Trends in Automotive Industry
The automotive industry is currently going through a highly dynamic phase. Growing needs for multiple modes of mobility, technical progress, climate change, globalization are some of the key trends that drive the future of automotive industry.

For the engineers at Banco’s gasket design division, the following trends hold high influence:
- Demand for tighter emission norms and design readiness to comply with BSVI emission norms
- Downsizing of engine construction
- Lighter engines with aluminum construction
- Reducing assembly torque (sealing with lower force)
- Advanced combustion modes involving very high combustion pressures
- Growing usage of turbo-charged air aspiration and exhaust gas heat recovery
- Longer maintenance free product life cycles
Dealing with challenges is the nature of work at Banco. The ever growing trends towards high power, high efficiency, light weighting, tighter emissions, and longer component life impose several challenges for our research and design engineers to design efficient engine sealing systems.
Co-creating efficient engine sealing solutions with our customers
Banco’s competent and experienced research, design and engineering team is well-equipped with modern R&D facility at Ankhi is recognized by Ministry of Science, Government of India. We participate at an early stage of development with our customers. Our design engineers spend a great deal of their time with customers in understanding and structuring input data of the end application and the performance expectations. An in-principal agreement with the customer on technical aspects of the application, performance expectations, development gateways etc. is the first step of our robust product development process at Banco.
Preparing concepts using Simulation Tools
Concept design development of the sealing system using simulation tools is the key step in our product development process. The other critical steps at Banco are as follows:
- Assembly and bolt data analysis
- Assessing fluid/media features v/s material compatibility
- Material, profile and thickness finalization
- Nesting for optimum material consumption
- Checking conformance with Banco design guidelines
- Comparing with reference designs from of existing part library
The ever growing trends towards high power, high efficiency , light weighting , tighter emissions , and long component life pose many challenges to our research and design engineers in their task for designing efficient engine sealing systems. These challenges motivate us to innovate new products every day.

Selecting Right Sealing Material
In order to design the most effective sealing solution, our designers use advanced CAD, FEA tools and a vast knowledge of polymer science. Our design engineers are able to choose and offer a choice of more than 25 grades of jointing materials, several grades of surface coatings, selective coatings, and a wide range of customized rubber compounds at Banco.

Design Verification
Our designers use advanced digital simulation tools for design verification such as:
- Bead design optimization using FEA software ABAQUS
- Thermal and pressure analysis using ABAQUS
- Study of behavior of elastomer using CSR test rig
- Study of behavior of soft gasket material based on load v/s deflection curves
- Cover factor study for load distribution
- Minimum clearance study using ABAQUS
Rapid Proto typing
With an objective of reducing time to market, Banco has established a dedicated prototype manufacturing shop with facilities such as:
- ATOM knife cutting machine
- CHIESA steel rule die cutting machine
- Proto tool – CNC steel rule bending facility
- Proto tool – steel die design and manufacturing support
- Proto tool – Mould design and manufacturing support
- Contour tracer & portable CMM for verification
- Surface coating & partial coating setup


Product validation
Comprehensive test capabilities at our R&D centre supports reliable product validation for newly developed products. Our test facilities include:
Static Testing
- Minimum clearance – Lead pellet test
- FUJI film test for pressure distribution
- P(max.) testing – Nitrogen sealing test
- Hydraulic Testing for media sealing
- Air leak rate testing
Dynamic Testing
- Deep thermal shock test rig
- Endurance test rig
- Go-stop test
- Full throttle run test
Comprehensive R&D capabilities together with vast experience of our engineers ensure that our innovation process is robust and keeps generating success stories for our customers.