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Re: Z06 question
The "Ultimate Factories" featured Ferrari, Corvette, and BMW factories. In the Corvette feature, It did show you what Rauchy just said. They show you how they fabricate/assemble the chasis, how the assemble the engine, and how they assemble the engine and rear end to the chasis. All the panels and fenders are painted by robots indiviually. Once in the Corvette assembly line, the Z06 joins the other Corvettes. Here the panels are hand installed, the chasis (including motor and rearend/transmission) is integrated by hand into the rest of the body and so on. Definately hand assembly. Some operations at lower level assemblies are performed with NC (Numerical Controlled) machines controlled by computer. For example, some holes in the chasis are made with NC drills, and some welding also with robots. I was surprised how much welding was done by hand. I am sure some operation to fabricate the block and heads are done also by NC machines. In the cases that NC are used, it is due to the tight tolerance required. NC are far more accurate than humans.
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