Originally posted by polakatl
Do u know how they do the wiring in the cars. Cant imagine robots doing that.
I mentioned the robots just cause they were cool. From what I saw of assembly, probably 80-90% is done by humans. The robots welded body panels together; roof to frame, etc, and also installed the front and rear glass in the cars.
at certain parts in the line, the cars just keep moving, and guys are walking along, doing stuff to the cars. At other stages, the car keeps moving, but there is a moving sidewalk type setup for the guys to work on it while the car moves. At other stages, the car stops momentarily for work to be done, then continues on.
It's an amazingly smooth operation.
The guy we were with said that ~60% of the cars that are tested right off the line are good to go, and the rest need to go back for something to get adjusted.
Towards the end, these guys just bang on various stuff with rubber mallets to make sure stuff is tight, it's pretty wild.
There were more women on the line than I expected, maybe 20-30%. One thing is for sure...very monotonous work.
He gave some ballpark figures. Line workers hit the ceiling in about 2 years at around 50-60K salary. Non-union employees so Honda doesn't have to deal with that. Most all the workers seemed pretty upbeat, seems like Honda treats them pretty well with benefits, etc from what I heard.
Originally posted by uclaccord
ay schmiddy...u really gotta tell us what camera u got...ur pics are always so crazy and so clear.....
Well you are nice, I wish I could have taken some nice pics inside to show you guys how cool it was. I time delayed pic would have been awesome haha.
Anyway, my camera isn't anything amazing, but I've taken 7K pics with it over 1 1/2 years, no problems. Sony DSC P71 3.2 MP.