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“ NEW LIGHT TRAILER DESIGN ”. General Information. General Information. Set Up: Year 1990. Main Object: Trailer and semitrailer manufacturer. Social Capital: 100% family company. Location: Casetas, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN. Employees: 420 employees.
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General Information Set Up: Year 1990. Main Object: Trailer and semitrailer manufacturer. Social Capital: 100% family company. Location: Casetas, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN. Employees: 420 employees. Turnover: 185 M€ 2007. 153 M€ 2008
General Information Premises: Area m 2 Covered m 2 Zaragoza 250.000 40.000 Barcelona 16.000 2.500 Valencia 18.000 4.500 Sevilla 22.000 5.000 Madrid 30.000 8.000 Lyon 28.000 7.000 364.000 67.000
General Information • Export: • 45% of sales volume. • France- Italy- Portugal • Africa- Denmark- Belgium- Holland - Germany- Greece- Eastern Europe - South America- Middle East
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Market Share ‘08 Market: 15.224 Others from
Singular project promoted by Business development Heavy Transport SD Development Work Collaboration model to create a new trailer concept Since it was decided to use an advanced rolled formed shape, the project counted with the collaboration of Brausa, a local roll forming company • Actors roles: • Lecitraileris the project owner, the target is a new advanced light trailer made out AHSS • Vehival is the engineering company (belonging to the Universidad de Zaragoza), it has been in charge of FEM simulations and prototypes testing • SSAB is the AHSS supplier, giving also knowledge in the project phase on materials selection and processes
Development Work Project description Advanced High Strength Steel semitrailer development • Flat platform trailer chassis. • Explore the aluminium solution and get same function and weight. • Brainstorming to decide new concept for the floor. • FEM model and simulations, including global and local loading cases. • FEM Structural Optimization phase. • Prototypes for static testing for the floor. • Whole trailer prototype testing (fatigue performance).
3.000 Kg Rubber block wooden floor Development Work Forklift over the platform • Simulation of a forklift over the wooden floor • Load: 3.000 Kg applied over a surface 210 x 150 mm by means of a rubber block:
Development Work FEM Structural Optimization phase
Development Work Floor prototypes testing
Development Work Conclusions • Dogal 1000 DPX is a perfect solution when roll formed as a structural floor. • Stiffness and strength are excellent, better than other configurations, according FEM. • When combining Dogal UHS and Domex EHS, weight and performance we get the aluminum solution, but at a fraction of its cost. • Decreased wood and steel consumption, in respect to the traditional steel design. • Joining ways is an issue under development process (prototype vs. production). • Fatigue test approved. • Final improved design allows transport inside ISO containers (bolted neck area).