Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design

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Skill Lync

Be an expert automotive designer with the help of this course. Master mold design, CATIA V5, SolidWorks, and plastic designing.

Mode

Online

Duration

9 Months

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

Skill Lync’s Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design will help you become a professional automotive design engineer. You will learn powerful design methods and industry-grade software to streamline your design workflows. This course will allow you to acquire an in-depth knowledge of metal sheet designing in automobile engineering and the manufacture of plastic components.

The Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design course focuses extensively on the fundamental and advanced concepts of BIW fixture design and plastic design. The programme includes sections covering other topics related to automotive design like hood design, metal sheet design, and mold design.

Apart from the high-quality video lectures, the Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design also provides you with industry-grade projects after each course. The curriculum involves designing manual and robot welding fixtures. These projects are aimed at solidifying the knowledge garnered from the module and building your portfolio. Also, upon course completion, students receive a certificate. If you manage to position yourself among the top 5% of the batch, you also receive a merit certificate.

The highlights

  • Three months paid internship in the premium course
  • Complete online
  • Course completion certificate
  • Practical exercises
  • Job assistance
  • Community forum
  • Industry-grade projects
  • Project portfolio
  • Email and WhatsApp support
  • Individual and group video support
  • Offline-skill centre access

Program offerings

  • Three month internship with premium plan
  • Certificate from skill lync
  • Community forum
  • Merit certificate
  • Industry based projects
  • Continual learning
  • Dedicated support engineer

Course and certificate fees

The Master’s Certification in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design course has three modes of payment, each with its own benefits. Here is a detailed fee structure for the master’s program:

Master’s Certification in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design Fee Structure:

Course feesAmount
Original Amount Rs. 275000
EMIRs. 14,375/month


certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Skill Lync

Who it is for

The Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design by Skill-Lync is a perfect fit for the following professionals: 

  • Mechanical Engineers
  • CAD professional
  • Automobile Designers
  • Students pursuing graduation or post-graduation in mechanical engineering or automotive engineering
  • Production Engineers

Eligibility criteria

To enroll in the Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design by Skill Lync, you must be a mechanical engineer or an automotive engineer.

Moreover, learners must complete the curriculum to get a course completion certification. The top 5% of the batch will also receive a merit certificate.

What you will learn

Knowledge of engineering

On completing every module in the Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design, you will have:

  • An extensive understanding of the theoretical and physical design factors that must be taken into account while creating first-rate BIW components
  • A practical knowledge of various welding processes, how to create 2D drawings of each fixture part, and how to create efficient fixtures
  • In-depth understanding of plastic designing and practical hands-on experience in designing plastic parts using CATIA V5
  • An all-round theoretical and practical training in mold designing using SolidWorks
  • Working knowledge of the NX CAD platform

The syllabus

Course 1: Automotive Plastic Design using CATIA V5

Design Overview In Automotive Industry
  • Product Life Cycle
  • Design Life Cycle
Plastics in Automotive Industry
  • Types of plastics (Thermoset Plastics, Thermoplastic)
  • Engineering plastic Materials
  • Manufacturing Process
  • Injection Molding
Introduction to CATIA
  • Basic commands and operation
  • Save feature, pan feature, rotate feature, etc
Sketcher workbench
  • Commands
  • Rules to follow
  • Working in exercise
Part Design Workbench
  • Pad and pocket
  • Working on exercise
Advanced part design
  • Boolean operations
  • How to work on a Boolean exercise
  • How to work on After Tool Go modification on Automotive components. (OEM Working procedures)
2D Drawing creation
  • Create a PCB Bracket using Boolean operations
Basic Surface Design Workbench
  • Commands (Types of Sweep)
  • Working on exercise
  • Draft analysis
  • How to work on a surface exercise
Advanced Surface Design Workbench
  • Commands 
  • Creation of Closed body, Thickened body
  • A parting line and parting surface
Creation of Door Switch Bezel and adding thickness to it
  • How to create tooling direction and do the draft analysis to ensure the part can be taken out of the tool?
  • Adding the right thickness to the part and solving the issues.
  • Create the parting line for the bezel.
Tooling Feasibility
  • What is a mounting feature?
  • How to create a locator and dog house?
  • Integrating the mounting features to the base part with Boolean operations
Modeling Exercise
  • The Clip mounting feature is in Plastic design.
  • Design considerations for creating this feature
  • Tooling analysis for the clip feature
Drafting Workbench
  • Drafting workbench
  • Creation of detail drawing for the Components
  • Views creations (basic view & section views)
  • Application of GD&T in drawings
  • Template settings
Mold Design Considerations
  • Creation of Paring line
  • Creation of Tooling axis
  • What is undercut and how to solve it
Complex Mold Design Parameters
  • Creation of simple mold for the Rear quarter trim Cupholder
  • What are core and cavity
  • Stripper, ejection, and system
  • Draft analysis  

