DEVELOPMENT

360 Engineering: straight from project to product.

360 Engineering: straight from project to product.

CHASSIS

The company was founded back in 2006 for the development of full-suspension chassis. Today it is still a core competence of 360 Engineering. The customer defines the desired riding experience, we translate it into hardware. From kinematics to suspension elements, from wheel size to interfaces. Our goal is to deliver the desired performance across the entire vehicle and model range.

REAL-WORLD DATA

Simulations are valuable – if the database is right. But innovative or unconventional designs are an equation with many unknowns. The more forces and deformations, temperatures, or accelerations we measure in hands-on tests, the more precise development processes become.

CHASSIS

The company was founded back in 2006 for the development of full-suspension chassis. Today it is still a core competence of 360 Engineering. The customer defines the desired riding experience, we translate it into hardware. From kinematics to suspension elements, from wheel size to interfaces. Our goal is to deliver the desired performance across the entire vehicle and model range.

REAL-WORLD DATA

Simulations are valuable – if the database is right. But innovative or unconventional designs are an equation with many unknowns. The more forces and deformations, temperatures, or accelerations we measure in hands-on tests, the more precise development processes become.

SIMULATIONS

Shock absorption that destroys the chassis at limit stop, cable routing that is too tight, tube connections that might break? Avoidable failures. With finite element calculations, we discover crucial points on screen before they become an expensive problem in real life and calculate technically sensible alternatives.

PROTOTYPES

We take the term “hands-on” literally and live by this motto: It’s good to hold a potential product in your hands. To investigate its ergonomics. To show it to the team, to use it. At 360 Engineering, prototyping is a goal-oriented step in product development. We turn designs into something tangible by using processes from 3D printing to complex metalworking. Frame test benches and field tests measure them against the set standard.

SIMULATIONS

Shock absorption that destroys the chassis at limit stop, cable routing that is too tight, tube connections that might break? Avoidable failures. With finite element calculations, we discover crucial points on screen before they become an expensive problem in real life and calculate technically sensible alternatives.

PROTOTYPES

We take the term “hands-on” literally and live by this motto: It’s good to hold a potential product in your hands. To investigate its ergonomics. To show it to the team, to use it. At 360 Engineering, prototyping is a goal-oriented step in product development. We turn designs into something tangible by using processes from 3D printing to complex metalworking. Frame test benches and field tests measure them against the set standard.

DESIGN INTEGRATION

A successful project combines functionality and feasibility with the look of a brand. As hardware specialists, we closely stick to product designers’ requirements – or comprehensively take on the tasks of an external development team.

MECHATRONICS

Electronics and electric drives are of increasing importance in cycling and outdoor sports. Batteries that become larger and more powerful make new thermal and mechanical demands. We use our experience to merge electronics and design into convincing hardware.

DESIGN INTEGRATION

A successful project combines functionality and feasibility with the look of a brand. As hardware specialists, we closely stick to product designers’ requirements – or comprehensively take on the tasks of an external development team.

MECHATRONICS

Electronics and electric drives are of increasing importance in cycling and outdoor sports. Batteries that become larger and more powerful make new thermal and mechanical demands. We use our experience to merge electronics and design into convincing hardware.

COMPONENTS

Does the battery compartment close reliably, is the quick release on the bicycle frame use-friendly, does the cover protect the pedelec motor safely? User experience is also determined by smaller components. We design them to be accurate, ergonomic and safe.   

MATERIALS

Developing products made of carbon fibre materials is our daily business. Carbon is an option for us, but not a dogma. When it comes to sustainability aspects and quantities, price and design specifications alternatives may be the better choice. Advanced alloys, additive manufacturing? We know the state of the art in manufacturing technology, and this enables us to select the right process and material for the respective project.

COMPONENTS

Does the battery compartment close reliably, is the quick release on the bicycle frame use-friendly, does the cover protect the pedelec motor safely? User experience is also determined by smaller components. We design them to be accurate, ergonomic and safe.   

MATERIALS

Developing products made of carbon fibre materials is our daily business. Carbon is an option for us, but not a dogma. When it comes to sustainability aspects and quantities, price and design specifications alternatives may be the better choice. Advanced alloys, additive manufacturing? We know the state of the art in manufacturing technology, and this enables us to select the right process and material for the respective project.