Hyundai Chennai Plant: After seeing the cars, this thought must have come to your mind that how are these cars made? We only see the launch of the car and find it parked in the showroom. But making a car is a complex process, which is done through human effort and machines.
ABP News gathered information about how a car is made and takes shape by visiting Hyundai Motor India’s Chennai plant. We saw the entire process of building the new Alcazar. Also talked to Chief Manufacturing Officer Gopal Krishnan, who oversees production, supply chain and quality management.
Hyundai’s Chennai plant
Hyundai Motor India’s plant located in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, is very big and is spread over 540 acres. Many vehicles including New Alcazar, Creta, Creta N Line, Venue, Venue N Line, Exeter, i20 and Verna are manufactured in this plant of Hyundai. In this plant of Hyundai, about 8,24,000 units are manufactured in a year.
We also saw in this plant how the manufacturing of a car starts. In today’s time, it takes a total of 4 to 4.5 hours to make any one car and in the future, this time may be even less.
How is a car made?
There are more than 300 robots in this Hyundai plant and automatic manufacturing has simplified the process of making cars. Making a car starts with a steel shop, where steel coils are cut into different shapes. After this these pieces go to T2 press station and after that they are sent to panel conception station.
After this we went to the bodyshop, where the side assembly of the Alcazar was being made. After this we reached the panoramic sunroof station, where 7 robots were working on this car. Here welding was being done on the doors, fenders and tailgate of the car. The car is sent to the paint shop for final assembly.
In the final assembly itself, 6 airbags as well as the dashboard are fitted in the car. There is also an ADAS calibration zone, where Level 2 ADAS is connected. An exclusive quality gatekeeper is deployed for all lines, who checks the car thoroughly. In this, after the vehicle is made, its road testing is also done.
Robots make Hyundai cars
Chief Manufacturing Officer Gopal Krishnan said that our focus is on cost cutting, improving efficiency and processes as well as increasing the quality level. In today’s digital age, these technologies can also be leveraged in the manufacturing process. When Hyundai was launched in 1998, automation in body shape was only 20 percent, but now it has become 100 percent.
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