1. Automobile Manufacturing Plant

2. ASSEMBLY PROCESS  The Parts  Start With the Frame  Installing the Parts  Engine and Transmission Installed  Building the Shell  Final Body Components  Inspection and Washing  Paint  The Inner Workings  The Shell and the Frame  Test the Car

3. COMPONENTS

4. Auto parts are supplied from owned plants or from independent plants

5. PROCESS FLOW

6. PROCESS FLOW continue…

7. STAMPING

8. CHASSIS

10. BODY Body is built on a separate assembly line from chassis The floor pan is the largest body component to which a multitude of panels and braces will subsequently be either welded or bolted. As it moves down the assembly line, held in place by clamping fixtures, the shell of the vehicle is built.

11. UNDERBODY

12. SIDE BODY

13. WELDING

14. BODY IN WHITE

15. PAINT

16. E-COAT

17. UNDERCOAT

18. WATERBORNE PAINT, OUTMODED

19. DRYING OVEN

20. PAINT, POWDER COAT

21. PAINT CONTROL ROOM

22. INTERIOR ASSEMBLY

23. TRIM LINE

25. WINDSHIELDS INSTALLED BY ROBOTS

26. BODY AND CHASSIS MATE

27. FINAL ASSEMBLY, TRIM: TIRES, BATTERIES, GASOLINE, ANTI-FREEZE

28. FINAL INSPECTION

29. CONTROL STRATEGY

30. CONTROL OBJECTIVE(s)

31. INPUT AND OUTPUT VARIABLES

32. CONSTRAINTS

33. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS

34. CONTROL STRUCTURE

35. CONVEYOR SPEED CONTROL WS SCRCM H G Idlers Motor SS WB

36. ROBOT CONTROL IN ASSEMBLY LINE Motion Planner controller Trajectory planner Robot Environment sensors

37. AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY PROCESS

38. REFERENCEs Discovery Channel Show: BMW Super Factory

39. THANK YOU