Title: Automation of body assembly operations

Authors: H. Sasaoka

Addresses: Engineering Department, No. 3, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Abstract: Development trends in body assembly operations within the automotive industry have shown little change in the flow of these operations. What has been striking is the move towards automated production equipment dramatically improving capacity and quality, in which workers are being replaced by robots and other machines. Reductions in the number of equipment amendments and improved efficiency are being obtained by introducing flexible production lines and off-line robot training into the various body assembly operations. In pursuing even greater efficiency in the future, these operations will undergo further automation and a trend will be seen towards a fully automated system.

Keywords: car body assembly; assembly automation; automotive assembly; automobile industry; robotics; flexible production lines; assembly operations; robotic assembly; assembly robots.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.1987.061202

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1987 Vol.8 No.3, pp.355 - 364

Published online: 25 May 2014 *

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