Course 2: Automotive Sheet Metal Design using Siemens NX CAD / CATIA V5

Vehicle development cycle
  • Basics of automobiles along with different models of car bodies.
  • Different stages of vehicle development that a car will go through before reaching the customer.
  • The three years of development activity that precedes the development of an automotive model.
Basics of Automotive Body in White
  • Basics of automotive BIW.
  • Basics of steel and its properties in detail as steel is an important component used in the construction of automobiles.
  • The steps that are followed in the selection of the material.
  • Introduction to cross-functional teams that exist in an organization, and the need to coordinate with them along with examples of master sections and 3D components of the parts for easy and clear understanding.
Design Methodology of a Hood, Fender, Roof, Back Doors, and Side Doors
  • Hood, Fender, Roof, Side doors, and Back doors.
  • The design procedures for all aforementioned parts can be summarized as follows,
    • Design Requirements
    • Functional Requirements
    • Regulations
    • Gap and Flushness Requirements
    • Safety Requirements
Case study - Converting - Backdoor/Tailgate Inner Panel
  • The seal surface width was the same as the aluminium liftgate
  • Tailgate outer parting was maintained as the same
  • Liftgate thickness was modified
  • Gap and flushness were maintained
Design of key mechanism - Lock and Striker
  • Anatomy of a Locker and Striker mechanism.
  • The development process and design requirements for even the smallest component.
Case study Process and challenges with supplier manufactured parts
  • Two case studies.
  • Both of these studies focus on supplier manufacturing practices.
  • The design challenges faced by two Asian Automotive suppliers and then go over the solution methodologies

Course 3: Automotive BIW Fixture Design using CATIA V5

Week 01 - Introduction to BIW-Fixture
  • Definition of BIW, Jigs, & Fixture
  • BIW-Nomenclature
  • Types of Fixtures & their applications
  • BIW stations & their uses
  • Basic terminologies
Week 02 - BIW-Fixture Basics
  • Project activities
  • Different welding processes
  • 3-2-1 Principle
  • Body planes
Week 03 - Pre-Design Processes
  • Design methodology
  • Structuring a design tree
  • Different types of fixture units
Week 04 - Units Design-1
  • Different types of Pin Unit Design
  • Different types of Clamp Unit Design
  • Different types of Rest Unit Design
Week 05 - Units Design-2
  • Dump Unit Design
  • Slide Unit Design
  • Base Unit Design
Week 06 - Finishing of the design
  • 3D-finish
  • Rough locators
  • Pneumatic routing
  • Valve banks & selection
  • Gun study
  • Sensors & selection
Week 07 - 2D-Detailing Basics
  • Drawing templates
  • Angles of projection
  • Basic GD&T used in fixturing
  • Scaling & views
  • Various detailing patterns
Week 08 - 2D-Detailing
  • Key Sheet detailing
  • Unit detailing
  • Child parts detailing
Week 09 - 2D-Detailing - Child Part & BOM
  • Child parts detailing
  • Material selection
  • BOM Preparation
Week 10 - Documentations, Sequence Sheet & Process Sheets
  • Creation of BOM sheets 
  • Creation of BOP sheets

