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    The document provides a summary of the highly automated Volkswagen plant in Germany. It notes that the exterior of the factory resembles a hospital and has a special train to transport visitors directly to the entrance. The interior is described as even more amazing, with advanced automation at each assembly stage. Technicians use hi-tech equipment to assemble each car according to customer specifications on a continuously moving assembly line. Mobile cranes bring parts to the car rather than vice versa. The assembly process is described as precise as assembling plastic toys. The finished cars are displayed in a large showcase tower for visitors to the plant.

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    The document provides a summary of the highly automated Volkswagen plant in Germany. It notes that the exterior of the factory resembles a hospital and has a special train to transport visitors directly to the entrance. The interior is described as even more amazing, with advanced automation at each assembly stage. Technicians use hi-tech equipment to assemble each car according to customer specifications on a continuously moving assembly line. Mobile cranes bring parts to the car rather than vice versa. The assembly process is described as precise as assembling plastic toys. The finished cars are displayed in a large showcase tower for visitors to the plant.

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    The Volkswagen Assembly Plant

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    The document provides a summary of the highly automated Volkswagen plant in Germany. It notes that the exterior of the factory resembles a hospital and has a special train to transport visitors directly to the entrance. The interior is described as even more amazing, with advanced automation at each assembly stage. Technicians use hi-tech equipment to assemble each car according to customer specifications on a continuously moving assembly line. Mobile cranes bring parts to the car rather than vice versa. The assembly process is described as precise as assembling plastic toys. The finished cars are displayed in a large showcase tower for visitors to the plant.

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    The Volkswagen plant

    The Volkswagen
    plant
    The impeccable work of
    the Germans!

    Translated from Dutch – Cornel 10/2010


    Exterior of the factory ... Does it not look like a HOSPITAL?
    There is a special train for visitors ... Right to the entrance!
    The other one is for deliveries ... Comes directly from the factory!
    But pay ....
    ATTENTION!

    On the outside
    everything looks
    spectacular ...

    But you will see


    that the inside is
    even more
    amazing.

    You have no idea


    how advanced
    this all is.

    Have a look !
    Automated zone.
    Each car is build to specification by the customer.
    Each technician uses hi-tech equipment.
    This floor is actually an assembly line and proceeds to the rhythm of the addition
    of each part after a thorough inspection.
    The assembly line is marked with large dots.
    The technicians are mounting parts inside the body of the car.
    Each post assembly post
    has its own
    hydraulic bridge.

    The large dots left


    mark the moving
    floor that runs continuously.

    And if the technicians have


    to work on the underside...
    ... There are these "cranes"
    which move in all the
    directions.

    They are telescopic, so


    the car can be positioned
    in any desired position
    very precisely.
    A series of mobile cranes: an assembly line …
    ... Which brings the car right next to the parts, not vice versa.
    An assembly that is done ... as if they were plastic toys!
    The engines are mounted, along with the transmissions (right).
    Everything is
    assembled
    according to the
    wishes of the
    customer:
    engine,
    chassis,
    type and color
    of the body.

    Look at the control
    Instruments:
    they are completely
    electronic
    All required tools are available, perfect and precise.
    WHITE is the color of the work clothes: everything must be perfect!
    Only the mask and gloves of the surgeon are missing!
    THE END OF THE ASSEMBLY!
    The finished cars have to be placed somewhere …
    A VW Polo is loaded into the "car
    tower" in the factory in Wolfsburg
    (Germany).

    This tower is a showcase for the


    visitors who are welcomed every
    Wednesday (approximately 5,000
    per week) when this huge
    showcase is full. In this factory
    not only Volkswagens are build,
    but also Audi's, Bentleys and
    Lamborghinis.

    THANKS FOR VISITING!


    theEND

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