Integrating QMS into Robotic Welding and Painting Process in a Leading Car Manufacturer with ATS Global's solutions

December 24, 2019

Cars manufacturing


Purpose

  • Perfect robotic welding and painting process
  • Automated self-correction manufacturing and quality process
  • High quality assembly weld with no defects

Project Scope

  • Automated validation for the quality of welding and painting processes
  • Enable manufacturing traceability for each component and system
  • Create a centralized repository for attribute and dimensional data

Solution Approach

  • Capture all the data generated, no matter the type or source
  • Comprehensive analysis of existing equipment and QMS, producing actionable reports
  • Used ATS ADOS – Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 Suite
  • Design to roll-out ownership of integrated robotic manufacturing

Results

  • Streamlining data to a central data location
  • 2% improvement in overal quality of robotic operations
  • Enable the robotic stations for Smart Digital Transformation
  • 10% Reduction in scrap rate due end-to-end traceability

Systems, Tools & Services Expertise

  • ATS ADOS
  • ATS BUS
  • ATS Inspect
  • ATS CM4D
  • 24/7 Support Services