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ArticlePromoting innovation
Geico Taikisha executive vice-presidents Daryush Arabnia and Luciano Dinatale tell Dermot Healy about the company’s paintshop technologies work in China and its distinctive culture of innovationAMS: Can you tell us a little about the history of Geico Taikisha’s involvement in the Chinese market. How did you get involved, and how ...
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ArticleA lift to prosperity
The next-generation KUKA robots aim to meet the boom in demand and help fuel the growth of the manufacturing industry in ChinaLast year, KUKA established a new robot assembly plant in Shanghai, making it the company’s second production base outside Germany. This plant will supply products of world-class quality in ...
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ArticleMastering the art of machining – with robots and motorcycles
ABB Value Provider, VersaBuilt, based in Boise, Idaho, has developed a universal robotic machine-tending solution that works with any CNC machine. It is affordable for the average machine shop, reduces the total cost of production by up to 50% and has been real-world tested while machining some of the world’s ...
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ArticleSSAB – Sitting comfortably with Faurecia
The design of automotive seating has evolved radically over the past four decades. Anna McQueen reports on the developments in materials, sustainability and weight reduction The first focus on seat design from a safety perspective really came about in the 1970s. At that time, millions of people were dying ...
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ArticleABB VIDEO: Making interior parts
Through ABB’s RobotStudio simulation software, Fitz-Thors and Eissmann experimented with variations on the closed-cell design; after several design iterations, a unique, four-quadrant station, open-cell concept was developed which met the necessary criteria. Rather than bringing the parts to the robot, the robot goes to the parts, from a central, ...
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ArticleIndia’s Steel Pioneers
SSAB and its partner IFB Automotive are at the forefront of the rollout of high-strength steel in automotive production, writes technology journalist Håkan JohanssonSSAB is a leading manufacturer of advanced high-strength steel and the company’s products have played an important part in the improved safety performance of modern cars. But ...
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ArticleSwedish Steel in India
Swedish steel specialist Uddeholm has built its reputation as a global supplier of tooling materials and services. The company’s vice-president for sales and marketing, Pär Emanuelsson, talks to automotive writer Dermot Healy about the company’s strategy for India.Dermot Healy: To begin with, what can you tell us about Uddeholm’s work ...
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ArticleFlexible ambitions
India robotics player The Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz Ltd. is plotting a revolution in mobile assembly modules that in future could mean the assembly line comes to you. Technology writer Ruari McCallion catches up with the company’s founder and MD, Anuj KapuriaThe idea behind The Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz Ltd., a growing ...
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ArticleLaser-guided success
With an expanding and innovative market, Mohammed Hidayath, national sales manager, TRUMPF (India), tells automotive writer Dave Howell how laser technology is changing automotive productionThe TruLaser Cell Series 7000 gives entry-level users easy and low cost access to laser processingTRUMPF was founded in 1923 as a mechanical workshop. Since then, ...
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ArticlePerfect balance
With a presence on the sub-continent that stretches back almost three decades, Schenck RoTec India Limited can offer unrivalled expertise in balancing technologies, writes Manish Khanna, Managing Director, Schenck RoTec IndiaIn the automotive industry, balancing and diagnosis technology is an opportunity to improve component performance quality. The launch of each ...
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ArticleInnovative roll forming
Dreistern’s roll-forming solutions are the key to cost savings and materials innovation, writes Heinrich Weber, sales director with Dreistern GmbH & Co. KG.As one of Germany’s leading producers of roll-forming equipment, Dreistern has developed some exciting solutions to the challenges facing manufacturers of roll-formed automotive parts. Key to Dreistern’s philosophy ...
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ArticleCool India
Dürr’s experience in air-conditioning and cooling innovation can deliver a competitive edge for Indian companies, discovers automotive writer Dermot Healy.Dürr is a major global mechanical- and plant-engineering group and generates around 65% of its sales within the automotive industry. It also supplies the machinery, chemical, pharmaceutical and wood-processing industries with ...
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ArticleA measure of success
Quality inspection in car body construction is moving towards more speed, greater flexibility and the use of intelligent software, writes Judith SchwarzThe automotive industry is placing new challenges on car body construction: more flexible and increasingly complex production processes and systems are required as the number of models grows. Increasingly, ...
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ArticleDriving UK automotive growth
Sustained investment by global vehicle and component manufacturers, the local authorities and the government, has helped Sunderland to become a key carmaking hub in the UKLeading the UK’s new, sustainable, export-led car industry is Nissan at Sunderland. Long hailed as the most productive car manufacturing Facility in the UK, the ...
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ArticlePortable, fast & accurate measurement
Michael Lettau, product manager laser trackers at Hexagon Metrology, explains how ultra-portable high-speed laser tracker technology has developed to produce the multipurpose inspection tools that are driving better productivity in the automotive industryWith global demand continuing to rise, automotive manufacturers face a continuous challenge to enhance their productivity. The need ...
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ArticleIncreasing flexibility & performance
Comau discusses how vehicle manufacturers can improve efficiency through innovative engineering solutionsWhen balancing the needs of a dynamic global marketplace, greater flexibility and higher performance in production operations are essential to automotive manufacturers. The challenge to achieve this is frequently linked to their production facilities, many of which were built ...
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ArticleSupplying South America
Our special regional edition, the first in a series, contains insights from industry experts with a significant presence in South America: Comau, Schenck RoTec, Geico Taikisha, Siemens, Kuka, Carl Zeiss and EMAG.Now available online in four languages – English, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese – South America 2014 tells how both ...
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ArticleAn innovative EMS approach
Flexibility and cost savings are just two advantages of the latest Siemens monorail technology, writes Nora Schuler, vertical market manager, automotive at SiemensThe manufacturing landscape in South America is presently in a state of flux. The shift that is now taking place is also affecting the automotive industry, giving rise ...
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ArticlePainting perfection
OEMs in Brazil must deliver the highest level of innovation and sustainability, as evidenced by Geico Taikisha’s paintshop tie-in with Fiat in Pernambuco, write Luciano Dinatale, executive vice-president sales and business development, and Gabriele Gironi, executive vice-president operations and engineeringFiat has enjoyed a long and rewarding association with Brazil since ...
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ArticlePerfect balance
Schenck RoTec balancing technologies are at the vanguard of the battle to reduce noise and vibration in automotive components, writes Stephan Roisin, MPS business unit manager, Dürr Brasil Ltda. Div. Schenck RoTecIn the automotive industry, balancing and diagnosis technology is an opportunity to improve component performance quality. The launch of ...