A review of the current automotive manufacturing practice from an energy perspective

Giampieri, Alessandro; Ling‐Chin, Janie; Ma, Zhiwei; Smallbone, Andrew; Roskilly, Anthony Paul

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114074

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“…[2] Automotive manufacturing is a complex and energy-intense process which consumes a significant quantity of raw materials and water. Toremain competitive, automotive original equipment manufacturers have to strive for better product quality by continuously improving their production process and driving towards low-carbonemissions and enhanced sustainability [5] The automotive industry is a key industrial sector and economic pillar of several Central countries and Eastern Europe. This sector is one of the main sources of FDI in the region for the last 20 years.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Automotive Industrymentioning

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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the automotive industry in Slovakia and selected countries

Kufelová

Raková

2020

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The new coronavirus has far-reaching economic impacts all over the world and, due to the openness of the Slovak economy, it also has an impact on Slovak companies as well as car plants. Except that paralyzed European demand for vehicles, as well as the entire supply chain. The result was the fact that there was no one to make or something to make. And so the manufacturers, together with the suppliers, closed their productions for operational and hygienic reasons. However, this will have a very big impact on the economy as a whole, as the car industry is a fundamental pillar. The paper is pointed to highlight the current effects of the pandemic and measures in the automotive industry in Slovak republic and selected countries.

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Section: Characteristics Of Automotive Industrymentioning

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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the automotive industry in Slovakia and selected countries

Kufelová

Raková

2020

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“…With the acceleration in the construction of the 5G infrastructure and the rapid development of the intelligent manufacturing industry (Giampieri et al, 2020), the quality requirements of the power of the distribution network are becoming increasingly stringent. Furthermore, the urban power grid is struggling to maintain pace with the rapid development of electric vehicles (Cha et al, 2020) and distributed generation (DG) (Ma et al, 2019), and problems such as unreasonable power grid structure are more becoming prominent (Abu-Elzait and Parkin, 2019).…”

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Research on the Application of SOP in Multi-Station Integrated System

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The current large-scale access to distributed power and the rapid growth of electric vehicles are seriously affecting the reliability of distribution networks. The new multi-station fusion technology based on the flexible interconnection of the distribution network can effectively solve this problem. In this study, we design a multi-purpose station and a multi-function device using a soft normally open point (SOP). A new multi-station integration topology and a coordinated control strategy are developed using an active power signal (APS) and an energy management system (EMS). The coordinated control strategy involves sending out the corresponding operation mode command after the EMS receives the superior instruction or the APS of the local system and coordinating the operation mode of the SOP, energy storage DC/DC converter, and photovoltaic DC/DC converter, thereby ensuring stable and efficient operation of the multi-station fusion system. Finally, two typical cases are simulated to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed topology and control strategy.

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“…In general, different cars with similar body framing and similar operations enable a mixed-model production by changing jigs, fixtures, and welding robot programs automatically [5]. As the demand for eco-friendly (low carbon) cars such as hybrid cars or electric cars is increasing, most automotive companies are obliged to change the layout concept of their body shops [6][7][8]. In general, they produce both hybrid cars and internal combustion engine cars (we refer to it as an engine car) in the same body shop because both cars can share the same body platform.…”

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Automotive Body Shop Design Problems Using Meta-Models Considering Product-Mix Change and Reconfiguration Strategy

2021

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The estimation of production rate (or throughput) is important in manufacturing system design. Herein, we consider the manufacturing system of an automotive body shop in which two types of car are produced, and one car (engine car) is substituted by the other car (electric car) gradually. In this body shop, two different underbody lines are installed because the underbody structures of the two types of cars differ completely; however, the side body line and main body line are shared by the two cars. Furthermore, we assume that the underbody lines are reconfigurable based on an increase in the product mix of the electric car. A simulation-based meta-model, which is in the form of a quadratic polynomial function, is developed to estimate the production rate. In the meta-modelling process, we group some buffer locations and represent them as one variable to reduce the number of variables included in the meta-model. Subsequently, the meta-models have been used to optimize two types of buffer allocation problems, and optimal solutions are obtained easily.

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A review of the current automotive manufacturing practice from an energy perspective

Cited by 145 publications

References 94 publications

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the automotive industry in Slovakia and selected countries

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the automotive industry in Slovakia and selected countries

Research on the Application of SOP in Multi-Station Integrated System

Automotive Body Shop Design Problems Using Meta-Models Considering Product-Mix Change and Reconfiguration Strategy

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