vozil d.d. Core business : Development, production and marketing of car components

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Promoting company : TPV d.d.

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  1. Safe and eco-friendly headrest - VarEV Promoting company: TPV d.d.

  2. About the promoting company • TheVarEV project promoter • Company name:TPV trženje in proizvodnja opreme vozil d.d. • Core business: Development, production and marketing of car components • Turnover: 215 mio € year 2010 • Manpower: 1.168 in 2010 • Mission: Efficient and appreciated partner in automotive industry • TPV’s vision: Being present in every car • Strategic guidelines: Development supplier in automotive industry Development of innovative products and processes Continuous improvement of our products and processes

  3. Project description • Growth in competences in the field of products and technologies development • Upgrading of existing solution of TPV’s car seat • Development of a headrest featuring an effective protection against whiplash injuries in case of a rear collision • Development of a safe headrest and seat back structures made of high-strength steel and development of a related notches technology • Development of tools for cold forming of high-strength steel with hard coating on the basis of multi-layer nano coating • Manufacture and testing of the new safe and eco-friendly headrest • Compliance with ECE regulations, EU directive and Euro NCAP safety standards

  4. Project achievements • Conducted studies (EU regulations, Euro NCAP guidelines, state of the art…) • Studies on the use of high-strength materials • Development of the new safe and eco-friendly headrest : • Development of a headrest featuring an efficient protection against whiplash injuries in case of a rear collision • Development of a safe headrest and back seat structures made of high-strength steel  weight of metal structure reduced by 21% • Development of the related high-strength steel forming technology • Creation of a prototype • Prototype testing and optimization

  5. Pictorial material Figure: Manually adjustable headrest is set to different size of users

  6. Pictorial material Table : Comparison between different weights and materials used in the seat back structure ORIGINAL WEIGTH R48 NEW WEIGHT VarEV DIFFERENCE % Figure: Parts replaced by new high-strength steel parts

  7. Pictorial material • Seat prototype manufactured and tested 3D model 2D basis Prototype structure Prototype testing Assembled prototype

  8. Thank you for your attention!

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