ABB Robotics and SAIC Volkswagen formally signed an agreement to provide advanced robot painting solutions for Volkswagen's first new energy vehicle factory in Shanghai Anting. The plant is built on Volkswagen's modular pure electric platform and is designed for mass production of electric vehicles.
SAIC-Volkswagen's new energy vehicle factory has a total construction area of approximately 610,000 square meters and will be located in Anting, Shanghai. It is planned to be completed and put into production in 2020. The planned annual production capacity is 300,000 vehicles. It will produce Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda and other brands in the future. Various new electric SUV models.
This is ABB's first large-scale automated painting project for SAIC Volkswagen. According to the agreement, ABB Robotics will provide SAIC-Volkswagen New Energy Automotive Plant with spraying and gluing solutions including nearly 300 robots, including outer surface spraying, interior spraying, underbody coating, interior coating, and interior panel wax spraying. , Covering all three automated coating production lines at the new plant.
An Shiming, President of ABB's Robotics and Discrete Automation Division, said:
We are proud to support China's fast-growing electric vehicle market and extend our cooperation with Volkswagen to help it expand its electric vehicle production capacity. This is also recognition of ABB's entire electric vehicle field, especially ABB's robotic automation technology, which is supported by ABB's global application centers in China, Europe and the United States.
Mr. Chen Hong, Chairman of SAIC Group, said:
At present, the automotive industry is undergoing unprecedented changes, and electrification and digitalization have become an inevitable trend. SAIC Volkswagen is actively participating in this change. The new energy vehicle plant is an important part of SAIC-Volkswagen's strategic layout for the future. In the future, the new energy vehicle plant will become a SAIC-Volkswagen's intelligent, flexible, and agile electric vehicle production base, bringing Chinese consumers a variety of advanced technology and reliable performance options.
With a total investment of 17 billion yuan, this new plant is a modern green benchmarking factory that integrates intelligent manufacturing and environmental protection technologies such as water saving, energy saving and carbon emission reduction. The solution provided by ABB meets the "2010v process standard" of the public, saving energy and protecting the environment. The no-coating process used can increase the utilization rate of coatings and reduce waste.
Compared with the traditional coating process, the dry paint mist absorption system is used instead of the water circulation system. The paint mist is absorbed by the circulating air and limestone to avoid water loss and waste water generation. The proportion of air circulation is up to 95%, limestone can be recycled, which can save up to 60% of energy, and the emissions of organic solvents will also be reduced by 63%.
At the same time, the rapid motion acceleration of the ABB robot, the fine flow control of the atomizer, and the rich experience of the engineering team have made the total coating of the three coating lines reach 120JPH. In addition, all ABB robots will be able to access the ABB AbilityTM digital platform Prepare for the future digital layout of the plant.
China is a big country in automobile production. In recent years, the automobile industry is rapidly moving towards electrification and intelligent development. As one of China's well-known and long-established automotive joint ventures, SAIC Volkswagen is actively expanding into the field of new energy vehicles.
In late October 2018, SAIC Volkswagen's first new energy vehicle, the Tiguan L plug-in hybrid model, was officially launched. Passat plug-in hybrid models and Langyi pure electric models will also be launched one after another. The start of the new energy vehicle plant marks another solid step for SAIC Volkswagen to become a leader in electric vehicles.
ABB and sustainable transportation
Facing the changing Chinese automotive industry, ABB is also actively expanding its technology and capabilities to support the construction of a future-oriented and sustainable transportation system in China. In addition to providing solutions for new energy vehicle production processes, in the field of DC fast charging, ABB has installed a total of 10,500 fast charging piles in 73 countries around the world, and all of them have been networked.
At the same time, ABB is also the title partner of the FIA Formula E Championship, providing advanced technology to expand the boundaries of electric transportation technology. The 2018-2019 season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Hong Kong, China and Sanya, Hainan Province were successfully held in March.
History of cooperation between ABB Robot and SAIC Volkswagen
Since entering the Chinese market in 1994, ABB ’s first order in China has come from SAIC Volkswagen (formerly Shanghai Volkswagen). At that time, ABB provided six spot welding robots for the total assembly station of the Santana model production line, which significantly improved production. Efficiency and quality.
For more than two decades, ABB has provided SAIC-Volkswagen with a series of advanced spraying and welding solutions, and also built multiple coating production lines for another Volkswagen joint venture in China, FAW-Volkswagen, involving more than one robot. Thousands. The cooperation reached on the Volkswagen Global New Energy Vehicle Plant project is a milestone development of the cooperation relationship between ABB Robotics and SAIC Volkswagen.
In the future, the two sides will carry out more comprehensive and in-depth cooperation to promote the transformation of the automotive industry towards electrification and intelligentization, and lead the future travel changes.