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)

• Kinematic analysis

(System models quantify input & output requirements) 

• Tolerance stack-ups

(Monte-Carlo, statistical, RSS methods ensure proper fit of components and clearances to surroundings)

• Design & Process Optimization

(Mold flow, casting, extrusion, forming)

• Gear design

(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