Built for prestige and power.
Jaguar
Aluminium foil
The aluminium foil ensembles that using in the kitchen, but this is over-sized.
Stamping Process
The underbody of Jaguar XK consists of three sections.
The Front-End, Center-Floor, and Rear-End.
Front-End
Front-End. Square beam structure made up the front end. Cantilever-Beam
It has been built for double duties.
Support the engine, and provide the stiffness for better handling.
Center-Floor
Transmission Tunnel
Expanding Ring to seal out the liquid and vapor.
Rear-End
The robot has multi-tasks. Punch the rivet and load the component.
Using the rivet to join the car body, instead of welding.
Center-Floor
Front-End
Side Panel
The side panel has not been bolt it up, so the technician bending the metal to
hold the side panel temporarily.
Rear Fender
Rear Fender
Roof
Geometric Rivet. Locking the car dimension.
They adjusted the aluminium panel by millimeter.
Make sure every parts is alignment.
Take the temperature of the car body. (Using the Laser Thermometer)
The spark begins to fly. Welding
Aluminium is far low melting point than steel, so it takes extreme precision to weld
without damaging the integrity of the part. Thankfully, the robot can be programmed to move perfect speed. Completely merging two sections without burning through the metal.
The technician must grind and polish the rear fender, until it looks as one piece metal.
Completely, it is invisible.
Coordinate Measure Machine.
Inspect every panel of car body is in perfect position.
Finish Monocoque. Body in White
290 Parts
385 FT Adhesive
2640 Rivets
Jaguar Visual Reality Center
3D Model.
Note that: Virginia Class Attack Submarine also used the visual reality design.
See National Geographic Channel: Ultimate Factories
Physical chair
Sit on the chair
Simulate the assembly line
Driveshaft
Suspension
Engage
Engage
Fire up
Ship out by rail.
[Highlights]
Visual Reality Center
[Questions]
All pictures were captured from "SPEEDMAKERS".
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