Editor's Pick – Page 200
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ArticleLand Rover makes 500,000th Evoque
UK – The milestone vehicle rolled off the production line at the Jaguar Land Rover Halewood plant, four years after its sales launch. The Evoque has reached the half-million mark faster than any other Land Rover model.Richard Else, operations director at Halewood, said: “The Range Rover Evoque has been a ...
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ArticleAston Martin picks Wales for new plant
UK – St Athan will be the vehicle-maker’s second manufacturing location after Gaydon, which will also receive some of the £200m total investment in new products and facilities. The St Athan plant will make Aston Martin’s new crossover, while Gaydon will handle the next generation of sports cars plus the ...
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ArticleHonda makes American appointments
US – Toshiaki Mikoshiba will become president and CEO of Honda North America, COO of North American Regional Operations and president and CEO of American Honda Motor. He will replace Takuji Yamada, who will continue to hold the title of senior managing officer until his retirement.In addition, Tsutomu Morimoto will ...
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Possibilidades de cisalhamento
Pesquisa pela Universidade de Strathclyde oferece uma maneira de produzir um novo tipo de peça em bruto leve sob medida O uso de peças em bruto está agora bem estabelecido na fabricação de automóveis. O benefício mais óbvio adquirido com este processo é, por exemplo, produzir força extra em áreas ...
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GM Europa - dias melhores virão?
Depois de tempos difíceis a GM espera estabilidade e rentabilidade na Europa As operações europeias da GM tem estado deficitárias há algum tempo, mas existem sinais de que poderia estar se aproximando de seu alvo imediato de reequelibrio, e possivelmente lucro este ano. As operações europeias da GM mantiveram perda ...
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ArticleModular rear axle system
ZF is using a new modular rear axle concept to demonstrate the benefits of a modular system architecture. The company claims this solution enables a vehicle with a twist beam axle or link SLA rear axle to be converted to a steerable rear axle concept with just a few modifications ...
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ArticleWinkelmann to lead Quattro
Germany – Replacing Heinz Hollerweger, who has spent 40 years with Audi, Stephan Winkelmann will become CEO of the premium OEM’s wholly owned subsidiary, which makes the high-performance R and RS models. He has served as president and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini since January 2005.As CEO, Winkelmann guided Lamborghini through ...
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ArticleNissan announces Brexit opposition
UK – In a statement, the company said it “will not be pro-actively supporting any political campaign” before the country’s referendum on EU membership, but quoted CEO Carlos Ghosn making his views clear.“Our preference as a business is, of course, that the UK stays within Europe – it makes the ...
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ArticleRolls-Royce to lay Phantom to rest
UK – The current model will end production this year, following the recent announcement that Rolls-Royce has started testing its new, aluminium architecture which will underpin all future vehicles from 2018. The maker also confirmed that the Phantom coupe and drophead coupe will not be renewed.The seventh-generation Phantom started production ...
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ArticleThe true forming limit
Elongation doesn’t tell the whole story about forming high-strength steel As ultra-high strength steel becomes even more widespread in automotive applications, crash safety will continue to increase, component weight will go down further and many OEMs will benefit. Others will not. Some manufacturers are not taking full advantage of ...
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ArticleAutomated quality control
The strategic orientation towards full-field and non-contact optical measuring technology is one of the key elements of Opel’s car body engineering quality assurance Opel CEO Dr Neumann sees the ATOS ScanBox 7260 in action, guided by Dirk Kissinger, project manager for car body measuring technologyIn the future, Opel press shops ...
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ArticleThyssenKrupp’s new Eastern European plant
Hungary – Starting this spring, the €100m ($110m) factory will be constructed in Jászfényszaru, with a production launch planned for 2018. It will make electronic power-assisted steering systems and cylinder-head covers with integrated camshafts.Karsten Kroos, CEO of ThyssenKrupp’s Components Technology division, said the investment “follows our strategy towards standardisation and ...
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GM Europa, ¿un futuro mejor?
Después de pasar años difíciles, el constructor espera estabilidad y rentabilidad en Europa Las operaciones europeas de GM han sido deficitarias durante algún tiempo, pero todo apunta a que, próximamente, alcance el punto de equilibrio, o que incluso alcance beneficios este año. Las operaciones de la marca en Europa permanecieron ...
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Nuevas posibilidades de corte
La investigación realizada por la Universidad de Strathclyde ofrece una forma de producir un nuevo tipo de piezas ligeras a medida. Hoy en día, el uso de piezas a medida es una realidad establecida en la industria automotriz. Cabe destacar como ventaja importante de este proceso la reducción de peso, ...
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ArticleShielding progress
The latest technologies are designed to better protect the welding zone from oxidation. AMS takes a lookAs well as protecting the molten metal and heat-affected areas of the workpiece against the ambient atmosphere, the right welding process gas can increase the welding speed and/or improve the mechanical properties of the ...
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Article1,000kg payload robot
Kawasaki Robotics says it has added a 1,000kg payload robot to its M-Series range. The company claims the new MG10HL's compact design maintains rigidity and accuracy throughout its motion range, and allows applications such as handling automotive floor pans, or complete bodies, between processes to be carried out safely, quickly ...
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ArticleEditor's note: A new era?
Are we entering a new era of robotics and automation in vehicle manufacturing? This was the central topic at a recent conference held by the Automatica show organisers, and it generated some interesting ideas. We are all aware that the increasing level of automation makes some people feel uneasy because ...
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ArticleNew range of thread milling cutters
Toolex claims its new thread milling cutters avoid the problems of breakage and swarf clogging. The company goes on to say that the new tools simplify thread cutting as internal and external threads, both right-hand and left-hand, can be cut using the same tool.The new range covers 14 sizes, from ...
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ArticleSkoda Vrchlabí makes 1m DQ 200 gearboxes
Czech Republic – Production began in September 2012 and during this year the plant will reach a daily capacity of 2,000 units. The half-million mark was reached in October 2014.“In preparing for DQ 200 production, Skoda and the Volkswagen Group invested a total of €245m [$270.1m] into reconstructing the production ...
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ArticleGM Europe – better days ahead?
After enduring some difficult years, the vehicle-maker looks forward to stability and profitability in EuropeGM’s European operations have been loss-making for some time, but the signs are that it could be nearing its immediate target of breaking even, and possibly head into profit this year. The carmaker’s European operations remained ...
