FAW-Volkswagen Boosts Battery Production with Over 100 KUKA Robots

More than 100 KUKA robots weld, glue or pack in the MED Smart Factory. © KUKA Group

(IN BRIEF) FAW-Volkswagen is using over 100 KUKA robots to increase battery pack production at its Fo-shan facility in southern China. The MEB Smart Factory produces up to 300,000 battery packs per year for the all-electric MEB platform. The factory is an important reference point for Volkswagen Group’s electric vehicles and features automation, smart production, and digitalization. The battery pack production line is automated with welding and packaging lines, testing equipment, and logistics facilities. KUKA robots are deployed to perform welding, gluing, and packaging tasks to fully automate the packaging process.

(PRESS RELEASE) AUGSBURG, 4-May-2023 — /EuropaWire/ —  KUKA (ETR: KU2), one of the world’s leading suppliers of industrial robots and systems for factory automation and part of Midea Group, announces that FAW-Volkswagen has ramped up its production of battery packs in Fo-shan, southern China, with more than 100 KUKA robots deployed to assist with welding, gluing, and packaging. As part of the “MEB Smart Factory,” the facility produces up to 300,000 battery packs annually for the all-electric MEB platform. The factory is a reference point for the Volkswagen Group’s electric vehicles, incorporating automation, smart production, and digitalization. The factory has achieved an impressive 82 percent level of automation.

The battery pack production line comprises welding and packaging lines, testing equipment, and logistics facilities. KUKA robots, including the KR QUANTEC, KR FORTEC, and KR titan families, work together to fully automate the packaging process. They also weld and glue the automated welding line for battery cases.

FAW-Volkswagen established its Foshan branch in December 2011, which has since become a crucial part of the FAW Group’s development strategy in southern China. The MEB Smart Factory is the latest addition, alongside four other major production facilities dedicated to stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly.

More Details: Here you will find more details about the battery pack production of FAWVolkswagen in Foshan, China.

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Ulrike Götz
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SOURCE: KUKA AG