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ArticleProfile: Infiniti Decherd Powertrain
The Tennessee plant launched last year, as yet another collaboration between Renault-Nissan and Daimler A little more than a year ago, engine production started at the Infiniti Decherd Powertrain Plant near Nashville, Tennesse – a collaboration between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler. The facility was described as “state-of-the-art” by Gary ...
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ArticleBMW ramps up at Hams Hall
UK – The engine plant has installed three new production lines as part of a £750m investment by BMW across its UK plants and is now stepping up production of the latest three- and four-cylinder engines. Hams Hall is expected to machine over 1m components this year as supply extends ...
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ArticleAudi starts South American production
Brazil – The factory at Curitiba, Paraná state, is not only the newest of 13 sites in the Audi production network but the OEM’s first in South America. The plant is now making the A3 sedan and will soon add the Q3.The A3 sedan 1.4 TFSI Flex is the first ...
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ArticleNew supercharger offers improved efficiency
Eaton says its newest supercharger, the TVS2, improves vehicle manufacturers’ ability to deliver an optimal single boosted application, or to pair this device with other boosting technologies to deliver compound boosting solutions for improved engine performance.Key elements in the design of the TVS2 include rotor profile changes to reduce the ...
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ArticleSeat and Audi appointments announced
Germany – Luca de Meo will take over as CEO at Seat and Dietmar Voggenreiter will replace him as board of management member for Sales and Marketing at Audi. The appointments will be effective from November 1.Described by Audi chairman Rupert Stadler as “the voice of our Italian brands in ...
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ArticleNissan to begin making NP300 Navara
Spain – An investment of €80m ($91m) has prepared the OEM's Barcelona plant for mass production of the new pick-up truck. It will soon be followed by one-tonne pick-ups for Renault and Mercedes-Benz, with all three models sharing some common architecture.Engineered at Nissan’s Technical Centre (NTCE) in Barcelona, the NP300 ...
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ArticleBorgwarner opens new production facility
Hungary – BorgWarner has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility for emissions technologies at its campus in Oroszlány, Hungary. The 25,000 sq.m facility will produce key technologies for modern engines aimed at reducing emissions, such as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves, coolers, tubes and thermostats.The energy-efficient facility, located 76km outside of ...
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ArticleFirst US built plant for Yokohama
USA – Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM) has opened its new $300m commercial truck tyre facility in West Point, Mississippi. Covering more than 500 acres of land, the YTMM plant houses manufacturing, warehousing and operations facilities, and will produce up to one million tyres annually when running at full capacity.The ...
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FARO Webinar: Metrology for the automotive industry
This webinar presented FARO solutions used across different automotive metrology applications.3D measurement and scanning technology solutions from FARO provide a user-friendly and accurate way of taking contact and non-contact measurements for quality control in automobile manufacturing and assembly.FARO’s portable CMMs (Coordinate Measuring Machines) such as articulating Arms and ScanArms can ...
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ArticleNew addition to CMM range
Designed specifically to offer process speed and efficiency to manufacturers requiring accurate tactile scanning and high throughput, Hexagon Metrology has launched the GLOBAL EVO coordinate measuring machine (CMM).The company says the EVO machine features a number of new technologies to improve speed without compromising on performance. Central to the design ...
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ArticleOptimised cleaning baskets
Metallform has developed and produced a range of efficient component cleaning and transport baskets. The company says it has designed a workpiece holder that minimises transfer processes while ensuring efficient cleaning processes, reducing parts handling and the risk of component damage and re-contamination.The workpiece holders can be adapted to the ...
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ArticlePlant floor automated 3D scanning and gauging
Perceptron has extended its family of industrial gauging products with the launch of the AutoScan Collaborative RoboGauge. The company says this offers automated robotic 3D scanning for dimensional measurement and gauging applications on the manufacturing floor. The system combines Fanuc robot technology and Perceptron’s Helix smart scanning sensor, integrated ...
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WebinarWEBINAR: FARO on metrology
This webinar presents FARO solutions used across different automotive metrology applications.3D measurement and scanning technology solutions from FARO provide a user-friendly and accurate way of taking contact and non-contact measurements for quality control in automobile manufacturing and assembly.FARO’s portable CMMs (Coordinate Measuring Machines) such as articulating Arms and ScanArms can ...
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ArticleHonda invests $210m in vehicle paint system
.USA – Honda is to install a new, state-of-the-art paint line at its Marysville Auto Plant (MAP). The company says the new MAP Line 1 paint facility will utilise new technologies to reduce energy and water use, and chemical emissions from the vehicle painting process. This will include the ...
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ArticleVolvo breaks ground in South Carolina
USA – The Swedish OEM has begun construction of its new car manufacturing facility in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The company is investing $500m in the new facility which will produce the next-generation Volvo S60 sedan, based on the new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) and will have an initial capacity ...
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ArticleBridgend to produce low-emission engines
UK – Ford has approved an investment of £181m at its Bridgend engine plant in South Wales to produce a family of all-new, fuel-efficient petrol engines. The investment includes Welsh Government support of £14.67m, with production planned to start in late 2018.The new low-emission engines have been designed and developed ...
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ArticleVW CEO resigns
Germany – Martin WinterKorn has resigned as CEO of the Volkswagen Group after it was revealed that the company had installed a system on certain diesel engines in the US designed to deliver false emission test results. Prof. Dr. WinterKorn issued the following statement:“I am shocked by the events of ...
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ArticleDual control electric circulating pumps
Graco has provided Audi with three E-Flo DC dual control electric circulating pumps for the OEM’s paintshop at the Neckersulm plant. Audi wanted to use the same type of pump to handle the three sensitive paint products they were using.Graco says it’s solution was to integrate the three E-Flo ...
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ArticleSelf-clinching blind nuts
PEM self-clinching blind nuts permanently install into thin metal sheets to provide reliable and re-usable metal threads, and completing final component attachment in an assembly, says PennEngineering. Their closed-end design protects the nut’s threads against foreign matter and potential damage to internal components from mating screws.The company says the carbon ...