Automotive

Capital intensive automobile manufacturing plants produce a large volume of high quality vehicles. But they also must be flexible to handle a wide variety of rapidly changing models. Only the most versatile, reliable, and  ergonomic equipment is used in modern automotive plants – and that is exactly where you will find Conductix-Wampfler products.

In the early stages of manufacture, electric  overhead traveling cranes ( EOT) handle steel coils, foundry parts, and raw materials.  Transfer cars take tooling and materials to and from the presses in the press shop. Components are transferred by  Electrified Monorail Systems ( EMS) to the body shop, where “bodies in white” (BIW) take shape.  EMS or powered  skid conveyors move raw car bodies to the paint shop. Large scale  Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems ( AS/RS) provide a storage buffer for just-in-time sequencing of assemblies.  Automated guided vehicles ( AGV) and rail guided vehicles (RGV) are used at the drive train pre-assembly lines and at the “marriage line” (chassis decking). In final assembly,  EMS and conveyors operate under the ceiling, while  skillet lines work at floor level. Assembly workers need workstations, hoists, tool balancers, and tool transports for required tools, as well as electric and pneumatic power to operate them.