Manufacturing Process Development of Lightweight Automotive Passenger Seats using iSeat® Technology

该项目是戈登·默里设计有限公司(GMD)和座椅设计有限公司(SDC)合作的项目，旨在共同研究一种全新的轻型乘客座椅系统。这些发展包括新制造技术的研究、制造工艺模型的开发、尺寸差异分析(DVA)、新材料的评估、所需的连接技术和相关的装配工艺、原型(框架)制造和测试。通过将GMD的专业知识与SDC的专业技术相结合，为车辆系统使用创新材料和连接技术实现iStream®技术成本效益分析的阶段性变革提供了一条可行的途径。IStream®制造技术是对汽车制造流程的彻底反思，是对汽车零部件和车辆设计、开发和生产方式的革命性和全方位的反思。IStream®结合了领先的轻量化技术、低能耗和市场所在的灵活的小规模生产基地，提供了一种全新的生产工艺，能够生产出同样具有创新性和前瞻性的车辆系统。

This project is a collaborative project between; Gordon Murray Design Ltd (GMD) and Seating Design Company Ltd (SDC) to co-research an all new lightweight passenger seating system. These developments include investigation of; new manufacturing technologies, development of manufacturing process models, Dimensional Variation Analysis (DVA), assessment of new materials, joining techniques required and associated assembly processes, prototype (frame) builds and testing. By combining GMD's expertise with SDC’s know-how, a viable route to create a step-change in the cost-benefit analysis of iStream® technology using innovate materials and joining techniques for vehicle systems exists. The iStream® manufacturing technology is a radical rethink on the automotive manufacturing process which is a revolutionary and all-encompassing rethink on the way vehicle components and vehicles are designed, developed and produced. iStream® combines leading-edge lightweight technology, low-energy consumption and flexible small-footprint production sites where the market is located to deliver a radical all-new production process, capable of producing equally innovative and forward-thinking vehicle systems.