Latest Insights with AMS Partners – Page 24
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ArticleAutomating the future
Edouard Mekhalian, managing director of Kuka Roboter do Brasil, looks at how robotics has the potential to put Brazil on the fast track to an automation and skills revolutionThe World Bank ranks Brazil as the world’s seventh-largest economy by gross domestic product. It is also the world’s fifth-largest automotive market, ...
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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 processes and systems are required as the number of models grows. Increasingly, process ...
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ArticleGear up for efficiency
Modern vertical turning technology can deliver productivity advances that translate into increased profitability, writes Oliver Hagenlocher, head of marketing, EMAGThe gearbox production market is growing and competition is intensifying, according to a study by Roland-Berger which concludes that a market growth rate of approximately 6% within the next two years ...
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ArticleA partnership made in Brazil
The opening of its new plant at Goiana in Pernambuco sees Fiat Chrysler Automobiles overcome numerous obstacles to put Brazil at the cutting edge of manufacturing, says ComauThe new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Brazilian factory in Goiana, in the state of Pernambuco, was inaugurated just a few weeks ago. Not ...
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ArticleManufacturing optimisation
Todd Montpas, automotive and tyre market development manager at Rockwell Automation, discusses how automotive plants can unlock greater productivity and new efficienciesGlobal auto sales are expected to exceed 85m vehicles in 2014, according to IHS Automotive. If so, this will be the fifth straight year of record sales – a ...
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ArticleA smart solution
Kremlin Rexson and Sames Technologies combined their know-how and experience to deliver a global solution for painting Renault’s third-generation Twingo The new Renault Twingo will be produced at the Revoz factory in Slovenia, preparation for which has involved modifications to the painting and underbody protection processes. These major challenges were ...
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ArticleManufacturing velocity
Todd Montpas, automotive and tyre market development manager at Rockwell Automation, explains how and why vehicle-makers must position themselves to keep pace with market demandsThere is no slowing down in the automotive industry. A customer base with a range of differing priorities for new-vehicle purchases – including safety, fuel efficiency, ...
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ArticleCoding & marking for the automotive industry
Linx Printing Technologies explores how effective coding and marking solutions can deliver important benefits throughout the vehicle manufacturing processWith a modern vehicle containing thousands of individual components, many needing to carry a specific part number, there is no room for error in the selection of coding and marking equipment. From ...
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ArticleSurface preparation for thermal spray coatings
Thermal spray coated liners offer an alternative to cast iron liners in aluminium blocksOne of many challenges for today’s automotive manufacturers is reducing vehicle weight and frictional losses in the powertrain as a means of improving overall vehicle efficiency. This has been a driving force in the adoption of aluminum ...
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ArticleHigh-strength steel: Strong, lightweight & cost effective
SSAB discusses the benefits of using advanced high-strength steel in vehicle structures “When it comes to cost efficiency, environmental issues and value for money, nothing can compete with advanced-high strength steel [AHSS]. The only problem we have today is that our top product could probably use a more sexy image”. ...
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ArticleChanging demands drive flexibility in car assembly
Ford and its partner Changan are meeting the demands of a new consumer with automation from ABB Robotics “The economic downturn has been tough on automakers and has highlighted the need to be more adaptive to the demands of the market,” says Yuan HengXin, Manufacturing Engineering manager for Changan ...