[nidokidos] Designing a Harley-Davidson Engine

 

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Designing a Harley-Davidson Engine This rare sketch of possible passenger seat designs for the Harley-Davidson Rocker concept bike shows that the entire process all starts with pen, ink, and paper. The Harley-Davidson Powertrain Operations Plant is the home of the company's signature V-Twin engine, which is detailed in these complex blueprints. The completed engines are sent to bike assembly plants . These intricate design schematics show an early, internal view of the Harley-Davidson engines built at the Powertrain Operations facility. Before being cast or assembled into Harley-Davidson engines, parts are created in resin, clear plastic, or other materials to test their construction and function. Before a bike is built into a concept and fitted with an engine, the company's designers and artists model its frame by hand out of clay, as seen with this V-Rod mockup model. The Harley-Davidson V-Twin engine sits in the middle of this XR1200 mockup to demonstrate how engineers build test constructions to study engine placement and styling. After clay modeling and styling mock-ups, final custom construction with all working parts--including the functioning V-Twin--went into this Harley-Davidson VSRC V-Rod Muscle. Once a new design is constructed and the motorcycle is fully equipped, components are wired into a computerized data-gathering test unit that analyzes multiple aspects of the bike's performance. About 100 human workers operate during two daily shifts at the Harley-Davidson Powertrain Operations plant, but Swedish-made robots like this one do assembly, welding, and inspection work on the company's assembly line. Engine components and other Harley-Davidson parts used at the Powertrain Operations facility can be treated and modified with chrome, black matte, graphite, and other styling options. -- Regards, -- ISMAIL CHOHAN

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