700 Robots and 4,000 Welds – How GM Builds a Car – Part 1

How do you turn a giant roll of flat steel into the body of a car? General Motors let me into their Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kansas, where they build the Chevy Bolt. We got to see the entire process, starting from blank sheet metal to a finished car. First is stamping, where presses running dies that weigh well over 50,000 pounds punch out doors, roofs and floor pans. Then it’s into the body shop, where hundreds of robots join it all together with 10,000 amp spot welds, self-piercing rivets, adhesives and laser brazing – plus a lab where they tear an entire car apart just to check the welds. There was so much to see that this is part one of two – in part two, we’ll take this finished body through paint and final assembly!

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