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The large load-conveying aluminium plate shells around the door body ensure
maximum stiffness, both laser welding and structure bonding serving to
efficiently join the individual panels and components. The use of aluminium
doors alone reduces the weight of each vehicle by approximately 28 kg or 62 lb.
Apart from the doors, the engine compartment lid and the front spring supports
on the body are also made of this sophisticated lightweight material. In produc-
ing the weight-reduced front section of the car BMW uses an intelligent mix of
joining methods such as bonding, riveting, MIG- or laser-welding, depending
on individual requirements and load conditions.
New: artificial intelligence for enhanced quality assurance.
Quality management systems permanently optimised by way of numerous
function and reliability tests in all areas of production ensure the fulfilment of
BMW’s strict quality requirements. One of the most innovative methods used at
BMW Plant Dingolfing is artificial intelligence serving to supervise the quality of
the car’s highly sophisticated on-board electronics, electronic troubleshooting
facilitating the detection of possible defects among the vast amount of data
handled. Automated inspection of virtually every detail therefore makes an
important contribution to enhancing the efficiency of production and ensuring
the unique premium quality of BMW cars.
Modular strategy for customer-oriented production.
A highly sophisticated system – BMW’s Customer-Oriented Sales and
Production Process (COSP) – ensures that each and every car is built exactly
on time and in particular according to the customer’s personal wishes and
requirements.
Full maintenance of the COSP process is ensured, among other things,
by highly flexible production based on the most sophisticated logistics and
very efficient processes. Above all the assembly processes benefit from
pre-assembled modules delivered as complete units to the production line,
with the complete front end, for examole, being assembled separately as an
individual module delivered just-in-sequence to the Assembly Shop, reducing
the number of job processes then actually required in assembly.
The bodies-in-white for the various models are built in any sequence required
and mixed according to production management. In conjunction with the
prompt delivery of modules, this allows highly flexible and, in particular, lean
production, minimising the storage area required and enabling the BMW Plant
to respond quickly and efficiently to customer requests and, where applicable,
any changes.
| Categories | BMW 5-Series Manuals, BMW Manuals |
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| Tags | BMW 530d, BMW 535i, BMW 550i, BMW F07, BMW Gran Turismo, Brochure and Catalogue |
| Model Year | 2010 |
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