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It is all a question of reliability
A KUKA robot drills and installs fasteners in aircraft components at Stork Fokker

Dexterity to rival the human hand
For the series production of washing machine drums, the company Fried was looking for a solution that could guarantee a very high level of automation and high availability. All production cells used in the past for this kind of component were implemented with many manual activities and did not meet with the expectations of the company.

Automatic insertion of screws in plastic vehicle members
Hybrid designs, because they combine cost-effective deep drawing with injection molding, make it possible to produce complex, ready-to-install components in just a few steps.

Gluing of automotive add-on components: a growing trend
Instead of being fastened using screws or clips, automotive add-on components made of plastic are increasingly simply being glued onto the car body using double-sided tape. The gluing of components, such as body side moldings, as well as being more cost-effective is in most cases able to offer better joining quality.

Body shop Mercedes-Benz A-Class
DaimlerChrysler’s Mercedes A-class body shop employs a variety of joining processes. For example, about 3,900 spot welds have to be made on 290 different sheet metal parts. DaimlerChrysler was looking to automate these processes through the use of robots; at the top of the priority list were short cycle times, which required high acceleration capability.