Responsibilities of Homologation group
Responsibilities of Homologation group
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Hi,
Could anybody tell me if it is the responsibility of the Homologation gourp in car manufacturing company to see if the parts( that are usually outsourced )are complying with EU regulations...or it is the responsibility of suppliers themselves?
//Houtan
Could anybody tell me if it is the responsibility of the Homologation gourp in car manufacturing company to see if the parts( that are usually outsourced )are complying with EU regulations...or it is the responsibility of suppliers themselves?
//Houtan





RE: Responsibilities of Homologation group
Cheers
Greg Locock
RE: Responsibilities of Homologation group
If you are homologating a new vehicle,you have to present at the homologation of the vehicle all the homologation certificates of every subsystem, and also you have to demonstrate that all the homologated parts work together as it is required in the EU Directives and Regulations. To make it clear I give you an example:
We made a trolleybus. The steering subsystem, with the steering pumps was made by ZF, absolutely according to EU Regulations, the traction electrical motor was made by UMEB, the air compressor system for doors and suspension by Ganz Air, all homolgated, and all these together went over the max. noise level of the trolleybus specified by the Regulations. So we had to figure out what to do, because everybody was fully covered with homologation papers and the vehicle still didn't comply with the EU Regulation for noise level. In such cases you should know from where to take the problem. We have good engineers, and they managed to reduce the noise level, and we went to homologation again.
I also agree that you can meet this kind of working style only at fairly little companies, not at big companies, where you have every departement very clearly stated.
RE: Responsibilities of Homologation group
RE: Responsibilities of Homologation group
You obviously need to work on SQA before that can happen.
Otherwise you should retest the parts.
If Citroen are a trusted supplier to you then you should, I think, be able to trust their assessment of their suppliers.
Cheers
Greg Locock
RE: Responsibilities of Homologation group
Well, if your company have an internal standard, stating that all supplied parts (no exeption)or some percent of every delivery will be retested as a plus safety net for assuring quality, then you should retest it, but certainly there is some loss of time and money.