Automobile Manufacturing Plant

ASSEMBLY PROCESS The Parts Start With the Frame Installing the Parts Engine and Transmission Installed Building the Shell Final Body Components Inspection and Washing Paint The Inner Workings The Shell and the Frame Test the Car

COMPONENTS

Auto parts are supplied from owned plants or from independent plants

PROCESS FLOW

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STAMPING

CHASSIS

CHASSIS

BODY

• Body is built on a separate assembly line from chassis

• The floor pan is the largest body component to which a multitude of panels and braces will subsequently be either welded or bolted. As it moves down the assembly line, held in place by clamping fixtures, the shell of the vehicle is built.

UNDERBODY

SIDE BODY

WELDING

BODY IN WHITE

PAINT

E-COAT

UNDERCOAT

WATERBORNE PAINT, OUTMODED

DRYING OVEN

PAINT, POWDER COAT

PAINT CONTROL ROOM

INTERIOR ASSEMBLY

TRIM LINE

TRIM LINE

WINDSHIELDS INSTALLED BY ROBOTS

BODY AND CHASSIS MATE

FINAL ASSEMBLY, TRIM: TIRES, BATTERIES, GASOLINE, ANTI-FREEZE

FINAL INSPECTION

CONTROL STRATEGY

CONTROL OBJECTIVE(s)

INPUT AND OUTPUT VARIABLES

CONSTRAINTS

OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS

CONTROL STRUCTURE

CONVEYOR SPEED CONTROL

WS

SCRCM

H

GIdlers

MotorSS

WB

ROBOT CONTROL IN ASSEMBLY LINE

Motion PlannerMotion Planner

controllercontrollerTrajectory planner

Trajectory planner RobotRobot EnvironmentEnvironment

sensorssensors sensorssensors

AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY PROCESS

REFERENCEs

• Discovery Channel Show: BMW Super Factory

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