After being stuck in the German bureaucracy for a long time, Tesla managed to inaugurate the Gigafactory in Berlin about a year ago: today the production line is able to churn out approx 3,000 Model Y units per week (150,000 units per year) but the intent of Musk and associates is to further increase production, up to a quarter of a million of cars produced each year.
To achieve this goal it is essential to refine the production line as much as possible and in this aspect i robot play a fundamental role: now widely used by all car manufacturers, robots take care of a large part of the heavy work such as the production of body panels – 13 in all, produced thanks to a 7300 ton force press – and the next welding operated by about 600 robots. Tesla used to need 70 different parts to make the underbody cover but now, thanks to the giant press, he can make a one-of-a-kind piece in one fell swoop.
In the body shop, stamped parts & chassis castings are welded together by 600+ robots. Each car body is then lifted into the paint shop by one of the largest industrial robots ever, named Godzilla pic.twitter.com/n5jGXhmLkB
—Tesla (@Tesla) February 13, 2023
It is precisely at this moment that it comes into play Godzillathe imposing robotic arm that takes care of moving the assembled bodies from the molding department to the one dedicated to painting: it is a Fanuc M-2000iA lift already widely used by car manufacturers.
Once this crucial step is completed the car reaches the general assembly part, where all the interior are assembled and installed on the car, plus all theelectronics hey engines; all this takes place in about 20 automated stations with the support of about 1000 workers who work in shifts to maximize Model Y production. Tesla claims Gigafactory Berlin is the one with the greater number of personnel and also for this reason it aims to significantly increase production compared to the current one.
If you are curious to take a peek at what is happening inside the German Tesla factory, we advise you to take a look at all the clips posted on the company’s Twitter page.
