... to systematically improve the productivity and the fitting quality in the automotive industry. Hua Wang can be contacted at: huawang@sjtu.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Typical car taillight fitting area includes taillight, taillight holder, seal strip, bodyside and connecting...

... 2012 Assembly Sensors Image processing 3‐D image processing Sensor review Flaw detection Intelligent sensors Inspection Industrial robotics Automotive industry The assembly of critical fasteners usually involves a torque check to verify assembly completion. In the automotive...

... compliance (VRCC) developed by Lee (2005) . The RCC devices are low cost and reliable for the round peg‐in‐hole insertions, and have successful industrial applications. Eccentric peg‐in‐hole Robotic assembly Vision guided Attractive region Crankshaft and bearing Precision engineering Automotive...

.... Design/methodology/approach The empirical investigation, based on case study research, focuses on an RFID implementation at a supplier of injection‐moulded, surface‐treated plastic to the automotive industry. This implementation is one of the few item‐level, open‐loop RFID implementations...

... features. The CVAE forms the main part of the system and is assisted by the two other components in processing complex situations. Assembly Distributive control Automotive industry Virtual assembly is a new product development tool which is being accepted by more and more manufacturing...

... be contacted at: jinsun@sjtu.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Design for assembly Automotive industry Sensors An automotive body assembly process is a complex compliant sheet metal joining process that involves a large number of compliant parts and fixture stations...

... is legal or not. Design for assembly Automotive industry Virtual work With the increase of complex component structure and refined model, it is difficult for a single manufacturer to complete the entire automobile development task. Collaborative product design based on network reflects...

... [ S _W1m]=the real welding joint variation sensitivity matrix of part 1 on welding joints [I₁]=the material variation‐induced influence coefficient of part 1 Assembly Automotive industry Computer software Sheet metal Sun Jin can be contacted...

... and three solid‐state lasers (Metris) Figure 4 The Metris K‐scan hand‐held scanner being used for end‐of‐line vehicle inspection (Metris) Robert Bogue can be contacted at: robbouge@aol.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Lasers Inspection Assembly Automotive...

..., BMW has taken the unusual step to divide the framing section into three for added flexibility. Automotive industry Robotics Welding Assembly Inspection According to Oliver Zipse, Managing Director BMW Group Plant Oxford, BMW Group has invested £200 million in the UK production triangle...

... control is then applied to control the robot to insert the piston into the valve body. Heping Chen can be contacted at: heping.chen@us.abb.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Assembly Robotics Visual perception Force Automotive industry Once the tool approaches...

... built 90,414 vans. John Mortimer can be contacted at: Jmort45171@aol.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Automotive industry Benchmarking Robotics Bills of materials New robots could be added in the next few years to boost capacity and productivity of compact vans...

... Group Publishing Limited 2007 Assembly Automotive industry Automatic programming Assembly sequence planning (ASP) is a concept, which means that all possible assembly sequences are automatically generated on the basis of assembly modeling. ASP is influenced with assembly modes...

..., there are non‐negligible costs as well. Originality/value A first systematic evaluation on the scale‐scope trade‐off and a quantification of the gains from production flexibility in the automotive industry. In the automobile industry the number of different models offered for sale has increased...

... the variation phase of design [1] . © Authors 2006 Design for assembly Production methods Control Automotive industry On the left in Figure 3 , we can see all the joints between the parts, but on the right we see that some of the liaisons are shown as black lines while others...

... for welding thick and thin sheet were exhibited including novel applications for both the automotive industry and the heavy construction machinery sector. Originality/value Informs industry about new developments and potential benefits to be achieved. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006...

...). Assembly Automotive industry Image processing Automobile assembly involves precise and complex equipment and tens of thousands of parts. As more families purchase automobiles in China, the 2005 output will be over five million. Quality is an important goal for the producer, in the long‐term...

.... It is also the first time that a monocoque body structure has been adopted in the automotive industry – and it is unique to Jaguar. The car incorporates many features that are both novel and new to Jaguar, a company that tends to be conservative in design and manufacture of its vehicles. One...

... This is an analysis of assembly plant automation in the automotive industry. Findings Fifteen years ago, it was argued that the lean car assembly plants of the future would be comprehensively automated, but that in the meantime organization rather than automation was the watch‐word for efficient plants. Today...

... include new work structures that raise productivity and increased use of outsourcing. Originality/value Gives an indication of production trends in the automotive industry. Bauer admits that the automation levels have been challenging: “It was quite strenuous to achieve the new logistics systems...