Namen in uporaba mednarodne baze podatkov o materialih v avtomobilski industriji
The aim and use of the international material data system in the automobile industry

slovenian

2005

volume 51, issue 10

environmental protection    automotive industry 

Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za strojništvo

The subject of the presented work is the International Material Data System (IMDS), which is incorporated in automobiles and was developed for the German car manufacturersć associationćs initiative to use it for the management of car manufacture from an environmental viewpoint. The IMDS is based on legislative regulations and the car manufacturers decision to recycle the largest possible number of cars. The database is used for manufacturers of rawmaterials and composites to input information on the chemical constitution of used materials, which enables car manufacturers to carry out an effective analysis of a cars composition. This analysis provides the means for car manufacturers to identify built-in dangerous materials and their location in aproduct, which makes it easier for manufacturers to define correction measures for the reduction of the amount of harmful substances. An example of data input, the current state of system applications and projections on further development of the system are described. The system analysis was carried out in the company SG Automative d.o.o., which supplies electronic composites to the automobile industry, on the basis of 214 inputs that this company received from its suppliers, and 229 inputs that were sent out by the company in question to its buyers. Besides execution of the analysis, an education course was presented in 35 Slovenian companies and in one Austrian and one German company these companies are using IMDS because it is demanded by their buyers. The experiences necessary for conducting an analysis were gained by attending working seminars in the Schefenacker group, which owns a 40% share in the worldwide production of external rear-view car mirrors.

16.09.2009