Our goal is to design and develop marketable products to enhance HI-LEX’s position as a global market leader of electromechanical systems
This is achieved through the use of 5 core competencies below:
Custom Solutions
- Innovative staff, combined with 110 years of automotive development experience
- Standardized designs facilitate concept flexibility
Quality
- The use of six sigma for design
- The voice of the customer is the foundation for system requirements development
Simulation
- Virtual product development enables minimal time to market and maximum first-time quality
- Finite element analysis
(Component/sub-system/complete system => strength, fatigue, topology optimization)
(System models quantify input & output requirements)
(Monte-Carlo, statistical, RSS methods ensure proper fit of components and clearances to surroundings)
- Design & Process Optimization
(Mold flow, casting, extrusion, forming)
(Optimize gear tooth profiles for strength and NVH)
Proof of Concept
- Electromechanical systems go through rigorous developmental testing at HI-LEX world-class test labs
- All prototypes, mechanical fixturing, and data acquisition systems are designed and built in-house
- Failures are viewed as improvement opportunities and lessons learned experiences
Patents
- Legal protection is required in order to ensure our position as a technology leader and to gain competitive advantages
- Over 85 published US patents