WINNERS 2004
AUTOMOTIVE-AWARD
Winners2004-Automotive PDF Document
BODY INTERIOR
| Part designation: | High-quality leather interior trim |
| Innovation: | Invisible passenger airbag concept without cover and without tear seam. Small radii (optics) combined with absolutely high-quality haptics |
| Vehicle / Year: | Rolls Royce 01/2003 |
| Material: | Leather, PUR cut foam LFI carrier PUR |
| Raw material manufacturer: | Hewa-Leder GmbH Illbruck GmbH Bayer AG |
| Tool manufacturer: | Frimo Group GmbH |
| Machine manufacturer: | Frimo Group GmbH |
| Part manufacturer: | BMW Group |
BODY EXTERIOR
| Part designation: | Convertible top cover trim |
| Innovation: | Interior and exterior component, nickel-technically reproduced genuine leather grain also in the exterior, sealing function, high abrasion properties, zero-gap appearance |
| Vehicle / Year: | BMW 6 Series Convertible, 01/2004 |
| Material: | PUR-RIM compact material, ColoFast |
| Raw material manufacturer: | Recticel Automobilsysteme GmbH |
| Tool manufacturer: | Weber Manufacturing Ltd., Frimo GmbH (master model) |
| Machine manufacturer: | Engel AustriaKrauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH |
| Part manufacturer: | Recticel Automobilsysteme GmbH |
POWERTRAIN
| Part designation: | Elastic swirl generator |
| Innovation: | Variable swirl generation through elastic deformation of the blades |
| Vehicle / Year: | BMW 530, 2004 |
| Material: | Hytrel 5555 HS |
| Raw material manufacturer: | Du Pont de Nemours GmbH |
| Tool manufacturer: | Breit Karl Werkzeug- und Formenbau |
| Machine manufacturer: | Demag Ergotech GmbH |
| Part manufacturer: | Borscheid + Wenig GmbH |
INNOVATION AWARD (Body Exterior)
| Part designation: | Energy absorber |
| Innovation: | The component converts the offered crash energy into machining work. The component is manufactured as an assembly injection molded part. |
| Vehicle / Year: | BMW M3 CSL, 2003 |
| Material: | Durethan B |
| Raw material manufacturer: | Bayer AG |
| Tool manufacturer: | Wolpert Modell und Formenbau GmbH |
| Machine Manufacturer: | – |
| Part manufacturer: | Rehau AG & Co. |
GRAND INNOVATION AWARD (Body Exterior)
| Part designation: | Front Crash Structure (FCS) Tube |
| Innovation: | Very high level of energy absorption in a crash with minimal weight, dynamic FEM calculation of a CFRP crash structure. Automation in CFRP production through technologies from the textile industry |
| Vehicle / Year: | Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren, 2004 |
| Material: | Carbon fibers, multiaxial fabrics, Glass fibers, knitted fabrics, resin, hardener, Adhesive |
| Raw material manufacturer: | TENAX Fibers GmbH & Co.KG, SAERTEX Wagener GmbH & Co. KG, CULIMETA Textile Glass Technology, Preform Technologies Ltd., Bakelite AG, 3M United Kingdom PLC |
| Tool manufacturer: | Plastech |
| Machine manufacturer: | Plastech, Eurocarbon, KSL |
| Part manufacturer: | McLaren Composite |
