OEM&Lieferant Ausgabe 2/2020

Fascinating nonwovens Founded in 1879, Sandler is now one of the top nonwovens producers worldwide. At the company headquarters in Schwarzenbach/Saale Sandler develops and manufactures nonwoven panels and roll-goods for construction/engineering, filtration, home textiles, hygiene, transportation and wipes. In 2016, the first foreign subsidiary – Sandler Nonwoven Corporation - started production in Perry, Georgia, USA. Drive better with nonwovens With more than 30 years of experience in the industry and innovative product solutions, Sandler now ranks among the leading suppliers to the global automotive industry. In interior applications, light- weight sawasorb ® absorber nonwovens are utilised in various components, contributing to good acoustics. In exterior applications, such as engine cover, underbody shield or wheel house arches, fluid- and dirt-repellent sawasorb ® exterior nonwovens offer a textile alternative. Composites made from self- supporting nonwoven panels and carbon- or glass-fibre- reinforced cover layers provide the basis for lightweight components that feature high mechanical stability. sawaform ® nonwovens for self- supporting and temperature- stable moulded parts allow for deep mouldings with excellent contour precision. Sandler cabin air filter media bring good air quality to vehicles and protect passengers from allergenic particles. As part of a composite material, fuel filter media contribute to more efficient combustion of fuels and protect the engine as well as adjoining units. Soft and air-permeable Sandler nonwovens for seat upholstery feature excellent drapeability, low creasing and a high recovery rate. Sandler AG • Germany • Phone: +49 92 84/60-0 • E-mail: transportation@sandler.de • www.sandler.de ServiceXpert GmbH www.servicexpert.de/en/home Website Depending on the scope and severity of the detected deviations of the existing software implementation, ServiceXpert starts an indi- vidual diagnostic workshop with the custo- mer. Together with the customer‘s software developers, the latest status of the implemen- ted diagnostic protocol and the requirement differences are analyzed. Furthermore, a first software debugging and bug-fixing, in- cluding an issue retest, can take place parallel to the workshop and thus the available time can be used efficiently. Additional test scopes resulting from the situation can be defined immediately (e.g. smoke tests and explorative tests). At the end of the workshop, the Servi- ceXpert team confirms the achieved maturity level at the diagnostic interface to the supplier through validation. The ServiceXpert team is experienced in hand- ling OEM’s and suppliers’ processes through numerous diagnostic projects and is therefore able to ensure the result of a supplier’s secu- red diagnostic implementation into the OEM‘s vehicle diagnostic architecture - in the case de- scribed above a successful integration within two iteration loops. ServiceXpert works with established tools in E/E development - classical development with OSEK or AUTOSAR based development - and has sufficient proprietary software licenses for the implementation of its solutions. There- fore, flexible services for different diagnostic protocols like UDS, KWP, OBD or J1939 can be provided. This flexibility is reflected in added value for the projects and customers concer- ned, which results in an improvement in the maturity level of the diagnostic implementa- tion (application or bootloader) and the quality of the overall result. This approach considers the time pressure in the project, has a high degree of efficiency and can be adapted very dynamically to the situation. ServiceXpert has already supported numerous Tier1 suppliers and OEMs in their diagnostic projects with this procedure in order to meet project goals, milestones and budgets and is constantly developing its portfolio in this en- vironment. In addition, the company and its customers profit from this diagnostic know- ledge also in the new challenges of the auto- motive industry such as Autonomous Driving, Connected Car, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA, OTA), where ServiceXpert offers further engineering services. Greater Region Mobility Innovation international autoregion220.indd 1 16.08.20 09:25 The next issue will appear early 2021. Read the current online edition here: Greater Region Mobility Innovation international autoregion international Edition 2/2020 www.vek-onlineservice.de/ publikation/ar220