Audi 2015 Annual Report Download - page 46

IN ADDITION TO TOOLS, AUDI TOOL-
MAKING ALSO DEVELOPS EQUIPMENT
AND FACILITIES for the Audi Q
production lines it shares with the
A model family.
On the path toward the e cient Smart
Factory, human-robot cooperation is
becoming increasingly important. In the
assembly area, robots work with people
without extensive safety devices. So the
Smart Factory is not devoid of people.
In the case of the Audi Q, these robots
are already assisting workers at various
stations.
03 // THE TOP SECTION, WEIGHING
TONS, COMES CLOSER AND CLOSER.
Inexorably, it encloses the sheet metal
blank and then immediately releases
it. A tense moment. Then a sigh of
relief : hardly any deviations.
The tool is further optimized in the
work-in press. This process is known
as “inking” : When two components
are pressed together until the surfaces
designed to make contact do so as fully
as possible.
An employee coats the sheet metal
part with a colored dye and places it in
the lower tool cavity. When the tool
PHOTOS : Klaus Mellenthin, AUDI AG
The Audi Q2 is not yet available on the market.
It does not yet have Whole Vehicle Type Approval and is therefore not subject to Directive 1999/94/EC.