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Items Tagged with 'body in white assembly line'

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Human-Robot Collaboration Quickens BIW Completion

Human-Robot Collaboration Quickens BIW Completion

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Jim Camillo
June 6, 2019
Some automotive enthusiasts get their fix by building a car themselves. Others thoroughly enjoy watching the pros do it; i.e., assemblers on the production line.
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Alfa Romeo Goes Robotic on its BIW Line

Alfa Romeo Goes Robotic on its BIW Line

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Jim Camillo
July 11, 2018

Nothing embodied the freedom of the 1960s better than a sports car. Italian automaker Alfa Romeo (AR) understood this, and in 1962 introduced its first four-door compact executive car: the Guilia.


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Robots Rev Up Assembly at Maserati

Robots Rev Up Assembly at Maserati

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Jim Camillo
June 6, 2017

When one thinks of Italy, several things immediately come to mind. There’s wine and pasta, world-class soccer and gondoliers singing in Venice. Another thing that symbolizes Italy is Maserati, the manufacturer of technologically advanced sports cars.


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Lasers Will Play Greater Role in Auto Body Assembly Lines

August 8, 2016

TRAVERSE CITY, MI—Robotic laser welding will play a greater role in body-in-white assembly lines, as automakers increase their use of lightweight materials, according to Peter Busuttil, director of technology for KUKA Systems North America.


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BMW Adding New Body Shop

August 7, 2015

SPARTANBURG, SC—BMW is constructing a 527,000-square-foot body shop at its assembly plant here. The facility will include more than 650 robots.


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ABB Lands $52 Million Robot Order From Ford Assembly Plant

July 6, 2015

ZURICH—ABB Ltd. has received a $52 million order to supply welding robots for Ford Motor Co.’s assembly plant in Harbin, China.


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Robot Kills Worker at VW Assembly Plant

July 6, 2015

BAUNATAL, Germany—A robot accidentally killed a worker at Volkswagen’s automotive assembly plant here. The robot pressed the worker up against a metal plate, crushing his chest.


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Adhesives Aid Body-in-White Assembly at VW

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Jim Camillo
July 1, 2014

Although a global leader in mechanical and plant engineering, Dürr AG isn’t one to rest on its laurels. So in 2010 it acquired two adhesive technology companies (Rickert and Kleinmichel) to increase Dürr’s expertise in automotive body-in-white gluing technology.


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Rivets Are Essential to Range Rover Assembly

April 29, 2014

SOLIHULL, UK—The humble rivet. That’s what Demos Hoursoglou, Jaguar Land Rover’s body-in-white manufacturing manager here, puts near the top of his list of worries about assembling the aluminum body of the Range Rover. The 2014 Range Rover body uses 17 types of rivets, 3,722 per vehicle. If one jams in a gun or is inserted incorrectly, production stops.


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Robots Star at Hyundai Moravian Assembly Plant

February 12, 2013

NOŠOVICE, Moravia—At Hyundai’s assembly plant here, a single, flexible robotic welding line can assemble doors for multiple models at the same time.


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From Fixed to Flexible, Revolutionizing Automotive Assembly Manufacturing

On Demand Today’s body-in-white assembly lines must be more flexible than ever before. Gone are the days when body-in-white lines turned out the same model for months. Now, these lines are expected to run multiple models daily. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to make body-in-white lines more flexible.

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Manufacturers are often faced with challenges that are costing them time and money on their plant floor. Join Promess Application Engineers, John Lytle and Stephanie Price, to discover servo press technology and its benefits in assembly systems.

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Collaborative robots, or cobots, are the fastest-growing segment of the factory automation world. In this webinar, application experts at market leader Universal Robots have assembled a set of guidelines and checklists to help companies large and small identify promising applications, and get started with collaborative robots.

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