Production line for camera systems for commercial vehicles
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- Production of six different variants on one system
- EOL tester
- Continuous oven for two different operations
Numerous variants in one production line
A manufacturer of vision systems in the commercial vehicle sector has opted for a system from PIA to install and test reversing and environmental camera systems.
The PIA customer supplies its platform cameras in six different variants to manufacturers of trucks and vans, agricultural and construction machinery, fire engines and municipal vehicles, among others.
Integrating the customer's wide range of variants into the operation of a fully automated system was just one of the challenges facing PIA. To ensure that the cameras are durable, their housings are filled with a two-component resin. This serves to reliably insulate them electrically and prevent the ingress of moisture and dirt. To harden the casting resin, the assemblies pass through a continuous oven after casting. This process takes place twice in the production sequence: after pre-assembly of the sensor heads and for the final assembly. PIA has designed the system so that the continuous oven for hardening the casting resin is used for both processes. This saves costs for the customer as well as space during plant construction.
Compact system concept impresses customers
The PIA system is divided into nine production steps: from pre-assembly of the sensor heads to end-of-line testing of leak tightness, function, and optics. The leak test at the end of production is carried out on a part of the system installed by PIA, while the functional and optical tests are carried out by a third-party company using PIA's feeding and electrical contacting systems.
"Our customer was particularly impressed by the small footprint of our system concept, which uses the continuous oven twice. They therefore chose PIA as their partner for the construction of the new production line. We are particularly pleased that the well-thought-out system concept and the partnership-based project management have made us the customer's A-supplier,"
Sina Hölzer, Project Manager at PIA.
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