SwedenManufacturing2024 – ongoingTrelleborg AB
Shim Wizard AI support for automotive brake-shim design
Trelleborg used Shim Wizard to recommend brake-shim compounds and reduce testing time
Problem
Design engineers needed to select compounds and material properties that improved automotive brake-shim performance. Testing those choices affected development time.
Approach
Trelleborg put Shim Wizard into use as an AI-based design support system. It recommended suitable compounds and properties to engineers. The company said this reduced testing time and brought products to market sooner.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
The reported benefit came from narrowing material choices during design; Trelleborg did not quantify the time saved.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- IT and R&D
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Recommendation and personalization
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Trelleborg identified Shim Wizard as an AI application already used by brake-shim design engineers. It reported shorter testing and development cycles without publishing numerical results.
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