High-volume production of engine cradle assemblies for passenger cars
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Lighter, more cost-effective, and faster: Hydroforming is setting new standards in the high-volume production of vehicle components. As an example: For the production of engine cradles with conventional technologies half-shell parts typically have to be welded together. Hydroforming permits the manufacture of a new generation of engine cradles in one piece and with fewer steps, higher production rates, consistent wall thickness, greater rigidity and strength as well as a more complex shape.Schuler eingineered and delivered a high-volume hydroforming manufacturing line for engine cradles for the Adam Opel plant in Bochum, Germany. The line consists of a tube sorting unit, two bending machines, a station for the application of lubricants, a pre-form press, two hydroforming presses, a mechanical end trimming unit as well as a washing station and finished part unloading. The complete production line was turned over to the customer as a turnkey system. The fully automated line can be seen in operation in the short demonstration video available here.
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An engine cradle for several different platforms
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High-volume production of engine cradle assemblies at Opel