Latest Insights with AMS Partners – Page 21
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ArticleDriving customer performance
In business since 1973, noted cutting room authority Lectra has established an industry-leading position by helping customers to achieve operational excellence through a unique combination of expertise, advanced technologies and best-in-class services.As the privileged partner to a broad portfolio of premier businesses, Lectra provides integrated cutting room solutions for the ...
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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 componentsDynamically changing markets are increasingly challenging classical business models for suppliers of car body parts. Multifunctional rollforming technologies are facilitating the adjustment of such production lines to fast-changing market needs.They open up ...
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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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ArticleFrom Sweden to Shenzhen and beyond
David Liang, managing director of market-leading tool steel service provider ASSAB in northern and central China, talks to Dermot Healy about challenges and opportunities presented by the rapid pace of change in the Chinese automotive sector.AMS: Your company ASSAB has been involved with the Chinese automotive sector for many years. ...
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ArticleMoving your business
Without automated conveyors, modern high-performance facilities could not function, writes Gilles Hernandez, Global Market Manager Automotive at Conductix-Wampfler.Being a historical leader in mobile energy and data transmission systems, Conductix-Wampfler has been moving the industry in China for more than two decades. Primarily the activities focus has been the heavy industry ...
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ArticleA bus to the future
Chinese entrepreneurial bus company, Greenautoo, is preparing to launch of a series of smart, safe and green vehicles that could be the solution to big city traffic congestion, write Jan Hökerberg and Crystal Yan. Bus travel is often a nightmare for China’s many millions of commuters, especially in rush ...
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ArticleShine the laser light
Fibre-reinforced composites are popular, but tough to machine. So production engineers are turning to laser light as a choice of tool, writes Trumpf’s Marc KirchhoffCarbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are all the rage, especially in the automotive, aviation and wind power sectors. They represent a key part of the solution to ...
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ArticleRobot reckoning
ABB Robotics first established itself in China over 30 years ago and has since manufactured over 30,000 robots in applications serving the entire vehicle production process.The range of ABB’s business activities in China stretches from R&D and manufacturing to sales and services. In the fold are 19,000 employees, 36 local ...
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ArticleReady to roll
Rollforming innovations are supporting the crucial development targets of cost saving and weight reduction, writes Heinrich Weber, director of sales and marketing at Dreistern Rollforming has demonstrated its capability to process ultra-high strength steels (UHSS) with a tensile strength up to 1,600MPa. Such steels already contribute significantly toward reducing the ...
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ArticleGuangzhou Automobile Group improves production with MES
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9nFaKsNdw[/embed]When Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) created its proprietary-brand, passenger-car manufacturing plant, it needed an advanced manufacturing execution system (MES) that could integrate with operations and business systems for seamless information sharing throughout the supply chain. With FactoryTalk ProductionCentre software, GAC is able to use this information for lean production management ...
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ArticleMetrology in focus
Keith Mills of Perceptron reports on how the company is transitioning from selling measurement solutions into a major player in the growing industrial metrology equipment marketUp until February 2015, Perceptron‘s contributions and market share were focused on non-contact fully automated dimensional gauging solutions that provide real-time process and part quality ...
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ArticleSafety comes first
Automatic weld-seam inspection on high-performance EV batteries makes for stable processes and reduced production costs Weld seam inspection system VIROwsi works at high scanning speeds without impacting on line cycle timeA high-performance battery for use in electric vehicles needs to be extremely safe. This demand can only be met by ...
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ArticleEnergy on demand for the oven
Of all the vehicle production processes, the paintshop is the largest consumer of energy. So it’s no surprise that manufacturers are looking for closer control of airflows in the drying ovens Considerable savings on energy were achieved at the Daimler plant at Rastatt following the introduction of the automated intelligent ...
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ArticleFrom paper labels to smart containers
Manufacturing is changing, and paper labels can no longer keep up with the complexity of processes. What’s required is an optimal flexibility and quality assuranceThe process visibility and control that the system provides has created a number of efficiencies For 40 years, paper has been trusted as a visual flag ...
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Article从纸质标签到智能集装箱
制造业正在经历变化，纸质标签已经无法跟上复杂流程的步伐了。现在需要的是高度的灵活性和质量保证The process visibility and control that the system provides has created a number of efficiencies 40年来，纸一直是制造业可信赖的可视性旗帜，为操作员提供顺序化工作指示。这种简单的视觉提示曾经是一种流程的核心，平衡生产并创造更加有效的准时化库存。因此，这对很多以纸为基础、看板系统占据厂房控制室的行业里工作的人来说，是一种变革，因为十多年来，这些一直是工厂效率的首要保证。阅读全文［英文］
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ArticleDesde etiquetas de papel até contêineres inteligentes
A fabricação está mudando, e as etiquetas de papel já não podem continuar com a complexidade dos processos. O que é necessário é uma flexibilidade e garantia de qualidade idealThe process visibility and control that the system provides has created a number of efficiencies Por 40 anos, o papel tem ...
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ArticleReady to roll
Rollforming innovations are supporting the crucial development targets of cost saving and weight reduction, writes Heinrich Weber, director of sales and marketing at Dreistern UHSS bumper with variable radiusRollforming has demonstrated its capability to process ultra-high strength steels (UHSS) with a tensile strength up to 1,600MPa. Such steels already contribute ...
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ArticlePronto para sair
Inovações de perfilagem estão apoiando os objetivos de desenvolvimento cruciais da poupança de custos e redução de peso, escreve Heinrich Weber, diretor de vendas e marketing da DreisternUHSS bumper with variable radiusRollforming demonstrou a sua capacidade para processar aços de resistência ultraelevadas (UHSS) com uma resistência à tração de até ...