Hanon Systems Internship 2017

Zach Bowling
August 2nd, 2017

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 Company Overview
• Tier 1 Automotive Supplier
• Full line of Climate Control & Thermal Management Systems

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 A/C System Overview

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 Introduction
• Education
– Michigan State University
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Incoming Senior (Graduating Fall 2018)
– Graduated Detroit Catholic Central in 2014

• Job
– 3rd summer working at Hanon
– JL HVAC Team Intern
• Hobbies
– Playing guitar and drums
– Camping, hiking, kayaking, etc.
– Attending as many concerts as possible

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 Panel Door Leakage Investigation
• Problem
– 2/10 JL HVACs did not meet the panel door leakage spec
post Heat-Aging
– Why? How do we fix/prevent this from occurring?

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 Panel Door Leakage Investigation
• Leakage Testing Process
– Seal HVAC case using duct plates and hot glue
• Pressurize case to 0.8 “H20, record air leakage (1)
– Remove plates from the duct to be analyzed
• Drive the doors to a specified “closed” position (i.e. defrost mode)
• Pressurize case to 0.8 “H20, record air Leakage (2)
– Total air leakage from the duct/door seals is the
difference between (1) & (2)

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 Panel Door Leakage Investigation
• Doors shown in pure floor mode (actuator voltage = 1.58 V)
– Plenum housing removed, light bar placed underneath
– Visual gap where doors should be sealed

Left Panel Door Right Panel Door

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 Searching for a Root Cause
• Hypothesis
– Hub/divider plate radius affected door position enough to cause leak
• Action
– Used aluminum shim tape to increase hub radius and sealing surface
• Conclusion
– These changes decreased the amount of air escaping, but not enough to
pass below the allowable leakage.

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 Searching for a Root Cause
• Hypothesis
– Cases that failed the leak check might have parts molded in the same cavity
• Action
– Disassembled plenums for 6 HVAC cases and recorded cavity numbers for
each individual part
• Conclusion
– Cavity numbers overlapped between failing and passing cases, not enough
information to declare as a root cause

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 Searching for a Root Cause

• Hypothesis
– The root cause could be pin-pointed by swapping parts from a failing case
to a passing case. If a certain part increased the leak to the point of failure,
it would most likely be the root cause.
• Action
– Individually switched 15 parts from the worst failing case to the best
passing case and performed a leak check for each one.

Panel Doors

Kinematics
Divider Plate

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 Searching for a Root Cause
• Conclusion
– One of the actuators from a failing part caused the panel leakage to
spike in defrost mode. Further investigation was required to confirm
that this was the root cause.

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 Verifying the Root Cause
• Hypothesis
– The feedback voltage vs. actual door position varied between actuators
and caused the leaks.
• Action
– Leak-checked 3 modes with 5 different actuators in 0.02 V increments to
map out where the doors were cracking

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 Verifying Root Cause
• Conclusion
– Mapping out the door leakage vs. feedback voltage confirmed the actuator
variability theory.
Panel Door Leakage vs. Actuator Feedback
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8 Case: S2-S2
S2-S2
Leakage (SCFM)

Actuator Number
S2-S1
6
S1-S3
S5-S1
4 S1-S2
3.18 SCFM

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1.4 1.421.441.461.48 1.5 1.521.541.561.58 1.6 1.621.641.662.392.492.592.692.792.893.313.333.353.373.393.413.433.453.473.493.513.53
Feedback Voltage (V)

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 Solution Determined
• New feedback values assigned for pure floor and defrost modes
– Old values were too close to the edge of where the doors would crack
– Actuator variability caused doors on a few cases to crack sooner than others

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 Solution Verified
• New feedback values allowed all 10 cases to pass the air leak
spec in both floor and defrost mode.
JL Door Leakage vs. New Actuator Feedback Values
3.5

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2.5
Door Leakage (SCFM)

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Panel Doors @ 1.70 V
Panel Doors @ 3.26 V
1.5
Floor Doors @ 3.26 V
Defrost + Demist Doors @ 1.70 V
1

0.5

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S1-S2 S2-S2 S2-S1 S3-S1 S1-S3 S4-S2 S1-S1 S2-S3 S3-S2 S4-S3
Case Set / Sample Number

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 Lessons Learned
• Theoretical Data vs. Actual Door Position can vary

• For future programs, door leakage vs. actuator feedback will be

mapped out in a similar manner before a problem arises.

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 Smaller Projects

• Subjective NVH Listening

– Listened to recordings for abnormalities
– Evaluated hundreds of samples

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 Smaller Projects

• OEM Duct Adaptor-Plate

Leakage Testing

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 Smaller Projects

• Visited the Toledo Jeep Assembly Plant

• Delivered Parts to T.M.D.
• Airflow and Water Leak Testing Assistant
• Drove Test Vehicles Back to Ford Product Development Center
• Blend-Door Variability Investigation (in progress)
• Intern Events

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 Summer Takeaways

• New Department
• New Challenges
• Invaluable Experience
– Hands on lab work
– Problem solving
– Corporate communication
• Fantastic Work Environment
• Intern Classes and Events
• Great Co-Workers

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Thank You
Accelerating Innovation

www.hanonsystems.com
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