Case Study: AUTOMOTIVE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH mic-tec.comIntroduction During a tour of a Tier 1 manufacturing plant supplying Ford Automotive, the Plant Manager complained about variety of their multifunction lever arms. The difficulty stemmed from assembling one of the components known as a rotary contact assembly. The assembly consisted of two beryllium copper contacts heat staked to a Plastic Rotor. Case Study Automotive Multi Function Switch Michael Tucci, CEO and PresidentMicro in Action After several weeks of studying the contact part geometry, the Micro Innovation Engineering Team developed a single piece component that functioned identically to the combined two individual parts. The idea was presented to the customer, who enthusiastically embraced the concept. Micro

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