TY - JFULL AU - Babak Saboori and Behzad Saboori and Johan S. Carlson and Rikard Söderberg PY - 2009/11/ TI - Introducing Fast Robot Roller Hemming Process in Automotive Industry T2 - International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering SP - 1232 EP - 1236 VL - 3 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9086 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 34, 2009 N2 - As product life cycle becomes less and less every day, having flexible manufacturing processes for any companies seems more demanding. In the assembling of closures, i.e. opening parts in car body, hemming process is the one which needs more attention. This paper focused on the robot roller hemming process and how to reduce its cycle time by introducing a fast roller hemming process. A robot roller hemming process of a tailgate of Saab 93 SportCombi model is investigated as a case study in this paper. By applying task separation, robot coordination, and robot cell configuration principles in the roller hemming process, three alternatives are proposed, developed, and remarkable reduction in cycle times achieved [1]. ER -