Electrified mobility:
Automation solutions from KUKA
The transformation of the automotive industry is in full swing worldwide, and concepts for electrified and
sustainable mobility are in demand. KUKA has also risen to the challenges in the production of electric
vehicles and is perfectly positioned in the field of intelligent automation for electromobility.
The KUKA team of experts, based at the Bremen site, invested around two years in the design, construction
and ultimately the successful commissioning of the eDrive test system. "With KUKA's automation know-how, we
help our customers achieve very high volume and variant flexibility," says Stefan Horner, Project Manager at
KUKA Assembly & Test in Bremen. "The special feature of this station: the ability to test a very high number
of variants with an automation level of 100 percent."
Highest precision
with maximum flexibility
The system is divided into two independent test areas. In the first area, the test object is checked for its
basic function, without adapted output shafts, and for its electrical safety. The second test area consists
of performance tests, which are all carried out with adapted load machines. Here, the use of a swivel unit
and the very rigid, adjustable traversing units for adapting the test objects with the load machines ensures
maximum variant diversity.
The swivel unit is used to pick up and position the test objects in the
prescribed test position. There, high torques can be taken off via driveline. This highly flexible test
system enables to test a wide variety of types on a single system.
