Flexible Packaging Solutions

In today's competitive industry, automotive manufacturers and suppliers are constantly working to reduce development cost, production cost, assembly time, maintenance cost and weight while increasing vehicle functionality. One way to help meet this variety of goals is to adopt the same system or module across several of a manufacturer's platforms.

However, in order to be easily adopted into more than one vehicle platform, a system must be flexible enough to fit into the external and internal design needs of different platforms, while maintaining consistent standards of aesthetics, quality, performance and functionality.

Visteon's range of innovative technologies offers manufacturers a great deal of packaging flexibility. Here are some examples:

 

long life filteration system Long Life Filtration System
The Long Life Filtration System makes it possible for vehicles to operate using the same air filter for 150,000 miles or more, without changing or cleaning the filter. Because of these exceptionally low service requirements, this system is not limited to traditional underhood placement, allowing for greater flexibility in packaging.

For instance, if a manufacturer needs to free-up valuable space in the engine compartment, this entire air induction system can be placed in the wheel-well or bumper area. And because it can accommodate irregular filter shapes, it fits into almost any remote area.

front door panelDoor Trim with Integrated Subwoofer
This patented door trim solution integrates the subwoofer into the door trim. The result improves overall audio performance, while reducing door complexity and vehicle weight, compared to conventional designs. By housing the subwoofer in a specially designed and hermetically sealed chamber, the interior surface contributes to the acoustic chambers, meets side impact protection and reduces tooling costs, cycle time and scrap.

Flexible packaging is just one example of how Visteon's innovative solutions can help vehicle manufacturers. For years, Visteon has been engineering and manufacturing automotive systems with a keen understanding of how to integrate to maximize performance, reliability and flexibility.

Additional Information
Product Specifications - Long Life Filtration System
Product Specifications - Door Trim with Integrated Subwoofer