{"id":1510,"date":"2018-03-08T11:11:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2018-08-17T12:09:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:09:52","slug":"automotive-insulation-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autometrix.com\/fr\/automotive-insulation-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Car Hobbyist turns into America\u2019s First Choice for Automotive Insulation Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

Custom products for antique cars with the click of a mouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

It all started when Timothy Cox needed to replace the tarpaper firewall insulator in the 1931 Buick that he was restoring. There was nothing available on the market, so he experimented with fiberglass molding to create replacement firewall insulator panel. Word spread among antique and classic car hobbyists, and Cox soon opened a small business manufacturing a growing variety of automotive firewalls. Today, Cox co-owns QuietRide Solutions<\/a> (QRS) with his wife, Jackie, and the Stockton, CA based company serves the antique, classic and street rod automotive market, manufacturing nearly 10,000 different products to \u201cMake Your Car or Truck Cool and Quiet Inside\u201d.<\/p>\n

Manufacturing insulation products for just about every vehicle brand name imaginable from originally built between 1928 to 2016 is not easy. Product sales vary wildly from day to day,\u00a0and with consumer expectations for fast delivery rising, along with the popularity of the Internet, the company needed to increase production speed, efficiency and product delivery. Cox, said that with such a variety of unique automotive products available, we do not stock finished goods. \u00a0Instead, \u201cQRS uses the \u2018manufacturing on demand principle\u2019\u2014when the customer places an order, it is scheduled into the production cycle and is shipped within five to seven days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Complex patterns made easy with the versatile cutting system<\/strong><\/p>\n

QuietRide Solutions manufactures five product lines using a variety of raw materials including a \u215c\u201d thick aluminum covered thermal barrier insulation (Heat Shield), heavy vinyl rubber and ABS plastic.<\/p>\n

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QRS AcoustiShield Automotive Thermal Insulation products are produced on a 12-foot Autometrix table. \u00a0Each kit may have from one to a dozen separate pieces that are cut from 75 foot rolls of heat shield material and then packaged into a kit for a vehicle floor, roof, trunk, cowl or body panel kit. With digital technology, each kit has its own file name saved in the QRS Library. \u00a0\u201cWe simply bring up the file needed on the Autometrix software screen, and in three to five minutes, the material is cut and ready to be packaged.\u201d The Autometrix table is also used to cut AcoustiTrunk rubber floor mats and many of the AcoustiHood ABS Under Hood covers.<\/p>\n

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QRS had one employee dedicated to create a unique insulation kit for the Freightliner SportChassis trucks; and it would take 30 days to hand-cut and assemble 30 kits. \u00a0With Autometrix, that job could be accomplished in two days<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Technology was the key to increasing production<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology turned our world right side up,\u201d said Cox.\u00a0Eight years ago, QuietRide had a staff of 12, hand cutting and punching ABS plastic products and the production time was around 3 to 5 weeks\u00a0 Today, a staff of five turns out three to four times the amount of product on any given day. \u00a0As another example of the production benefits of Autometrix cutting solutions<\/a>, QRS manufactured a unique insulation kit for the Freightliner SportChassis trucks. \u00a0They had one employee dedicated to this contract and it would take 30 days to hand-cut and assemble 30 kits. \u00a0With Autometrix, that job could be accomplished in two days<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n