São Paulo, BRAZIL

Over 100 Years’ Combined Experience in the Design & Manufacture

of Gear Shifter & Control Cable Systems
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➢ History/Relationship of PROEMA & CSFLEX:

- PROEMA Major Brazilian Automotive Component Supplier.

- October 2017, Gear Shifter & Cable Manufacturing Division purchased by former
PROEMA Chief Engineer.

- CSFLEX formed as new Gear Shifter & Cable Manufacturing Company in new
factory.

100% Purchase of Gear

Shifter & Cable
Manufacturing Division
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➢ Design / Manufacturing Capabilities:

- Former PROEMA Design Engineering/Manufacturing personnel with over 100

years’ combined experience in the Design, Manufacture & Testing of Gear
Shifters, Control Cable Systems & Parking Brake Cables.

- Gear Shifter Design - Lightweight Pull Cable Design

- Shift Tower Design
- Control Cable, Abutment & End
Fittings Design
- Tooling & Project Management
- In-House manufacture of Inner
Wire, Liner, Outer Conduit
- Full Assembly & Test Capability
- Parking Brake Cable Design
- Inner Cable, Conduit, Equaliser,
End Fittings & Bracket Design
- Tooling & Project Management
- In-House manufacture of Inner
Wire, Liner, Outer Conduit
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➢ CABLE CHARACTERISTICS

Complete MT Cable: GM Application

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➢ CABLE ABUTMENTS:

Transmission Side

Shifter Side
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➢ CABLE ABUTMENTS:

Transmission side currently

fits PROEMA shift tower
design.

Modification required to fit

other applications
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➢ CABLE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Complete Cable: FIAT Application

Transmission Side

Shifter Side
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➢ VOLKSWAGEN PQ24/25/MQB Design

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➢ VOLKSWAGEN PQ24/25/MQB Design

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➢ VOLKSWAGEN PQ24/25/MQB Design

Designed, Tooled & Fully Validated

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➢ VOLKSWAGEN PQ24/25/MQB Design

VW Complete Shifter/Cable Assembly

VW Cable End Fittings – Shifter Side

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➢ VOLKSWAGEN PQ24/25/MQB Design

VW Quickfit Abutment Detail (Both Sides)

VW Cable End Fittings – Transmission Side

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➢ SHIFT TOWER Design Capability

• CSFLEX Team has many years’ Design Engineering & Manufacturing

experience of Shift Towers

• Particular in-depth knowledge of Shift Tower Detent Systems critical

to Shift Quality within transmission shift system

• Example GM Shift Tower shown here:

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➢ TATA Truck Gear Shifter Proposal

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➢ KEY FEATURES:
Lever : Rod Overmoulded
Plastic Housing

Ball Joint: Low friction material

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➢ DESIGN COMPARISON:

Proposed Design: Current Design:

Simpler Design = Lower Cost.

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➢ TATA Gear Shifter Proposal

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➢ KEY FEATURES:

Cable “Quick Fit”

Conduit and Inner Cable

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➢ TATA Gear Shifter Proposal

Cable “Quick Adjuster”

(Select Cable Only)

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➢ TATA Gear Shifter Proposal

Simpler Design = Lower Cost.

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➢ TATA Gear Shifter Proposal

DMU Verification
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➢ OVERVIEW OF MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT

24-WIRE PLANETARY STRANDER MACHINE:

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➢ ASSEMBLY LINE / LINER & CONDUIT EXTRUSION:

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➢ TEST/MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT:
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➢ COMPUTERISED SHIFT SYSTEM BENCH TEST

- Fully Automatic Computer-

controlled

- Characterisation

- Vehicle Test Simulation

- Performance Test

- Temperature-controlled
Durability Testing
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➢ INVENTORY OF MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT

- 1 x Planetary Strander - 24 Wire – Production Capacity 5 metre/min.

- 1 x Extruder
- 1 x 40T Press
- 1 x 22T Press

- 1 x 3D Measuring Machine
- 1 x Profile Projector
- 1 x Tensile Strength Tester
- 1 x Mechanical Lathe 2.2 metre
- 1 x Mechanical Milling Machine
- 1 x Polyurethane Injection Machine
- Cable cut and stripping equipment
- Cable Assembly & Test Equipment
- Various Pneumatic Devices for Cable Assembly
- Approx. 50 Plastic Injection Moulds (Components)
- Multi-product Assembly Lines

- Production Area (Floorspace) 550 M2

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Thank You for your time !

Muito Obrigado !

Dhanyavad !