At Hitachi Metals Automotive Components USA LLC (HMAC), suspensions, exhaust manifolds and other components are assembled every day for all of the world’s leading automakers: Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, BMW, Mazda, Nissan, Subaru, Mitsubishi and Honda. Serving customers globally requires that the company build products according to very stringent quality and environmental management guidelines, including ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949 and Ford Q1 status.
Automation is equally important. This past August, HMAC’s Effingham, IL, plant installed a customized HIT-0001 system that automatically assembles a turbo housing in less than 2 minutes. Compass Automation designed and built the system, which presses bushings and inserts valves, 2- and 4-millimeter roll pins and plastic clips into the housing. Compass also developed the automation for the cell where the system is located.