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Innovative door edge protection made by WITTE Automotive
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Innovative door edge protection made by WITTE Automotive
A new type of door protection now provides a remedy. It was developed by WITTE Automotive, a manufacturer of vehicle access systems based in Velbert Germany, together with Ford. This innovative product is installed exclusively in the Ford Focus and protects the metal and paintwork of your own and the neighbouring vehicle when opening the door.To get more news about Edge Protection Strip, you can visit senpinghz.com official website.
The door edge protection functions as follows: If the door is opened more than 15 cm a mechanically controlled system drives in a split second a protective strip of rubber and plastic from the inside of the door outwards around the door edge. If the door touches against something, there is usually no significant damage.
The idea for this product came from Ford Advanced Engineering, which then passed the further development and implementation of the project onto the specialists at WITTE Automotive. In the course of development "sound design" gained an increasingly important role. The door edge protection should carry out its work as inconspicuously and quietly as possible. The developer's in-house acoustic laboratory performed good services here."A 15-person interdepartmental team has accompanied the development of the door edge protection from the idea to the production stage", says Peter Twardawa, head of WITTE's customer centre, explaining the scope of the project. The use of this product in other vehicle models is of course also conceivable. "The installation of a door edge protection must be considered very early in the development stage of a vehicle because it must be adapted specifically for each vehicle model", explains Twardawa further. The innovative door edge protection was first introduced to the public with the Ford Focus model year 2012. Widespread media interest confirmed its merit. In the vehicle configuration of the Focus the door edge protection is currently a selectable feature, but will soon be an integral feature of a configuration package. The system will also be presented as a technical innovation in the framework of the Association of German Engineers conference "OEM forum vehicle doors, hoods and tailgates 2013" in Wolfsburg in the coming year.