Automotive

Volvo Car Corporation implemented CM4D software as an enterprise solution in 2001 across its three major facilities in Europe and 2 plants in Asia.In 2008, they implemented it at an additional facility in Chongqing, China. Volvo is notable for its extensive use of the CM4D Interactive interface, which has allowed them to achieve an almost paperless [...]

Kistler/Chrysler FD-SPC Project When you’re producing engines at a rate of one every 96 seconds you can’t leave process control to the end of line inspections. You need to detect when a fault occurs as soon as it happens and take immediate action or you end up with a very large amount of scrap. Earlier [...]

When Paccar were faced with quality issues on their truck bodies, they looked to ATS to review their ideas and turn them into reality. The problem was that the operation to apply the seals to the top of the trucks was prone to accidents and damaged body shells resulted.Full automation was not an option due [...]

When Paccar (the Leading Global Truck Manufacturer) contacted ATS with the problem of how to engineer the Battery Module Assembly process for their new assembly line in Mexico, they didn’t have much time; initial production was scheduled within two months. The ATS expert mechanical engineering team set to work immediately to examine the process and come [...]

ATS has completed a wide range of applications for the automotive industry. Special projects have included INTERBUS connectivity with Allen-Bradley PLC’s whereby a major auto manufacturer and the control supplier asked ATS to write a standard software protocol for implementation with PLC backplane communications modules.Another very large application included painting booths using InTouch SCADA software with [...]

Efficient Product Handling at GM and Faurecia Fast Efficient Solutions to support Lean Production. A key ingredient in achieving Lean Production operations is having good work practices to monitor and move the product (and components) around the factory. Anyone who has ever worked in a high volume/high speed operation will vouch for this. Organizing product [...]

Car manufacturers can invest up to Euro 100 million for a new paint shop. An investment not to be sneezed at which means the system must work hard for many years to be worthwhile. Dürr is the world’s leading supplier of paint shop systems for automotive manufacturers and at their headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany only one [...]

Airbags Blow Up Safely with Best Practices in the Automotive Industry Visteon Berlin produces instrument panels for the latest Ford Car. The panel has an invisible door for the airbag and the door must operate properly if the airbag is activated. In this project state of the art software is implemented to track the production process, [...]

When designing a system to run a production line which must fulfill orders with only 3 hours notice, the possibility of carrying inventory is non-existent and the impact of failure is enormous, you must think hard about the solution you come up with. This was case early last year when Faurecia engaged ATS to design and [...]

When faced with the question of how to organize the part feed operations for their Glove Box Assembly line, Faurecia (the world renowned auto components manufacturer) turned to ATS for assistance.With a joint team, our expert process engineers examined the production process. Having identified the process as having high labor costs and difficult to manage [...]