Course 4: Advanced Sheet Metal Design using NXCAD

Week 01-Introduction to NX CAD Interface
  • Students will also be performing functions such as, 
  • Creation of lines, circles, and squares
  • Specifying the dimensions
  • Pattern creation
Week 02-Introduction to Sheet Metal Modelling Interface
  • Contour flange
  • Advanced flange
  • Jog flange
  • Hem flange
  • Corners, closed corners, and overlapping corners in sheet metal
  • Adds a flange to an angle to a planar face and a bend between the two.
Week 03-Conversion Wizards for Solid to Sheet Metals
  • Edge rip
  • Convert utility
  • Cleanup utility
  • Reliefs
  • Face optimization
  • Forming sheet metal from solid
Week 04-Stiffening Features in Sheet Metals
  • Beads creation
  • Dimple creation
  • Emboss creation
  • Mirror features
  • Feature patterns
Week 05-Creation of Flattening and Forming
  • Neutral file data
  • Surface extraction
  • Adjacent and tangent face selections
  • Flattening and thickening

Course 5: Mold Design using SOLIDWORKS

Week 01 - Basics of Injection Molding / SOLIDWORKS Modelling
  • Injection molding process
  • Plastic processing methods 
    • Rotational molding
    • Extrusion
    • Vacuum forming
    • Blow molding
    • Gas-assisted injection molding
  • Mold cycle and the factors affecting it
  • Thermoplastics and thermosets
  • Current trends in the industry
  • Types of plastics 
  • Properties of plastics 
  • Selection of plastics
  • Basics of sketching
  • Basics of using features in SOLIDWORKS
Week 02 - Basics of Mold Design / SOLIDWORKS Surfacing
  • Product development process 
  • Various departments in plastic manufacturing industries and the workflow
  • Parts of mold
    • Core, cavity, guide pillar, sprue, register ring, guide bush, ejector pin,  return pin, spacer blocks, core plate, cavity plate, ejector plates, etc.
  • 2 plate & 3 plate molds
  • Drafts
  • Parting lines
  • Various surface tools for designing in SOLIDWORKS
Week 03 -DFM and Defects
  • Concept of machine tonnage and its calculation
  • DFM study
    • Gate point, wall thickness, cores, tolerance, venting, ejector pads, inserts, ejector inserts, guide pillar, support block, relief, free play inserts, multi-gate position, and flow leader.
  • Defects in mold design process
    • Short shots, flash, weld lines, sink marks, blisters, jetting, burn marks, warpage, gloss differences, hesitation, overpacking, and unbalanced flow.
Week 04 - Parting Surface / Mold Design Tutorial 1
  • Parting surface
  • Types of parting surfaces
    • Flat stepped
    • Angled
    • Profiled
  • Example cases to understand the selection of parting surfaces
  • Matching drafts
  • Shrinkage 
  • Inserts 
  • Mold design tutorial
    • Doing draft analysis for the model
    • Creating parting lines
    • Creating shut-off surfaces
    • Creating parting surfaces
    • Create basic mold blocks
Week 05 - Sliders and Ejection System/ Mold Design Tutorial 2
  • Need for sliders and their working
  • General types of sliders
    • Sliding split type molds
    • Angular lift pin type molds
  • Methods of actuating the sliders
    • Finger cam
    • Dog leg
    • Cam track
    • Spring
    • Hydraulic actuation
  • Concept of slider locking
  • Types of ejector systems
    • Pin
    • Sleeve
    • Stripper
    • Blade ejector systems
  • Creating a mold for the outer cover of a disposable camera
    • Creating parting lines, shut-off surface, parting surface, and mold blocks for the model
    • Creating ejector pins for the mold
    • Creating inserts for the mold
Week 06 - Gates and Runners / Mold Design Tutorial 3 - Part 1
  • Topics covered are as follows:
    • Types of gates: Sprue, edge, tab, overlap, fan, disk, ring, spoke, film, pin, submarines, and cashew gates
    • Runner diameter calculation
    • Types of runners
    • Runner configurations
    • Why engravings are used in cavities?
  • Creating a mold for a door bezel model
    • Creating the parting lines, shut-off surfaces, and parting surfaces of 3D profile for the model
    • How to work in assemblies and how to arrange files in a specific format?
    • How to align the sprue of the mold with the origin of the assembly?
    • How to select proper dimensions for the mold blocks?
    • Creating mold blocks for door bezel
Week 07 - Mold Design Tutorial 3 - Part 2
  • Locating undercuts in the model
  • Understanding the use of sliders in solving the undercut issue
  • Creating slider split
  • Assigning proper dimensions to the slider
  • Editing the core cavity blocks according to the shape of the slider
  • Creating bolts, washers, and locking mechanisms for the sliders
Week 08 - Mold Design Tutorial 4 - Part 1
  • Complex parting line selection 
  • Providing correct matching drafts for the model
  • Creating the core-cavity surfaces for the model.
  • Aligning the sprue location
  • Selecting dimensions
  • Creating the mold blocks for the CPU fan case in the assembly
  • Adding reliefs for the core-cavity blocks
Week 09 - Mold Design Tutorial 4 - Part 2
  • Locating undercuts in the model 
  • Creating a slider split for the undercuts
  • Assigning proper dimensions for the sliders
  • Providing reliefs for the sliders
  • Creating inserts for the model
Week 10 - Mold Design Tutorial 5 - Part 1
  • Creating the parting line, shut-off surface, and the parting surfaces for the plastic knob model
  • Automatic and manual shut-off surface creation
  • Core-cavity surfaces for the plastic knob model
  • Sprue alignment
  • Selecting dimensions and creating the mold blocks for the plastic knob in assembly
  • Theories behind the cooling channels for a mold
Week 11 - Mold Design Tutorial 5 - Part 2
  • Creating multiple inserts for the model
  • Creating holes for fixing the inserts
  • Locating undercuts and creating a slider split for it
  • Complex slider creation
  • Assigning proper dimensions for the slider
Week 12 - Mold Design Tutorial 5 - Part 3
  • Creating an ejector system
    • Angled ejector pins
    • Reliefs
    • Ejector plates
    • Ejector backplates
  • Making channels for plastic injection
    • Sprue
    • Runner
    • Gate
  • Use of air vents in a mold
  • Creating channels for air passage
  • Selection of the dimensions and positions of the cooling channels
  • Creation of cooling channels

