Nissan Extra Large Gigantic Press Machine
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Production has started on Nissan’s new extra-large press at its manufacturing plant in Sunderland.
The £37 million pound project has taken just over 18 months to complete, since ground was broken mid-way through 2015.
Once at full capacity, it will be capable of stamping 2.5 million panels a year with a force in excess of 5,200 tonnes.
An official ceremony was held today at the new facility, which also celebrated the milestone of nine million cars built at the plant since production began in 1986.
Nissan's Divisional Vice President, European Manufacturing, Kevin Fitzpatrick, said: “The new press is a fantastic piece of cutting edge technology which sets up the next generation of production at Nissan Sunderland Plant.
“The quality of the build and the efficiency of the installation are a real credit to the dedication, talent and sheer hard work of our team at the plant.
“Reaching nine million cars is also a tremendous achievement for the plant. The vehicles we make have come a long way from the first Nissan Bluebird to roll off the line. And it’s not just the quantity - it’s the quality of craftsmanship that goes into our innovative and exciting cars that will keep pushing us towards new production records.”
More than 10 meters in height, with foundations deeper than 6.5m, the giant facility will press body sides and other panels for vehicles built in Sunderland, including the leading crossovers Qashqai and Juke, the Nissan LEAF, the world’s best-selling electric vehicle, and the two Infiniti models, Q30 and QX30.
The new press line and panel storage area required a building extension totalling 6,780m², taking the total built up space on site above 362,000m², the equivalent of more than 50 football pitches.
The new XL press, the first of its type in the Renault-Nissan Alliance, will be the biggest at Sunderland and joins the existing seven press lines.
In addition to the company’s £3bn annual injection into the British economy through suppliers, services and wages, the new press forms part of the £650m ongoing investment in new facilities and future models in Sunderland which has taken the total capital investment by Nissan in the plant since it opened to beyond £4bn.
About Nissan in the UK
Nissan Sunderland Plant produces the Nissan Qashqai, Juke and the 100% electric Nissan LEAF
Production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles began in 2012
Total plant volume since 1986 stands at more than seven million units with 80 per cent of production exported to 100 markets worldwide
Total investment made and announced since then is over £3.5 billion
500,237 units were produced at Sunderland plant in 2014
In 2014, one in three cars built in the UK was a Nissan
Sunderland Plant currently employs more than 6,700 people
Nissan's European Design Centre is located in Paddington, London and employs around 65 people
Nissan's European Technical Centre is based in Cranfield, Bedfordshire and employs around 1,000 people
Nissan’s sales and marketing headquarters in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire employs around 220 people
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I’m a 76 year old retired farmer so I’ve been here a wile and todays technology is amazing. 🇺🇸
@ronaldkendoll1700
3 жыл бұрын
70. We seen some changes. Learned what power take off was on Ford tractor now look
I work at a company that sells safety equipment for press machines such as that massive one in the video, and we just saw that same giant machine as well as many others at our company meeting. It’s absolutely incredible how we can come up with these amazing machines!
A Machine Thinking video has led me down this rabbit hole of super heavy presses
Amazing. Hats off to the designers and engineers.
Great Job Vince!!!
amazing !!1
we or sterling stamping michigan has 4 giant s 20 acres under one roof common floor , you could fit this in once corner whole grounds 5100 workers 2008financial crisis was closed two weeks back running seven 24, constant improvement additions and still 20 more acres . with creating more human jobs in mind ,
I am from India this machine new wargine available ❤️
yeah, they have also a similar press on AvtoVAZ, in India, in Taiwan...not so much a novelty..
there are 200 presses and growing with new servo electric small press being added every year
You've got kids replacing body panels with unpainted carbon fiber parts to show off. If only they knew the infrastructure, tooling and engineering that went into creating their hoods and trunk lids.
show machine how it works not bickering of Nissan's authorities
These guys are full of Bull. I worked in a big stamping plant for almost 40 years. A 27-year-old press is like new. I have seen them 70 years old and still running like new. All the big auto manufacturers have big automated presses now. Nothing new!
@Arif-uf8bm
3 жыл бұрын
Do you think the future of metal stamping industry is good? I'm a fresher and I would like to join this industry. I'm a mechanical graduate engineer.
@Milly5216
7 ай бұрын
I work for Ford and we have a 60 year old press that stamps hoods, doors and roofs for $70k Lincolns lol
@cooldog60
3 ай бұрын
@@Milly5216 Yeah those presses last a long time.
this press is a multi pass press with robots this is the form too work now fantastic machine
Clearly they are car manufacturers, not sound technicians.
I ran one for 5yrs
ifI look now, and see the advance of the technology, I can say, that press line is close to be obsolete...
What happens after Brexit😳
@jameshoffman552
3 жыл бұрын
It's up to Nissan, who complains a no-deal threatens the plant, and demands compensation from UK in that event. The plant seems to be situated to serve Europe, producing only 3 small models in half-million total quantities.
One man should not be able to handle a whole entire side of any vehicle like that ! We really are driving around in tin cans !! Its confirmed... Yikes !
@ShainAndrews
Жыл бұрын
Leave the engineering and physics to the educated.
@sidneyhirst1925
Жыл бұрын
@@ShainAndrews you know beeter
Hi, I'm looking for mechanical(!) 100,000t up to 200,000t press processing machine and it's application (where such presses are used).
@SpiraSpiraSpira
5 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure that there are any presses that big. I think China has a 80,000t forging press. However, generally speaking die/forging presses of that hugeness could be used for aerospace applications (namely the wing spars and landing gear) of large aircraft, titanium bulkheads, any kind of very complex part where high strength and low weight are a concern. Giant extrusion presses are usually used for making things like I-beams, etc.
@stilyarian1927
5 жыл бұрын
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@mkmgcok
3 жыл бұрын
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I work at maruti suzuki press shop 5200t trendom line