For decades, oil pumps have followed the same design principles with incremental improvements.
But as the automotive industry shifts towards electrification and efficiency targets, these legacy designs no longer meet new requirements. Higher integration, reduced energy losses, and compact packaging demand a fundamental redesign.The challenge: unknowns in kinematics and force paths arise because the new design is not based on decades of experience.

These uncertainties cannot be solved by trial and error late in development. RD8’s approach identifies these risks early by mapping functional tolerance stacks and analyzing force paths from the concept stage. This enables engineers to validate robustness before tooling and deliver innovative solutions without prolonging the time to market.

By uncovering hidden variation issues early, RD8 ensures confidence in performance and cost targets, even when venturing into unfamiliar design territory.
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