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Latest trends in Automation for Automotive
Industry - case studies

Ninth ARC India Forum, Pune August, 2011
Achieving Operational Excellence Through IT and Automation
Solutions
Elmar Zimmerling
Account Management
B&R
Elmar.Zimmerling@br-automation.com
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Facts
The automotive industry is driving new
automation concepts, new control
technologies and advanced
communication as a trendsetter


This also affects other industries and
thus the automation in the whole


Many machine builders are indirectly
connected with the automotive industry


B&R offers solutions for economic and
sustainable automation - best suitable
for the Indian Automotive Industry
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B&R at Daimler
Daimler brochure::
Overview about usage of B&R systems at Daimler R&D
End of Line Tester

Universal battery tester
for hybrid batteries

Based entirelly on B&R
automation system,
including UDS protocol
library (diagnostics) and
integrated safety

standardization and
introduction to all relevant
Daimler production sites
worldwide e-mobility
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100% function check
highest product quality

B&R is the chosen supplier for
the automation base for
Daimlers EOL tester for vehicle
batteries, said Mr. Fink,
Daimler Manager R&D


Further applications with hybrid
gear boxes are following again
with B&R base.

Daimler Engineers develop with
Automation Studio,
the unique B&R Engineering Tool

B&R at Daimler
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Benefits of B&R Automation Studio
Supports the implementation of your idea
Enables efficient engineering
Seamless integration of B&R products
Openness to third party manufacturer
Highest level of reusability
Investment security of software

Automation Software Philosophy:

Reliability
Independency
Consistency
Everything in one hand and out of one hand!
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B&R in Automotive
Industrial PC & Panels

Long-standing worldwide
reputation in the
automotive manufacturing

Excellent value for money

Long-term availability and
designed for minimum
energy consumption

Built-in Maintenance
Controller
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B&R in Automotive
typical use cases

Visualization as operator
panels in body shop, paint
shop, assembly lines,


High-Performance PLC, with
optional integration of CNC
and Robot kinematics


Server for Process Control
Applications

conclusion
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OEMs trust in B&R
body shop, Audi HQ Ingolstadt

300 B&R Panel PC as a standardized operator Panel
in AUDI body shop







Sustainability

automatic shut-off of backlight - if not operated for
a certain time or by shift scheduler via production LAN
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B&R is automotive standard supplier
BMW trusts in B&R
In 2007 BMW AG has named
B&R exclusive supplier of
operator panels.

B&R is to supply innovative IPCs
and Power Panel to BMWs
international production sites
until at least 2013





Up to now more than 4.500 units
have been delivered to BMW
production sites worldwide.
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Power Train, Inspection
Daimler Benz
HQ Untertrkheim

The Panel PC 725 is designed
for onsite operation. Built
with IP65 protection from
all sides, it can easily handle
splashed water, impacts
and vibrations.


crankshaft inspection,
together with vision
system, reading data matrix
code
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EISENMANN
B&R supplied EISENMANN and DRR with more than 100 Power
Panels , paint shop in VW plant USA Tennessee

B&R, specified by end customer, VW Wolfsburg, planning dept.

Leading Plant Builders
paint shop, VW US plant Chattanouga
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references:
B&R machine-builder customers
Sonderhoff
Privatly owned company, for
more than 50 years in the
market

Supplier for polymer sealing
materials, engineering and
services

High-tech solutions with entire
B&R automation technology -
PLC, IPC, servoDRIVES, CNC,
one single software tool

CNC, as a PLC add-on offers
inexpensive solutions without
restrictions in application
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applications:
Components and modules must remain tightly sealed
after their assembly. To prevent from humidity, dust,
harmful media or temperature-influences
B&R machine-builder customers
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COMAU

Italian manufacturer for
automotive industry

Newest Robot generation C5G
now based on B&R Automation

Drive technology B&R ACOPOS
with energetic recovery system

B&R X20 I/O

Ethernet Powerlink, high-speed
fieldbus









reference list
B&R and Robotic
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ACOPOSmulti servo drive technology
X20 IO system
Automation PC
Ethernet Powerlink fieldbus
COMAU Robot Generation CG5
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B&R Controls in Automotive
B&R APROL
Process&Control Technology

Audi AG places great importance on
saving energy for environmental
protection

As a consequence, the company
has succeeded in clearly reducing the
energy consumption per vehicle
at the Ingolstadt production plant
in the last few years.

Thanks to more than 1.000 B&R
PLCs in media control ( compressed
air, cooling, heating, ventilation
systems with heat recovery )
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B&R Controls in Automotive
X20 PLC and I/O familiy

openess support of
well-known fieldbusses




More than 130 X20 I/O
nodes are in progress at
assembly lines of
VW Plant Bratislava,
Slovakia. Production Site of
Audi Q7, VW Touareg, Porsche
Cayenne
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Thank you for your interest
Perfection in Automation
Conclusion
B&R has become an industry
leader in innovation and
technology through an acute
intuition for market developments
and trends

B&R is providing
best practice solutions
not just components
Everything in one hand and out
of one hand
Automation Studio

This applies even more to the
needs of the fast growing
Indian automotive industry