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Automotive manufacturing alive and well

Manufacturer's Monthly

When Ford moved manufacturing offshore, you might think that was the end of Premcar – but you would be wrong. To this day Premcar remains a go-to partner for global car manufacturers – the company currently assembles the premium Nissan Navara Warrior and Nissan Patrol Warrior at its site in Epping.

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Automotive Additive Manufacturing Applications

Additive Manufacturing

From initial use as a prototyping tool to additive manufacturing’s role as an enabler for electrification, mobility, and more, the automotive industry is accelerating additive manufacturing. John Rupp: Where are you seeing AM being used in automotive sector? Indirect manufacturing like jigs, fixtures, robots, etc.,

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‘Gamechanger’ technique cuts automotive manufacturing costs

E&T

A new casting technology makes it possible to cast aluminium bolts with small diameters and high-quality surface properties which enables the metal to be used directly in the manufacture of parts such as suspension components in cars. It also results in fewer defects and gives the raw material a high-quality surface finish.

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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

based Figure AI signed an agreement with BMW Manufacturing to test its 01 humanoid at the car maker’s plant in Spartanburg, S.C. BMW Manufacturing employs 11,000 people at its 8 million-sq.-ft. BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., Sunnyvale, Calif.-based

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Automotive still thriving in Australia

Manufacturer's Monthly

For this month’s SEMMA member profile, Manufacturers’ Monthly learnt more about the Nissan Node project and the relationship between the Nissan Casting Australia Plant and SEMMA. Robinson explained that much of the components manufactured in NCAP’s Dandenong site will find its way back to Australia in the Nissans sold locally.

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Vital EV fits Britain’s most powerful chargers at Millbrook

SMMT

Vital EV has installed the first liquid-cooled 400kW Kempower Satellite Chargers in the UK at the UTAC Millbrook automotive test site in Bedfordshire. Meanwhile, the two 400kW chargers are fitted with liquid-cooled cables which are rated to 500A and capable of 500kW short-term boost.

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Five minutes with… Matthias Zink, CEO Automotive Technologies at Schaeffler AG

SMMT

That is why our strategy is to develop and manufacture a mix of energy- and resource-efficient powertrain solutions for a wide range of applications. The electric axle also features insert-unit wheel bearings that have been fitted into cast housings to form wheel bearing units, mounted onto the axle, and then clamped in place.