Automotive Design and Production

JUN 2013

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What machine tool are you looking for? TOOLS FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY - SIMPLIFY PRODUCTION LINE ISSUES - RELIEVE ERGONOMIC PROBLEMS - SPEED UP PRODUCTION     # of Axes = ? HOSE CLAMP TOOLS ‐ Constant Tension Band                ‐ Single/Double Wire                 ‐ Oe�ker Clamps™  HP = ? SIMONDS can design and engineer special  tools for specic clamp types and difficult  Top RPM = ? Visit TechSpex.com today to fnd exactly what you are looking for. SNAP RING TOOLS Table Size = ? Rapid Rate = ? ‐ Outside Snap Rings        ‐ Inside Snap Rings    Let SIMONDS design and engineer  a snap ring tool to meet your needs.    Model Results 248 ELM STREET SOUTHBRIDGE, MA 01550 Phone: 866-764-3235 E-mail: sales@simonds-inc.com on-line www.simonds‐inc.com    MADE IN THE U.S.A. Quality Seat Build in Alabama. Although there is nothing on this conveyor system at the Lear Corp. (lear.com) 94,000-ft2 seating plant in Montgomery, AL, know that at peak production there are 1,000 seat sets per day rolling along the assembly lines in the plant. The assembly lines make use of this non-synchronous looping conveyor system. The conveyor and control for the system that sequences seats and monitors the build quality of the seats was provided by Integrated Systems Design (isddd.com). The seats are assembled on pallets. The pallets are ftted with RFID chips. This allows tracking of progress, and information at each station is obtained (e.g., torque and angle) so that there is a record of each assembly. Any detected failure results in the routing of defective seats to a repair station. RFID tags are also used for the outbound shipping sequence control system, also provided by Integrated Systems Design. The seats built in the Lear plant are shipped to the nearby Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Plant for installation in Sonatas and Santa Fes. 15

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