All automotive manufacturing, welding, assembly, and material handling processes can benefit from automated equipment. Most commonly, automation involves integrating robotics into key areas to save time, increase capacity, and protect employees from dangerous conditions and repetitive labour. Car part producers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) use robotics and vision for welding, assembly, inspection, and testing. Automation is flexible and evolving. There are still many more opportunities to integrate automation to optimize car manufacturing processes.
Automation can be deployed in automotive assembly lines for riveting, fastening, or snapping together parts big and small. Pairing robotics and vision is ideal for optimizing product assembly lines. Companies have successfully optimized their lines for glass installation and urethane application, assembly component bonding, and material handling parts. The benefits include reducing labour costs, reaching new throughput goals, and increasing quality.