Articles Tagged with ''wire harness design''

Cost Reduction in Wire Harness Assembly

Cost Reduction in Wire Harness Assembly

Experience, foresight and a reliable enterprise resource planning (ERP) system are the keys to cutting expenses throughout the wire harness assembly process.
Jim Camillo
June 15, 2021
In the marketing world, a pair of scissors is all that's needed to cut expenses. But, in the real world of business, scissors are the last thing company executives need near them during the stressful process of deciding where to reduce costs.
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Prototyping Complex Harnesses

Prototyping Complex Harnesses

Designing, building and testing complex wire harnesses takes planning, attention to detail - and a good tester
Jon Quigley
October 10, 2019
Vehicles have become increasingly electrical over the years. This is not just power electronics, but also sensor data, communications and many other coordinated electrical signals. For aircraft or commercial vehicles, wire harnesses can be even more complex with hundreds of interconnection points.
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Designing Aircraft Wire Harnesses 101

Designing Aircraft Wire Harnesses 101

Engineers have many things to consider when designing wire harnesses for military aircraft.
John Ashour
April 17, 2019
So, you're a new engineer freshly out of college. You've been hired at a large OEM to design wire harnesses and wired box assemblies. Not having the proper training in college, you ask yourself, "Where do I start?" The possibilities are limitless.
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Software Aids Harness Design at Porsche

Software Aids Harness Design at Porsche

To manage the increasing complexity of vehicle electrical systems, Porsche relies on object-oriented, database-driven design software.
John Sprovieri
October 19, 2017

A typical Porsche sports car contains more than 2,000 individual wires. If laid end to end, the wiring would stretch 2 to 3 kilometers. Designing such a complex wiring system would be challenge enough, but at Porsche, almost no harness design in series production matches another one.


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