Flexible inspection systems in the body-in-white manufacturing

Flexible inspection has become a vital stage of the manufacturing process in the automotive industry. Therefore new procedures and new measuring devices were successfully implemented. In the paper an overview of inspection systems in the body-in-white manufacturing with a critical discussion of individual systems is presented. Special attention is given to the flexible inspection systems, which use either portable measuring arms CMAs and or measuring robots for 100% in-line inspection. The kind of tools and procedures used to prepare CMAs and measuring robots for the required accuracy, needed for the body-in-white geometrical inspection is presented in the part, where testing and calibration is discussed.