Traditionally, the automotive industry has been the largest employer of robots. We look at a couple of robot applications in their spiritual home! Jaguar Cars has transformed its traditional car body seam sealing, soundproofing and under-body sealing operations at its Castle Bromwich plant, by installing an automated six-axis ABB robot-based facility. Installation of the robots began in February 2005 and the facility, which has a throughput of 43 vehicles per hour, has been in full operation since June 2005. It is fully automated, with no operator intervention required during normal operating conditions. Operation of the facility is split into three 'sealing' stations. It can process the complete range of Jaguar car bodies - including the XK sports car, the S Type and the XJ saloon, both standard and long wheel base.
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