Automotive

Automotive plants are presented with a number of distinctive measurement challenges that the GapGun is uniquely designed to resolve.

With its highly flexible software, the GapGun is able to measure the most complex surfaces, quickly, easily and repeatably, even on measurement points that have previously proven impossible to measure using traditional means.

The benefits don’t end with collecting measurements such as gap and flush, though.

The flexible data logging capabilities of the GapGun mean that reporting, analysing and integrating results is easier than ever before.

Used across the world in both audit environments and as a fully automated inline solution, the GapGun is a scalable and flexible that can eliminate the need for manual measurements using hand tools. Software configurations can be interchanged and shared amongst multiple GapGuns, ensuring a reproducible and repeatable result can be proven across the entire manufacturing process.

The GapGun also leads the way in reporting and data handling, too.

Beneficial improvements in data handling include:

• The ability to integrate directly with your existing SPC package
• The ability to integrate directly with other packages such as Microsoft Excel, creating a flexible and easy to use reporting system. Excel integration is supported as standard in most GapGun packages
• Additional information about your measured components is infinitely recordable. Not only can you store information in reports such as VIN/Serial Number, Operator, Nominals and Deviations, but you can even define your own variables ensuring that you have full control over measurement traceability
• You can print out and save reports on each unit measured, making the GapGun a perfect device for use in inline environments where 100% measurement capability is required.
• Measurements are stored and saved automatically and electronically, eliminating the danger of incorrect data being stored by operators

Typical GapGun applications in the automotive industry include:

• Finished vehicles : Measurement of external gap and flush conditions both inline and in audit environments. More
• Body-in-White : Measurement of external gap and flush conditions both inline and in audit environments
• Dashboard and interior trim: Measurement of gap and flush conditions such as dashboard and soft trim components with no contact, minimising surface deflection. More
• Engine and gearbox: High precision measurement of mechanical components
• Sub-assemblies: Measurement of build quality such as in ring gauges
• Pilot hall and prototyping: Investigative measurement geometry checks
• Pilot Hall and prototyping: Reverse engineering and point cloud output
• Stamping: Hole diameter measurement in stamped panels
• Subframes: Weld profile measurements
• Glass: Measurement of liquid sealants on windshields and other glass components

Additionally, all of these applications can be performed robotically, removing any labour requirements from your measurement solution.

 

Resources

• GapGun applications photo gallery
• Validating Measurement System Using Measurement System Analysis (MSA)