BIW/Automotive

Vehicle body manufacture engineering

With more than 30 years’ experience in our core business – the engineering of body-in-white facilities – we have extensive technical knowledge that extends far beyond pure design work. From us, you get all services from a single source. Our project managers provide support and advice for your projects across all phases, from the very first part data release through to commissioning and launch on site, without loss of quality or time due to external interfaces. We also find the best and most cost-effective solution to meet your budgets and build requirements

Different integration scenarios help to find the best possible solution for the integration of different model variants. We can also produce a detailed design and simulation for you within the scope of simultaneous engineering. SMC is also an expert in working on retooling projects, where the client wants to reuse equipment or run a new variant through an existing facility. We also draw up logistics concepts to optimise processes and to cut costs.

From Simulation to Reality

Thanks to the advanced software programs we use, we can display the complete plant geometry and represent all production processes realistically. We can show you’re proposed factory virtually, even if the factory is not built yet. We check the cycle times using realistic robot RCS controllers and operator synthetics, perform feasibility studies in 3-D and write the programming for all standard robot types.