What's New
2021
Start of Mass Production of Electric Compressors on the Automated Production Line at the Global Mother
Factory
Jan 6, 2021
Sanden Holdings Corporation (Representative Director & President: Katsuya Nishi; head office: Isesaki-shi, Gunma, Japan) is steadily implementing the five reform plans that are the key strategies of its mid-term management plan SCOPE2023.
As a measure to accomplish the reform plan of “Enhancement of Basic Earning Power”, Sanden Automotive Components Corporation automated the assembly process of the electric compressor production line at its global mother plant, the Yatojima Plant located in Isesaki-shi, Gunma, and started mass production in October 2020. The annual production capacity of this production line is 750,000 units.
We have been successful in automating various assembly operations, so that we have achieved the automation rate of 75% on this new line. We also employed new automated systems especially for inspections, such as image analysis and image detection systems using 3D cameras, electric performance testing system, etc. As a result, the number of operators to be deployed on this line has been reduced to one-third of the previous one.
In addition, since we put the manufacturing execution management system (MES) in place, we are confident that we will be able to enhance the logistics management function (traceability), improve the operator management function, and strengthen the quality management function.
We will improve our quality assurance capabilities and reduce manufacturing costs through paperless information management at the manufacturing site, visualization of staffing efficiency, implementation of an operator qualification system, and centralized management of the manufacturing quality data and the spoilage cost information with the automated statistical quality control (SPC) system.
In order to meet the growing demand, we will continue to globally expand the above-mentioned improvements especially to our plants in Europe and China.
Based on a hard look at the society in 2030, Sanden Holdings established a vison of “Create the Affluent Society Environment and Comfort Are in Harmony”. We will support the spread of electric vehicles (EV) through supply of electric compressors so that we will be able to contribute to establishment of the decarbonized society.
