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Old 11-27-2019, 12:16 PM   #34 (permalink)
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ease of manufacturing

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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
The ease of manufacturing is still to be debated. This is Elon we are talking about. Remember the 3 piece wheel tub and that we are talking about making parts of some sort of stainless. Whole different forming and machine processes than cold roll.

A couple of one off's is very different than making 10,000 identical items in a short time.
I've watched some programs on automotive manufacturing,and some of the body stamping operations required three different sets of tooling and separate operations in order to achieve the final degree of draw in the metal before clamping and robotic welding operations could commence.
I'm not a manufacturing engineer,but I suspect that their are inherent cost savings if body shaping operations can be limited to a single operation,even with quick-change dies as Fiat Chrysler uses in RAM pickup truck fabrication.
If hydro-forming is involved,the tooling would be a fraction of conventional tooling cost.Anyone with a subscription to Ward's Automotive will probably already know.
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