Automated hemming solutions for the automotive industry
Optimize your production line for flexible, high-volume hemming with solutions designed to precisely handle diverse automotive components, ensuring consistent quality and efficiency under varying operational demands.
Hems and Assembles Automotive and Industrial Components
KUKA’s Hemming Systems are engineered for precision and adaptability in high-volume automotive and industrial manufacturing. The robotic roller hemming solutions offer flexible production capabilities, allowing you to process diverse components with optimal capacity utilization. Leveraging Industrie 4.0 principles, these systems seamlessly integrate into smart production lines, where they can also perform tasks such as welding and gripping. With the tabletop hemming systems, you benefit from short cycle times and the ability to handle large batch sizes efficiently, thanks to standardized, modular machine configurations. These systems are ideal for producing end-products like car doors, sunroof panels, and machine casings. Available options like the High Output Quality Hemming (HOQ) and Soft Touch Wheelarch Hemming (STW) ensure precise and gentle hemming even on complex shapes. These systems support continuous operation, offer robotic automation, and align with the modular needs of modern processing departments in automotive and metal industries.
Benefits
- Enhances production flexibility by adapting to various component types and sizes.
- Minimizes cycle time in high-volume operations with efficient tabletop hemming processes.
- Optimizes resource utilization and reduces labor costs through integrated robotic automation.
- Guarantees high-quality assembly with precision-controlled hemming for complex geometries.
- Adaptable to evolving production needs with modular and Industry 4.0-compatible designs.
- Applications
- Sunroofs,Industrial machinery components,Automotive components,Flanges,Wheelarches
- End products
- Machine casings,Car doors,Wheelarch linings,Equipment panels,Sunroof panels,Car hoods,Flange connectors
- Steps before
- Component Preparation,Pre-Hemming Alignment
- Steps after
- Quality Inspection,Assembly Integration,Surface Finishing
- Input ingredients
- workpiece,component,metal sheets,flange,wheelarch,sunroof
- Output ingredients
- hemmed component,finished workpiece,hemmed wheelarch,hemmed sunroof,hemmed flange
- Market info
- KUKA is renowned for its expertise in industrial robotics and automation solutions, specializing in providing advanced robotic systems for manufacturing, automotive, electronics, and logistics industries, with a reputation for innovation and quality in engineered-to-order equipment.
- Automation
- Robotic roller hemming / Tabletop hemming
- Cycle time
- Short process time
- Batch size
- Large batch size with tabletop hemming
- Hemming angle
- Greater than 105 degrees with HOQ-F
- Flexibility
- Robotic roller hemming allows processing different components
- Process type
- Robotic,Tabletop,Hybrid
- Capacity utilization
- Optimal with robotic roller hemming
- Automation level
- Robotic / PLC
- Hemming Process Type
- Roller / Tabletop / Hybrid
- Flexibility
- High with robotic solutions
- Changeover time
- Short for modular systems
- Cycle time
- Optimized for short times
- Production volume
- Low to high-volume
- Energy efficiency
- High for robotic systems
- Model Flexibility
- Multiple models
- Hemming type
- Roller / Tabletop / Hybrid
- Robotic integration
- Yes
- System modularity
- Standardized hemming modules
- Hemming process type
- Roller / Tabletop / Hybrid
- Robotic integration
- Robotic roller hemming
- Production volume adaptability
- Low to high-volume
- Cycle time optimization
- Short cycle times
- Component geometry compatibility
- Standardized hemming modules