Contribution to Validation and Testing of Seatbelt Components.

In this article an account of the different phases involved in seatbelt component development and testing are explained. This will include a short introduction about the 3 point seatbelt and its components, the different tools and needed in each validation phase: concept, product and serial production. In the concept phase the impact of different external factor on the development process is listed as well as the tools used by the development team such as CAD, FMEA, FEA, MBS etc. For the product phase the different departments involved in this step as well as the test to be performed are listed, and in the serial life phase the tools for quality and production control are listed such as the SPC and COP [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]