Multimatic | Vehicle Packaging and Layout

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Vehicle Packaging & Architecture

The foundation of vehicle engineering.

Vehicle Packaging

We account for each customer program’s specific criteria:

Production volume
Manufacturing processes
Material technologies
Timing
Commercial and market objectives

Our expert team develops solutions to meet all performance objectives and legislative requirements:

Occupant seating packaging
Definition of occupant reach zones
Occupant vision studies
Pedal packaging
Instrument panel and HVAC packaging
Windshield surface and cowl location
Steering column packaging
I-shaft routing and feasibility
Glass drops and door packaging
Door swing / cutline development
Wiper patterns

Ground line / vehicle attitude development
Powertrain packaging, including half-shafts, mounts and cooling
Engine compartment plug points
Fuel tank and filler tube routing
Exhaust routing
Front and rear suspension package, including brakes and steering gear
Tire size selection and tire clearance envelope generation
Front rail sizing and spacing
Bumper geometry and pendulum studies
Turning-circle development
Cargo capacity studies

We implement a range of vehicle architectures and powertrain configurations.

Vehicle Packaging and Architecture

Aluminum-Intensive Vehicles
Multimatic packaged and developed an aluminum-intensive PHEV van for Bright Automotive.

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Customers wanting lightweight structural solutions benefit from our carbon fibre expertise.

Automotive OEMs
Motorsport teams
Performance aftermarket parts suppliers
Boat manufacturers
Other unique non-automotive customers

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Industry-leading structural composites development:

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Design and engineering of sophisticated composite products – from nose boxes to chassis to complete vehicles

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An integrated development process with a Finite Element Analysis (FEA)-driven starting phase

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Analytical tools and techniques for crash performance simulation and mass optimization

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An extensive proprietary database of composite material properties

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In-depth fracture and failure research