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Automotive

For more than 25 years ASAI has been carrying out industrial automation projects to commission installations for the main vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers.

Collaborative robot inspecting a car body on an automotive line

Our long experience in the sector allows us to optimise the different stages of the production process:

  • Improved cycle times.
  • Reduced downtime.
  • Better program diagnostics.
  • Improved communication between equipment.
  • Optimised robot paths for greater efficiency.

Customers in the sector

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Vehicle manufacturing stages

We have installed and commissioned, upgraded or retrofitted large production lines at the different stages of vehicle manufacturing.

  1. Press line

    • Robotic depalletising and palletising cell.
    • Press-to-press robot cells.
  2. Assembly lines

    • Seat handling robots.
    • Robots for inserting spare wheels, batteries, windows, axles…
    • Collaborative robots for screwdriving and handling in final assembly.
    • Floor conveyors.
    • Overhead conveyors and electrified monorail systems.
  3. Robotic lines with various technologies

    • Resistance spot welding
    • MIG-MAG welding
    • Stud welding
    • Clinching
    • Roller hemming
    • Handling
    • Dispensing
    • Screwdriving
    • Component assembly
  4. Flexible assembly lines (FMS)

    • For axles, steering arms, subframes, engines, seats…
    • Screwdriving technology.
    • Bearing insertion.
    • Steering ball joint insertion.
    • Circlip insertion.
    • Pin insertion.
  5. Traceability and testing

    • In welding
    • Screwdriving systems
    • Insertion systems
    • Electrical testing
  6. Quality control

    • 3D machine vision inspection of weld seams.
    • Gap & Flush: gap and flush control of moving parts on the car body.

Programming standards

We work to the programming standards of the main vehicle manufacturers: general standards common to the industry, such as Sicar (Siemens), or OEM-specific ones:

  • GM-Opel: Legacy, Global Standard 2 and 3
  • VW Group: Polo A02, A03, VAAS
  • Mercedes-Benz: NCV2…
  • BMW

Fixtures

We design and manufacture the fixtures needed to complete our automation projects in the automotive sector.

  • Resistance welding fixtures
  • MIG-MAG welding fixtures
  • Leak test cell fixtures
  • Fixtures for inserting steering ball joints, bearings, circlips, multiple parts, etc.
Fixture manufactured by ASAI for BMW
Fixture manufactured by ASAI for BMW
Fixture manufactured by ASAI for Opel
Fixture manufactured by ASAI for Opel

Watch an example of our work on an automotive line.

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