Carmaking has come a long way—from handmade to mass manufacturing using robotics.
Companies globally are looking towards automation to not only help maintain quality and consistency but also cut labour costs. In many processes, automation and robotics help overcome manufacturing constraints where human intervention could be difficult.
The Volkswagen plant in Chakan, Pune, is home to manufacturing and assembly processes for four models—Ameo, Polo, Vento and Skoda's Rapid. With automation levels of around 35 percent, workers and robots work in unison to produce as many as 450 cars per day. The process can be divided into four sections: press shop, where the parts are manufactured; body shop, where the car's chassis is made; paint shop, where it goes through various stages of painting; and assembly, where every part from the steering wheel to seats are fitted.
Automation has been a game changer in how cars have been made.
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