Those ridiculous Tesla Giga Presses, what stupid idea, right? What's wrong with the boneheads at Ford and Hyundai? Oh yeah, and Toyota too, so there's that. Everybody's stupid now...
All kidding aside, in manufacturing there's an old saying, "The best part is no part." It refers to Bill of Material and assembly simplification, not to mention procurement.
Now if a single part replaces several, or even hundreds including welds, fasteners and glues, it had better be right. But if you get it right the margin of error improvement from an assembly to a single part provides a huge benefit.
Think of a spoke wheel vs a cast or stamped steel wheel. Which is stronger and which is more true? And easier to make?
For extra credit: how many of you know how to lace a wheel?
You'd think you were in a Tesla factory if it weren't for the blue oval...
All kidding aside, in manufacturing there's an old saying, "The best part is no part." It refers to Bill of Material and assembly simplification, not to mention procurement.
Now if a single part replaces several, or even hundreds including welds, fasteners and glues, it had better be right. But if you get it right the margin of error improvement from an assembly to a single part provides a huge benefit.
Think of a spoke wheel vs a cast or stamped steel wheel. Which is stronger and which is more true? And easier to make?
For extra credit: how many of you know how to lace a wheel?
You'd think you were in a Tesla factory if it weren't for the blue oval...
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