Today's automobile manufacturing "rivers and lakes" can be described as changeable, the needs of the majority of car enthusiasts are varied, and the competition between manufacturers is becoming increasingly fierce. In the past, the rigid production mode of high cost and "bulky" switch is no longer popular, and if you want to occupy a place in the fierce competition, the effort of "overcoming rigidity with softness" is essential.
Taking automobile body welding as an example, in order to improve the accuracy, quality and efficiency of body welding, the welding production line often adopts flexible design, which can not only make the production line suitable for a variety of models, but also save a lot of costs caused by the upgrading of models.
When a well-known car company built its new energy vehicle production base, it considered enhancing the flexibility of its main line and conveyor line of commercial vehicle welding line to improve the flexibility of the production line and reduce costs and increase efficiency. But how to meet the co-production of three platform models at the same time, and achieve the expectation of an annual output of 200,000 new energy intelligent urban commercial vehicles? How can this flexible production line planning and design problem be solved with the help of RFID technology and secure door locks from Balluff?
In response to the needs of the commercial vehicle welding production line at the company's manufacturing base, Balluff provided a set of customized RFID solutions to identify different vehicle models and component categories through RFID technology, helping the production line to achieve flexible switching between multiple models and different welding processes, thereby improving production efficiency and automation rate.
The RFID solution is based on a combination of high-quality products such as BNI004U, BIS0102 and BIS0046, which not only have long communication distances, but also offer flexible adaptability and good device scalability:
IO-Link communication is adopted, the communication distance can reach up to 20m, and the IO-Link master module supports a variety of mainstream bus protocols, and has a variety of diagnostic functions such as short circuit and overload, which can also be applied in harsh welding environments.
The read/write heads, which support a variety of mounting methods and read/write distances, are extremely flexible and can fully meet the needs of different welding processes. In addition, other ports of the master can be connected to a variety of IO-Link smart devices, providing enterprises with a comprehensive solution for welding line applications.
Today, thanks to Balluff's product technology, the company's commercial vehicle welding line at the company's manufacturing site can effectively track the welding process and record the process parameters, enabling electronic work order operations and data traceability in the welding process, and making the entire welding manufacturing process more flexible. At the same time, they contribute to the creation of an automated, digitalized and intelligent resource-saving and environmentally-friendly factory at the manufacturing site.
After seeing the successful application of RFID technology from Balluff in the welding line of commercial vehicles today, have you "planted" our product solutions? As a leading manufacturer of sensors, Balluff is committed to providing innovative and proven automation solutions to its global partners to help them realize their corporate value. In addition to the automotive field, our high-quality product technology also plays an important role in machine tools, metallurgy and other industries.
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