Welding automation in metal fabrication usually falls along a spectrum. At one end, upscale arc or even laser welding systems ...

There's not a human in sight as robots weld the bodies of Ford Sierras in this 1984 photograph. In 1982 the company installed six spot-welding robots at its plant in Cologne, Germany, each machine ...

Stage Three: Paint Shop Another 652 workers and 42 robots apply a rustproof “e-coating”—essentially a static-cling primer—to the vehicle panels before painting them in one of 28 colors.

Today, just 500 people work directly on the assembly line at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant, which now builds 605 Focus and C-Max sedans in each of two 10-hour shifts. Some 48,000 people worked ...

In 1913, Henry Ford revolutionized car-making with the first moving assembly line, an innovation that made piecing together new vehicles faster and more efficient.Some hundred years later, Ford is ...

First aluminum-bodied F-150 rolls off assembly line. ... The new body shop is much quieter and more efficient, using about 500 smaller robots to laser-weld and put rivets into the aluminum parts.

The tent and the assembly line it houses were allegedly built in the span of three weeks. In order to achieve production goals, Tesla started up a third production line this weekend.

Hyundai expects to automate nearly half of its assembly processes, including stamping and welding, which will cut costs and enhance quality. Metaplant America forms part of Hyundai’s 21 billion ...

Shenzhen-based UBTECH ROBOTICS, listed on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, built the Walker S robot working on NIO’s assembly line. The company says it’s the first time the Walker S has been used ...

In 1913, Henry Ford revolutionized car-making with the first moving assembly line, an innovation that made piecing together new vehicles faster and more efficient.Some hundred years later, Ford is ...

In 1913, Henry Ford invented the moving assembly line and changed the automotive industry forever. A century later, many of those factory jobs have been taken over by increasingly sophisticated ...