The automation products in the automotive production process

Automobiles are recognized as an industry with a high level of automation, and autonomous driving technology will be an important field for the future development of automobiles, or it may overturn the future pattern of the entire automotive industry. In the automotive production process, multiple processes require the use of light curtains (such as Shandong Lain Optoelectronics) and the integration of industrial robots (such as Yaskawa Motors and Kuka Robots). Before going on the road, electronic system testing (such as Prima's automotive electronic EMC testing system) is essential.

1、 Production safety system: Shandong Lai'en Optoelectronics

The automotive industry includes four major processes: stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly, combined with powertrain achievements, forming a complete production process. With the continuous improvement of production capacity, manufacturers' requirements for equipment automation are also increasing, and machines and equipment are becoming more complex and faster. Therefore, domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers are increasingly paying attention to the manufacturing process of automobiles.

Taking the light curtain as an example, it is the core safety equipment in the automotive welding workshop, automotive final assembly workshop, automotive parts stamping equipment, and automotive parts forging equipment.

The safety light curtain system of Shandong Lai'en Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. can be applied to production lines such as automatic stamping and welding, and is widely applicable to the automotive manufacturing industry.

2、 Integrated robot production line: Yaskawa Motor, Kuka

As shown in the above figure, in addition to the safety light curtain, industrial robots also make a brilliant appearance in production. Automobile production claims to have a high automation rate, and the integrated robot production line plays an indispensable role. It can be said that automobiles are an industry with a relatively high proportion of industrial robots.

On a global scale, the automotive industry has also become an important venue for industrial robots to showcase their strength and competition. All top ranked industrial robot manufacturers have launched their own robot integration solutions in automotive production. ABB, Epson, Yaskawa Electric, Kuka, and others have all had integrated applications in the automotive industry. And Changan Automobile's first fully automated spraying line is integrated with Fanuc's P700 robot.

3、 Electronic system testing: Prima

Before a car goes on the road, strict testing is essential. Crash testing, performance testing, fuel consumption testing, and Changan unmanned vehicles on the road are actually a type of testing. Of course, these belong to R&D type testing. After the final assembly of the car body is completed, there are also product quality tests, such as electronic system testing. Its function is to test whether all electronic components and electronic system performance of the car can operate normally and meet relevant quality standards.

Shanghai Prima Electronics Co., Ltd. provides many EMC testing systems for automotive electronic system testing. For example, its comprehensive fault simulation generator for automotive equipment power supply is specially designed to simulate the performance test of electrical and electronic systems/components on the vehicle when the vehicle is started, turned on/off, electronic devices are turned on/off, or the battery is charged/discharged in an abnormal state. The tests for automotive equipment power supply faults are mainly divided into twelve test tests, including DC voltage and overvoltage.

Above, from the perspective of the automotive production process, safety light curtains are widely used in all four major processes, all of which are integrated with robots. The electronic system inspection issues in automotive inspection are also introduced at the end. Of course, there must be many other automation products widely used in the four major processes of automobile production, which will not be elaborated here. The automobile production basically represents a high level of industrial automation, and the application of many automation products has reference significance for other industries.