Phase | Item | Description | Deliverables |
Phase-I Engineering Design | Analysis of assembly process | Feasibility Analysis of Welding Process | Analysis Report for Assembly of Welding Parts |
Interference inspection of parts assembly |
Feasibility analysis of welding process | Define parts connection mode (steel spot welding, aluminum spot
welding, CO2 shielded welding, SPR, FDS, Flexweld, Bolt, etc.) | Report for Feasibility Analysis of Welding Process |
Analysis and determination of the quantity, size and surface
quality of welding spots |
Analysis of welding overlap |
Define gluing method and area |
Weldability Analysis | Analyze and optimize the methods of welding between parts (manual
welding, automatic welding, robot welding or laser welding, etc.) | Weldability Analysis Report |
Feasibility analysis of projection welding nut, stud and spot
welding |
Analysis on the number of welding spots and the human-machine
operability of welding parts |
Phase-II Engineering Design | Partitioning of car body structure | Establish assembly strategy | Family Tree |
Analysis of partitioned sub-assembly structure |
Analysis of Positioning and Clamping Points | Analysis of locating hole | PLP document |
Analysis of locating surface |
Definition and analysis of support clamping surface |
Welding Process Planning | Analysis on the loading sequence of parts | Process Planning Scheme |
Analyze and optimize the operation content and realization form of
each station |
Process design (work sequence, welding content, welding position,
welding quantity, standard working time, equipment and fixture) |
Layout plan and workshop logistics design (define and optimize
workshop station layout, process flow and logistics) | Layout |
Analysis of operation man-hour (analyze the cycle time and balance
of each station, define the number of workers at each station and
adjust the work content of each station) | Cycle Time |
Phase-III Engineering Design | Simulation | Selection & simulation of robot, welding gun and other process
equipment | Simulation |
Simulation of joining process accessibility |
Logistics simulation | Simulation and verification of the cycle time and output of
production line | Plant Simulation |
verification of the buffer quantity between and within production
lines |
3D design | 3D structure design | 3D |
Design of conveying (between lines, within lines, equipment
switching, etc.) |
Multi-vehicle flexible switching assembly structure |