R&D; CENTER

The R&D department was founded in 2007 and in time it separated into two divisions as "Product Development" and "Production Techniques and Devices

Development," receiving "Bantboru R&D Center" approval from the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology on 08.04.2015. The center continues its innovative work to offer our customers better services with its 47 employees.

Successfully keeping up with the ever rising quality standards of the automotive sector, Bantboru carries out work with talented engineers in its R&D department and advanced laboratory facilities, and also collaborates with main automotive industry R&D units abroad.

Brake pipe routing designs are done by using CAD Data of the vehicle body in the Product Design department, and CATIA V5 and Inventor programs are used to achieve that. Connection elements selection and connection condition determination, designing new type brake tubes (hybrid tubes consisting of rigid and flexible break tubes), the realization of demountable connection instead of welded connection transition option, reviewing projects sent by OEM by using CAD programs, and by using CAD DATA sharing platforms, work is carried out coordinated with OEM R&D.

In the Process Development department, efficiency improvement of existing production methods and machinery, providing sustainable quality, improvement of production machinery, designing special machinery required by the production work is carried out.

In the R&D Prototype Workshop, which operates linked to R&D Engineering department, sample productions of parts and models are carried out. Furthermore, the R&D LAB2 has test devices used by the engineers and validation tests are carried out in this laboratory. System Design startup and validation studies are also carried out here (Measurement validation with camera control, PLC programming, torque-power tests on brake pipe connections etc.)

Tests and analyses carried out in R&D LAB 1 and LAB 2:

Measurement controls,
Mechanical tests (flow, pull, tear tests)
Inner surface dirt analysis
Material hardness tests,
Microscopic measurement controls
3 dimensional measurements of the parts

Test Name	Device Name	Test Content	Related Standard
Test Name	Device Name	Test Content	Related Standard	Tensile Test	ZWICK	Pull, yield, elongation, stress rupture, and stretches. For steel sheet, tube, and plastic materials.	DIN EN-10002 -DIN EN 10130- ASTM A 370 - SAE J 2045
				Tensile Test	ZWICK		DIN EN-10002 -DIN EN 10130- ASTM A 370 - SAE J 2045
Hardness Test	FUTURE TECH	Rockwell Hardness measurement ( HRC 30 T ) with 1/16" balled nozzle	ASTM A 370
Hardness Test	METKON	Vickers measurement (HV 10) with a diamond nozzle	ASTM A 370
Profile Projector Measurement	MUTITOYO PJ 3000	Countersunk, sleeve, washers, clips, bracket measurements, 10-20 zoom capacity	DIN 74233 - DIN 74234 - ASTM A 254
Profile Projector Measurement	NİKON	Countersunk, sleeve, washers, clips, bracket measurements, 10-20 zoom capacity	DIN 74233 - DIN 74234 - ASTM A 254
Bending Test	BANT BORU	For tubes with all diameters	ASTM A 370 - ASTM A 254 - ISO 8491
Drift ExpansionTest	BANT BORU	For tubes with all diameters (1/10 conical, 20% expansion)	ISO 8493 - ASTM A 254, SAE J 1677
Flattening Test	BANT BORU	For tubes with all diameters	ASTM A 254

Contamination	CORE	Oven for Inner Surface Contamination	ISO 16232
Contamination	BANT BORU	Equipment for Soluble and Insoluble Equipment Particle Single Wall Pipe Manufacturing Test and Miscibility Test	DIN 8964-2
Contamination	CLARA VISION	Automatic Part Counting	ISO 16232
Microscope	NIKON LV 100D	5-10-50 zoom capacity - Contamination Test	ISO 16232
Microscope	NIKON MR100	5-10 zoom capacity - Welding quality analysis	ASTM A 254
Pressure Proof Test and Burst Pressure	BANT BORU	For tubes with all diameters, 1200 bar max.	ASTM A 254 , SAE J 1677
Surface Roughness	QPT	Ra, Rz, Rmax, Rk, Rx measurements, countersink surface quality measurement	ISO 12085

Flare Cylindirical Roughness	HELIOS	0.01 and 0.002 mm - countersunk secretion measurement - With Comparator
Coating Thickness	FISCHER DELTASCOPE	Coating thickness measurement of the mounts
3D Dimensional Control	DEA	3D measurement of tubes and apparatus	ISO 10360
Scales	PRECISA	Mont and pipe weight measurement, 310 gr max. 1 µgr sensitivity
Scales	RADWAG	0.1 µgr sensitivity - Contamination test	ISO 16232
Polishing Equipment	STRUERS	For cleaning pipe surfaces and preparation for microscope
Vibration Test	BANT BORU	Pipe vibration test	Renault 31-03-010

Force - Flare Test	BANT BORU	Special Oyak Renault request	Renault 31-03-010
Impact Test	BANT BORU	Special Oyak Renault request	Renault 31-03-010

Our Available Patent and Useful Models

No	Registration Type	Application No	Application Name	Application Date
1	Patent	2009/00683	Hybrid double wall welded copper brake pipe manufacturing machine	29.01.2009
2	Patent	2008/00990	Pipe stripping machine with laser beam.	14.02.2008
3	Patent (İEK)	2008/02945	Copper coating process over steel sheets used in double wall copper welded steel pipe	28.04.2008

4	Useful Model	2008/04133	Mechanical marking device in tubes.	06.06.2008
5	Patent	2010/00280	Production process with a long cooling line annealing method of copper welded double wall steel pipe.	27.08.2008
6	Patent	2007/06266	Production process with a long cooling line annealing method of copper welded double wall steel pipe.	11.09.2007
7	Patent	2006/06294	Copper welded double wall steel pipe coated with zinc and PVF on the outside and nickel-plated in the inside	09.11.2006
8	Useful Model	2007/09047	Channel grinding machine.	27.12.2007