Automation – Page 173
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ArticleKeeping up with demand
Upgrading its San Luis Potosi plant, Plastic Omnium asked robotics experts at ABB to fit out the new paintshop for automotive components productionWhen Plastic Omnium (PO) realised that many of the world’s major vehicle manufacturers were upgrading or building new plants in Mexico, it decided to respond. The likes of ...
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ArticleThe cutting room
Bringing in Lectra’s expertise, suppliers are finding more ways to streamline their production of fabric and trim for automotive seatingMature and dynamic, Mexico is an especially attractive location for companies aiming to establish or maintain a North American manufacturing footprint. Drawn by the appeal of Mexico’s low wages and improved ...
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ArticleSteel steps up
Advanced grades and solutions are providing features that the automotive market demands from steel to create the lighter, safer and low-emission vehicles of the 21st centuryArcelorMittal boasts some of the most technologically advanced automotive operations in North America, incorporating a range of modern steelmaking technologies. In Canada, the US and ...
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ArticleTechnology for new business models
With a relatively low cost and high productivity, rollforming is proving an attractive technology for the manufacture of componentsWith a relatively low cost and high productivity, rollforming is proving an attractive technology for the manufacture of componentsDynamically changing markets are increasingly challenging classical business models for suppliers of car body ...
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ArticleImage conscious
Over the past decade, transmission plants around the world have switched to machine-vision inspection for error-proofing the assembly processDue to the detailed nature of automotive transmission manufacturing and the high cost of errors, vision inspection systems have become key to ensuring high levels of quality and minimising warranty costs. As ...
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ArticleHappy Anniversary
As Dürr celebrates 50 years of business in Mexico, its North America MD Bruno Welsch is confident about the company’s resource-conscious futureFor Dürr North America, 2016 has been quite a year. First there was the official opening of its new $43m campus near Detroit, with 126,000 sq.ft of state-of-the-art office-space ...
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ArticleRed E-volution
Latin America is joining Europe and Asia by jumping on the electric busIt looks like any of the other thousands of red double-decker buses proceeding through the loud traffic on London’s streets, but if you listen closely you’ll soon realise that some buses are different. Instead of the usual engine ...
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ArticleCool it
Cold forming is experiencing a resurgence in the automotive industry and it is a trend that is likely to continue — so what are the advantages? Today, some car manufacturers are using a high amount of hot forming steels in their vehicles, while other automotive companies are almost exclusively ...
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ArticleBundles of energy
Constructing its new plant at Pesqueria near Monterrey, Kia needed an ergonomic supply of power for lineside applications and so turned once again to Conductix-WampflerThe automotive industry is in permanent evolution, implementing new production technologies and systems to reach higher standards and production rates. Over the last decade, the global ...
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ArticleOUT NOW: Mexico 2016 special edition
Mexico, unlike many parts of the world, is currently experiencing a boom in automotive manufacturing. This year, Kia and Audi both unveiled their first factories in the region and a further four plants are due to be launched by 2019 (Renault-Nissan-Daimler, Ford, BMW and Toyota). Long-time veterans of vehicle production ...
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WebinarKUKA Webinar: Future of Robotics
We are all regularly presented with inventions and disruptive technology that prompt us to ask, are they fads or here to stay? Whether it was radio, micro-computers or even the internet, predicting which technology trends would become indispensable always made for fascinating discussion. In automotive manufacturing, an essential innovation under ...
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Fazendo uma mudança
OEMs estão mantendo opções em aberto para o fornecimento de transmissão. Muitos estão deixando uma opção criada localmente e cada vez mais considerando a fonte externamente.Painéis de carroceria, motores e transmissões são as três áreas de componentes fundamentais que os principais fabricantes de automóveis tendem a produzir localmente. No entanto, ...
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Fazendo o trabalho leve
Forte, rígida e leve, estas propriedades tornam o ferramental para peças compostas uma proposição atraente como apoio de fabricação e de produçãoPara formação de chapa de metal, matrizes de resina epóxi foram utilizadas pela primeira vez na década de 1950. Estas eram muitas vezes preenchidas com pó de aço ou ...
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ArticleHyundai opens Cangzhou plant
The state-of-the-art facility, 200km south-east of Beijing, becomes Hyundai's fourth in China and is equipped with press, body, paint and assembly lines as well as an engine plant. Initial capacity is 200,000 units with the first model being Verna Yuena, a smart urban family sedan developed by Hyundai for the ...
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ArticleEditor's note: A headlong rush
Vehicle-makers can barely get into Mexico fast enough. No fewer than six new factories will be opened between 2016 and 2019 – more than one a year. This September witnessed official plant launches by Kia and Audi, next year it will be Renault-Nissan in partnership with Daimler, Ford will follow ...
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Cambio de marcha
Los OEM están abiertos a diferentes opciones para el suministro de transmisiones. Muchos se están alejando de la fabricación interna y considerando fuentes de suministro externoLos paneles de la carrocería, los motores y las transmisiones son las tres áreas clave de componentes que los principales fabricantes de automóviles tienden a ...
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Utillaje de material compuesto
Resistencia, rigidez y ligereza. Estas propiedades hacen que los materiales compuestos sean una propuesta muy atractiva para la fabricación de utillaje y ayudas a la producciónEn el conformado de chapa, las matrices de resina epoxi se utilizaron por primera vez en la década de 1950. Estos materiales termoestables a menudo ...
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ArticleFeeding the machine
Mexico's strong growth in vehicle production is requiring suppliers to invest in their own manufacturing facilities in the country. AMS takes a look at some of the key developments over the past few years A global supply point A regional supply point A key cog in global production A source ...
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ArticleMexico's boom time
Car plants are popping up across Mexico as OEMs recognise the benefits of manufacturing in the country, but this may put pressure on the labour supply. AMS looks at the latest projects – and potential pitfalls FCA's reshuffle continues Ford's big investments GM pours money into Mexico Kia's new factory ...