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Volkswagen manufacturing

Claasman · 2011-05-01 08:08:16

Saw this on another site. Testing upholstery burn time Testing for rust Steam cleaning the paint work Testing components from +40 degs to -40 degs Assembly More here

01-05-2011 8:08am

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Claasman

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Saw this on another site.

Testing upholstery burn time

Testing for rust

Steam cleaning the paint work

Testing components from +40 degs to -40 degs

Assembly

More here

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#2 01-05-2011 12:08pm

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Here is the MK6 Golf being assembled:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxMmmFKSvU4

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#3 01-05-2011 1:06pm

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Wow. I'm amazed at how manual it all still is. I thought it would be robots end to end these days.

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#4 01-05-2011 2:05pm

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The guy in the blue tie seems to be their chief of standing beside stuff with his hand out. Seems more like a marketing exercise than offering any real insight into what they do.

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#5 01-05-2011 2:44pm

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Looks similar to the 'Megafactories' series on the National Geographic TV channel. All of the workers are 'technicians' or 'specialists', there's no such thing as an 'assembly worker' and the floor is so clean that you could eat your dinner off it, total propaganda.

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