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Manufacturing Excellence
"Strength Through Technology®" is both a company motto and an operating philosophy at Multimatic. It is embodied throughout all of the engineering and manufacturing organizations within the company.
Multimatic's state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities provide a wide range of capabilities that can be tailored to meet any product configuration and process requirement. In-process verification techniques are employed at all production stages to ensure "built-in" quality, from the first to the millionth part. A host of purpose built functional and durability test equipment and walk-in environmental chambers are used to validate ongoing compliance with all customer performance requirements.
Continuous improvement is a way of life at Multimatic and the Structured and Suspension Systems Group leads the corporation's Kaizen activities. Multimatic boasts an outstanding quality record having received the highest level awards from its customers, including General Motors' Supplier of the Year, Ford's Gold World Excellence Award and DaimlerChrysler's Platinum Pentastar.
Automated die change |
| Manufacturing capabilities include: |
- stamping - 200 to 3,300 tonne
(progressive and transfer)
- tube forming
- automated assembly
- machining
- laser welding
- twin torch welding
- spot, MIG & projection welding
- continuous weld process feedback control
- in-house e-coat line
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Control arms entering e-coat line |
Welding - Core Capability
Current Processes:
- Spot, Mig & Projection Welding
- STT and Other Waveform Control
- Continuous Process Feedback
- Complete Weld Database
- Twin torch welding
- Mid frequency welding
Researching or Adding:
- Solidcore Welding for Galvanized
- Production joining of Aluminum and Magnesium
- Laser Welding
- Twin Torch for Aluminum
- Magnetic Pulse Welding
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