TRAVAGLIATO, Italy : By replacing around 60 welded components with a single module, gigantic aluminium die casting machines made by the likes of Tesla supplier IDRA Group are helping carmakers to simplify manufacturing and cut costs by up to 40 per cent in some areas. Tesla has pioneered the use of mass
TRAVAGLIATO, Italy : By replacing around 60 welded components with a single module, gigantic aluminium die casting machines made by the likes of Tesla supplier IDRA Group are helping carmakers to simplify manufacturing and cut costs by up to 40 per cent in some areas.
"The basic idea was to provide a technology that could simplify the car production process," IDRA general manager Riccardo Ferrario told Reuters in an interview at the company's headquarters in Travagliato, northern Italy."You need to make the rest cost less," Ferrario said. Aluminium is prized for its light weight, and is also used for other car parts including engines. The average content of the metal in European produced cars rose 20 per cent to 179 kilograms in the three years to 2019, and is expected to increase to almost 200 kilograms by 2025, a study commissioned by lobby group European Aluminium shows.
Tesla already operates gigapresses in all its facilities, including in Gruenheide, near Berlin, where it says it can churn out a Model Y in 10 hours - about three times faster than electric cars built by competitors. Front and rear underbodies cast by gigapresses are now combined with battery packs to form a three-piece chassis for BEVs.
"Fixing design flaws is much easier with a body made up of several small parts rather than a single module," he said.
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