AutoMOTIVE 5 - (Page 86) abb.qxd 24/11/06 12:09 pm Page 86 A LONG WAY FROM WHEELBARROWS AND BATH TUBS ABB has launched a new robot, and a new generation of rotary atomisers, that makes car body painting more efficient, whilst reducing the environmental impact. Sam Ogle visited the ABB factory in Bryne, Norway to see the new robot in action. Bryne is a small, unremarkable, rural town in south- wheelbarrows. So successful did this prove that Tralfa west Norway, some 20 minutes drive from Stavanger. It decided to go into production of the new technology was in these somewhat surprising surroundings that and, in 1969, the first industrial spray painting robots the world's first paint robot was manufactured by Trallfa were delivered to Sweden for use in the enamelling of - now ABB in 1969. This year, the company delivered bath tubs. Today, ABB counts Ford, Mazda, General i t s ten thousandth robot to Changan Ford Mazda Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Renault, Lear, Faurecia, ZF and Automobile Company in Nanjing, China. Tower amongst its customer base of leading industrial The Swiss-based ABB Group is the world's leading n a m e s. manufac turer of paint robots. The Group, organised The driving force behind the first use of robots was into five divisions, power products, power systems, the need to reduce manual labour costs, says Anders automation products, process automation and robotics, Jonsson, head of ABB's robotics division and a member employs some 107,000 people in around 100 countries of the Group's executive committee. Today, the real and produced $22.4 billion in revenue last year. The fo c u s is on improving process quality through robotics division accounted for $1.7 billion of the total application-specific expertise. It is also important to t u r n ove r, half of which was in Europe with North re m ove operators from hazardous areas. The America responsible for 35 percent and Asia 15 percent. improvement in manufacturing flexibility also requires The ever-increasing use of robots has been a feature the increased use of robots. o f modern automotive manufacturing. The world Since their first use on wheelbarrows back in 1967, market for robotics is worth $7-9 billion with an average paint robots have slowly but steadily penetrated the growth of six to eight percent. The automotive industry automotive industry. Initially, the drivers were mainly to accounted for 59 percent of last year's global robotics do with increased productivity and greater consistency revenues and is comfortably the largest end user. of quality. Today's concern is largely cost; the cost of ABB Norway is responsible for the robotic division's capital investment, utilities and materials, maintenance research and development and the manufacturing of a n d personnel. Automotive customers have clear coating robot systems and it was here, in Bryne in 1967, expec tations of the robotics providers. They want to see that the first prototype robot was used for painting a reduction of the spray booth footprint, with less 86 Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AutoMOTIVE 5 Editors Note News Here For The Long Haul Halewood. Rebirth of a Car Plant Safety First Focus on Flexibility A Prophet Without Honour? Chrysler Cuts It Four Ways A MINI For All Reasons Porsche Plans Continuous Logistics Improvement Flawless, Consistent Execution Ford's European Supplier Parks Deliver Lean Manufacturing Efficiencies Cheap and Cheerful Onwards and Upwards Schrader and Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems Take the Pressure No Faults Forward A Long Way From Wheelbarrows and Bath Tubs A New Era in US/Japanese Cooperation A Dialogue of the Deaf AutoMOTIVE 5 AutoMOTIVE 5 - (Page 1) AutoMOTIVE 5 - (Page 2) AutoMOTIVE 5 - (Page 3) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Editors Note (Page 4) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Editors Note (Page 5) AutoMOTIVE 5 - News (Page 6) AutoMOTIVE 5 - News (Page 7) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 8) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 9) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 10) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 11) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 12) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 13) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 14) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 15) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 16) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Here For The Long Haul (Page 17) AutoMOTIVE 5 - Halewood. 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