For a German sports car manufacturer IPTE has realized a manufacturing solution to for complete wheel and hinge bearing assemblies. The design, installation and commissioning was realized. This custom made solution was build up with a robot based pre-assembly cell and the main assembly line based on pallets. The tooling preparation for a new variant can be realized in cycle time. Two wheel bearings and two hinge bearings are needed for one car.

The main processes are:

• Pre-assembly: Z-bearing
• Pre-assembly: heating unit and bearing assembly for wheel bearing and hinge bearing
• Pre-assembly: screwing wheel bearing
• Pre-assembly: break shoe
• Pre-assembly: adjusting device for fixing break
• Carrier transfer system
• Assembling of ABS break sensor, actuator, cover plates, fixing break
• Joining / assembling of boss and brake disk
• Automatic camera inspection
• Measurement of axial run-out
• Screwing break calliper