Editor's Pick – Page 127
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ArticleContando com os dados
A implementação de ferramentas digitais está transformando os processos de controle de qualidade nas operações de fabricaçãoOs gabaritos físicos agora estão sendo processados como modelos digitais e a Audi diz que está no caminho para representar um conceito que reside no mundo digital "virtual". A empresa agora está explorando o ...
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ArticleAutomated welding systems
Cloos says it is developing and manufacturing automated welding systems to meeting the specific requirements of its customers. The company says the range offers compact systems as well as complex, chained systems with automated workpiece identification and loading and unloading processes.Its new QIROX QRC-290 welding robot offers an entry into ...
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ArticlePorsche doubles e-mobility investment
Expansion at Porsche Zuffenhausen will facilitate Mission E projectsGermany - Porsche is to invest significantly more funds into its electromobility development to produce both plug-in hybrids and purely electric vehicles at its Zuffenhausen plant. The move will see the Stuttgart-based OEM take its expenditure on e-mobility from around €3bn ...
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ArticleStorage and retrieval systems
Kasto says it can now supply its automated storage systems, for long stock and sheet, with an integrated energy storage unit that allows for flexible use of the recovered power.The company says this solution, which can be retrofitted to existing installations, can reduce energy costs and also improve the quality ...
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ArticlePehrson spec suits Polestar
Hans Pehrson, Head of R&D, PolestarVolvo’s performance road car brand Polestar has appointed Hans Pehrson as its new head of research and development and electric propulsion strategy.Pehrson joins from a role supporting the London EV Company with the new London Taxi. In a career spanning more than 3O years, ...
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ArticlePulsed fibre laser welding system
An updated version of the LMWS pulsed fibre laser welding system is now available says Amada Miyachi. The company claims the LMWS is suitable for welding dissimilar metals, including copper to aluminium, aluminium to stainless and steel, and copper to stainless steel, and with a change of settings, it can ...
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ArticleAlto contenido en fibra
Llevamos décadas utilizando materiales compuestos con fibras de vidrio en la producción en masa – AMS analiza las últimas innovacionesCada vez es mayor la presión de reducir el peso de los vehículos, lo que significa que los proveedores de materiales que producen paneles de carrocería, interiores, ensamblados, etc. tienen que ...
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ArticleContando con los datos
La implementación de las herramientas digitales está transformando los procesos de control de calidad en las operaciones de producciónLos planos se generan primero como modelos digitales y Audi asegura que ya está desarrollando un concepto que reside en el mundo digital, 'virtual'. La marca explora ahora el concepto de ‘plantillas ...
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ArticleScheider takes the helm at ZF
ZF Friedrichshafen has named Wolf-Henning Scheider as its new CEO. The move, effective 1 February, sees the former Mahle CEO also head up the ZF Group. He succeeds interim CEO Dr. Konstantin Sauer, who assumed the role of ZF's CEO in addition to his function as CFO following the departure ...
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ArticleEurope: OEMs continue to invest
We are barely a month into 2018 and Europe’s vehicle manufacturers continue to change their production geographies, investing in some factories and adjusting model allocations between others as they seek to optimise their assets. TMMF will upgrade its Valenciennes plant to produce TNGA based vehiclesToyota will invest 300m euros in ...
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ArticleEditor's note: Going local
Not too long ago ‘global’ was the buzzword and in the context of automotive manufacturing it encompassed expanding worldwide networks of vehicle makers and tier suppliers, which benefited in part from low-tariff trade agreements.However, the world continues to change and globalisation has taken on a less benign connotation. Although the ...
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Going local
Not too long ago ‘global’ was the buzzword and in the context of automotive manufacturing it encompassed expanding worldwide networks of vehicle makers and tier suppliers, which benefited in part from low-tariff trade agreements. However, the world continues to change and globalisation has taken on a less benign connotation. Although ...
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ArticleUK vehicle output slows
Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant has suffered job losses in recent monthsUK – Production figures released by the SMMT revealed a 3% reduction in UK vehicle manufacturing, seeing 1.6m cars produced in 2017. This was in part attributed to consumer confusion over government plans for diesel vehicles and the ongoing ...
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ArticleOlympus white paper: 4 Ways to Measure Coatings
A Guide to Olympus’s Coating Measurement SolutionsCoatings come in all shapes and sizes – and so do coating inspection technologies. Ultrasound, X-ray fluorescence, eddy currents and microscopy all offer coating inspection capabilities, but their suitability depends on the type of coating.Find out the best destructive or non-destructive techniques for thin ...
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ArticleAlliance takes the lead
Paris/Yokohama/Tokyo – The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10.6m units in the 12 months to December 31, 2017, which makes it “…the number-one automotive group worldwide,” according to chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn.Total unit sales were given a lift of 6.5% in 2017 ...
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ArticlePneumatic management system
Festo claims its VTEM motion terminal combines the latest developments in piezo technology and software to offer an Industry 4.0 solution for pneumatic control applications.The system uses piezo technology, integrated stroke and pressure sensors together with control via motion apps. Changes in pneumatic functions and adaptations to new formats are ...
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ArticleFluid technology for reaming applications
Proper set-up of a padded reamer presents particular challenges for the metalworking fluid, says Quaker. The fluid is required to deliver the necessary lubrication in a sufficient film thickness and also emulsion properties that will carry away the fines produced in the cutting process. The company says it has developed ...
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ArticleO caso da fibra de carbono
O lançamento do i3 mudou a conversa sobre a futura aplicação de fibra de carbono nas estruturas de veículosAs champanhes foram estouradas em Leipzig em outubro de 2017, quando a BMW celebrou a fabricação de seu i3 de número 100.000, que possui um monocoque feito de plástico leve e rígido, ...
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ArticleVitalidade comercial
A produção europeia de VCL é uma mistura dinâmica de volumes crescentes, eletrificação e novas aliançasEm geral, o mercado de veículos comerciais ligeiros da Europa (VCL) é abastecido por fabricantes nativos, com apenas duas marcas não europeias, Nissan e Hyundai, com uma pegada de produção própria no continente (Toyota traz ...
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ArticleDigital welding solutions
Fronius says that documenting, visualising and analysing data from welding processes is becoming increasingly important in production operations. The company claims its new WeldCube data management system makes it possible to record, analyse and evaluate welding data across multiple power sources, and help the user to identify any potential areas ...
