Quatro Composites OptiPart(TM) Design Process Validates Revolutionary Chassis Design for DiMora Motorcar $2 Million Automobile
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Carbon fiber leaders join DiMora Motorcar as the newest Natalia SLS 2
Technology Partner
Orange City, IA - August 10th, 2007 - Quatro Composites, a leader in carbon fiber
design and manufacturing, has become the latest Technology Partner to support DiMora
Motorcar's development of the Natalia SLS 2 sport luxury sedan. Their design parameter
analysis enabled DiMora to refine the design of its radical chassis-based upon carbon
fiber technology-that will be far lighter and stronger than those used in other luxury
automobiles.
A series of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tests were performed on the Natalia's chassis
design at Quatro's Technical Development Center in Poway, California. The proprietary
OptiPart(TM) methodology was used to develop an optimum product design for improved
performance characteristics for the world's first hand-built, $2 million, 16-cylinder
production automobile.
"The primary goal of the analysis was to achieve optimal torsional and bending stiffness of Natalia's revolutionary chassis, while also minimizing weight," explains Quatro's Development Engineering Manager. "Our OptiPart(TM) design process helps identify areas where the stiffness, strength, vibration characteristics, and crash performance properties can be improved."
DiMora Motorcar Founder and CEO Alfred DiMora notes that "Quatro Composites has
an impressive understanding of the properties of carbon fiber technologies and the
innovations they facilitate. Their experience in aircraft design is directly applicable to the Natalia SLS 2, as we integrate aerospace technology developments as much as automotive innovations. Their analysis both validated our design and identified places where a minor change would yield a major improvement in stiffness or other characteristics. They are an important part of the DiMora design development team."
Quatro's OptiPart(TM) design service allows customers to optimize a products carbon fiber
design and composite manufacturability. Quatro designs and manufactures carbon fiber
composite components for a variety of industries. Corporate headquarters and
manufacturing facilities are located in Orange City, Iowa.
About Quatro Composites
Quatro Composites, a division of Tec Industries L.L.C, is an Iowa-based contract
manufacturer offering a full line of services from design, analysis, prototyping and
production of advanced composite structures. Quatro manufactures and engineers parts of
complex geometry using bladder molding, compression molding, autoclave and
ultraclave(TM) processes. The business operates in two locations, Orange City, Iowa,
(Headquarters, Manufacturing & Distribution) and Poway, California (Technical
Development Center). Please visit www.quatrocomposites.com.
About DiMora Motorcar
Based in Palm Springs, California, DiMora Motorcar crafts automobiles designed to
exceed expectations for safety, performance, technology, ecology, beauty, comfort, and
luxury. It reveals the design, production, and testing of these automobiles via the Internet so that people around the world can participate in and learn from the process.
The founder, CEO, and driving force behind DiMora Motorcar is Alfred J. DiMora, who
produced two of America's finest luxury automobiles, the Clenet (as owner) and the
Sceptre (as co-founder). He and the Clenet were inducted into the Automotive Hall of
Fame in 1986 for the Centennial Year of the Gasoline-powered Automobile. He also
founded Starbridge Systems, Inc., where he developed the world's fastest FPGA
supercomputer. With his technological and automotive backgrounds, Alfred DiMora
blends the two worlds together to create this new experience in automotive history, the
Natalia SLS 2 sport luxury sedan. Please visit www.dimoramotorcar.com.
Contact:
Molly Sitzmann
Sales & Marketing Manager
Quatro Composites
712-707-9200
molly.sitzmann@quatrocomposites.com
