A German company is using a highly flexible production system to automatically process and assemble flexible printed circuits for European automakers.
Automotive interior wiring systems are becoming increasingly complex with the rising number of electrical and electronic components in today's cars. This means that automotive manufacturers and their suppliers must come up with reliable new ways of supplying power and data to a large number of individual components and locations. Plus, they must do so with less space and without affecting electrical, physical, mechanical and production constraints.
These requirements are more and more difficult to satisfy with conventional wiring harnesses. That's why products like flexible printed circuits (FPCs) are becoming increasingly significant.