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Zárate plant · Argentina

Hanger fixture for the Hilux and SW4 differential assembly

Design, electrical engineering and automation of a hanger fixture to transfer the Hilux and SW4 differential assembly along the assembly line.

• 3D mechanical design
• Electrical engineering
• Automation

San Luis Potosí and Woodruff · Mexico · USA

Together with KUKA

Commissioning of 6th-generation battery lines

Programming, commissioning and production support of automated battery lines for electrified vehicles, under BMW’s GCC standard.

• KUKA KRC4 robots
• Siemens S7-1500
• Atlas Copco
• Promess presses
• Siemens RFID
• Machine vision

Debrecen battery plant · Hungary

Commissioning of 6 stacker cranes for the battery warehouse

Programming, commissioning and support of 6 stacker cranes in the automated battery warehouse at BMW’s Debrecen plant, Hungary.

• Siemens S7-1500
• SEW drives
• Safety
• Stacker cranes

Gray Court plant, South Carolina · USA

Together with KUKA and Silberhorn

Recommissioning of the automatic transmission line

Programming, commissioning and production support of the automatic transmission and washer lines under the MiCS standard: 4 sub-assembly lines, final assembly and an AGV-fed Test Field.

• KUKA KRC4 robots
• Siemens S7-1500 / PLC5
• Atlas Copco
• Kistler
• Cognex
• RFID
• AGV

São Bernardo do Campo · Brazil

Together with Bleichert and KUKA

Installation and commissioning of the engine assembly line

Installation, programming and commissioning of the automated engine and gantry assembly line, including the line safety certification and an AGV-fed end of line.

• KUKA KRC4 robots
• Siemens S7-1500
• Atlas Copco
• Kistler
• RFID
• AGV
• Safety

Córdoba plant · Argentina

Safety systems for the paint shop

Mechanical and electrical design, manufacturing, programming and commissioning of the paint shop safety systems, with production support.

• Siemens S7-1500F
• 80 SICK light curtains
• 6 safety scanners
• 24 doors
• 600 m of fencing
• 6 PLCs replaced

El Palomar plant · Argentina

Safety systems for the paint shop lowerators

Design, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of the safety systems for the PEI lowerators in the paint shop.

• Siemens S7-1500F / S7-400 / S5
• 30 SICK light curtains
• 26 safety doors
• Forcola safety devices
• Control panel

Córdoba transmission plant · Argentina

MQ-281 transmission assembly line

Installation, programming and commissioning of the automated MQ-281 assembly line, plus autonomous mobile robots (AMR) supplying the stations.

• KUKA KRC4 robots
• Siemens S7-1500 / S7-300
• Apex nutrunners
• Kistler presses
• RFID
• AMR

Córdoba transmission plant · Argentina

MQ-281 transmission disassembly line

Mechanical and electrical design, manufacturing, programming and commissioning of the MQ-281 disassembly line.

• Siemens S7-1500
• Parts washers
• Hydraulic systems

El Palomar plant · Argentina

Automation of the two-tone body flow

Installation and commissioning of the new paint line flow for two-tone car bodies.

• Siemens S7-400 / S5
• RFID
• SICK
• BRC Datalogiq
• Transfer tables
• Conveyor

Córdoba transmission plant · Argentina

OP380 station retooling: almost 50% shorter cycle time

Redesign of oil weighing and dosing on the MQ281 line to fill two transmissions simultaneously, freeing the robot from repetitive moves.

• Siemens S7-300
• HMI MP377
• Robot KUKA
• Kracht
• AS-i
• Profibus
• Euchner

General Pacheco plant · Argentina

Screwdriving fixtures for the new Ranger

Design, manufacturing, installation, programming and commissioning of screwdriving fixtures for the new Ranger pickup (in 2020 we also built the multiple wheel nutrunner).

• Allen-Bradley CompactLogix
• Stanley nutrunners

Córdoba Industrial Center · Argentina

Together with thyssenkrupp

MQ200 multi-purpose line

Modification of the line stations to add the MQ200 model: engineering, calculation, disassembly, installation, PLC and HMI programming, mechanical build, assembly, commissioning and documentation.

• EPLAN
• AutoCAD
• Cooper Tools rotary tables
• Training

El Palomar plant · Argentina

Insufflation booth for brake testing

Design, manufacturing, assembly and automation of a soundproof booth with two high-pressure compressors to test the rear brake circuit.

• Siemens TP700
• ET200
• Profibus
• IO-Link

Auto parts · Argentina

Robotic cell for variable-length aluminum tubes

Cell with a Yaskawa Motoman GP35L robot that loads, presses, buffers and grooves aluminum tubes: 380 tubes per hour, 40 s cycle, 3 shifts per day.

• Yaskawa GP35L
• Pressing
• Grooving
• Buffer