Barcelona factory which uses 2,000 ‘dancing’ robots to build its cars
ROBO-BOP Inside SEAT’s Barcelona factory which uses 2,000
‘dancing’ robots to build its motors
The Spanish motor giant's production line is a thing of
beauty as its army of robots work in perfect harmony
By Dan Elsom 8th May 2018, 10:26 am Updated: 8th May
2018, 10:55 am
SPANISH car giant SEAT has opened up its factory to show
fans how the motors are made - and it's truly mesmerising.
The automaker uses around 2,000 robots to build each of
its cars at the Barcelona factory and they work in perfect synchronisation.
The "dancing" robots link together in a neat
harmony to ensure a new car body is built to precision every 68 seconds.
The company employs more than 7,000 members of staff at
its Martorell production facility near Barcelona.
But the state-of-the-art factory robots are at the centre
of the production line.
The mechanical workforce move vertically and horizontally
on rails and can perform 720 degree turns.
They range from one to seven metres in length, can handle
weights of up to 700kg and work on up to 2,300 parts daily - all with perfect
dance-like timing.
The robots help relieve human colleagues of repetitive
work and heavy lifting, but they are also capable of more sophisticated roles.
The intelligent tech can perform tasks like welding,
bolting, applying adhesives and measuring possible body faults of up to
two-tenths of a millimetre with their measuring sensors.
And while the robots work, a team of 390 staff keep an
eye on the needs of the facilities, ensuring they are operating correctly.
SEAT has now released a video showcasing the robots in
action as they "dance" to classical music.
The Martorell factory, which is the size of 400 football
fields, is celebrating its 25th birthday this year - with almost ten million
vehicles rolling off the production line over the past quarter-of-a-century.
In 2017, SEAT achieved worldwide sales of nearly 470,000
vehicles.
Martorell is one of the biggest car production facilities
in Europe.
While car sales in the UK have fallen significantly this
year SEAT is one of the few firms to buck the trend - with registrations up 14
per cent in 2018.
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