Admission details

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Step 2. Click on the ‘Enroll Now’ option on the page and choose a plan as per your preference.

Step 3. Fill your details in the form and you will be redirected to the payment page.

Step 4; Make fee payment.


Filling the form

To register for the Master’s Certification in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design programme, candidates need to provide their contact details like email address, name, and phone number. Choose your preferred payment method for the course, submit your application, and start learning instantly. 

How it helps

This Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design by Skill Lync can be highly beneficial for students interested in working with sheet metal in the field of automobile engineering. Graduates interested in manufacturing and designing plastic components in automobiles can also upskill through this course. Students will get an industrial insight into the designing and manufacturing process of automotive plastic trims.

Completing the Post Graduate Program in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design training will better equip you for the roles of Moldflow simulation engineer, BIW design engineer, automotive plastics trim designer, and BiW fixture designer in the plastic industry. You can work with companies like Tech Solutions and leading automotive OEMs worldwide.

FAQs

Why should I opt for the Master’s Certification in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design?

This master’s programme is best suited for students who are interested in learning about working with sheet metal, understanding BIW fixture design, and Mold designing using SolidWorks. This Master’s Certification in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design provides an edge to mechanical engineers and automotive engineers in the industrial manufacturing process of BIW and automotive plastic trims. 

What job profile will I be eligible for post-course completion?

This master’s certification course will help you land lucrative jobs as a BIW fixture designer, BIW design engineer, Moldflow simulation engineer in plastic industries. You will also be skilled and eligible to work as an automotive plastics trims designer in various organisations around the world.

In which companies can I get a job after the completion of the course?

The master’s programme will enable you to get jobs in companies like Tech Solutions and other large-scale automotive OEM’s like BMS, Ashok Leyland, Audi, Bajaj Auto, Eicher, Tata, Mahindra, Skoda, and more.

What are the prerequisites for this course?

You must be a mechanical or automotive engineer to apply for a Master’s Certification in BIW Fixture and Plastic Design. Students currently pursuing a degree in mechanical or automotive engineering can also apply for the course.

What type of support students get if they have doubts?

Candidates receive one-on-one support through email, WhatsApp, telephone, or video conferencing. A dedicated support engineer also accompanies you to clear any doubts and queries.

What projects are available in the course curriculum?

Skill Lync provides project-based learning and modelling projects include casing, box, switchboard, bracket, and enclosure. Designing projects include a hood, roof, fender, and tailgate design. Fixture designs have manual and robot welding included, development projects consist of switch bezel, con holder, heat staking, and B pillar cover. 

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