How Arrival is shaking up factory production
A skateboard-style chassis is formed of extruded aluminium members, then composite body panels are hung on alloy extrusions joined by cast nodes.
Each panel is built up typically from four material layers, called plies, cut to shape by computer-controlled machines that devise the best combination to reduce waste. Soft tools are used on the heat press; these have a shorter life than steel tools but save tens of thousands compared with steel tooling.To form a panel, the thermoset material is heated to 200deg C for 1min 30sec to ensure that all the thermoset material has melted to the correct shape.
Sets of body panels are then transported by Wemos to the adjacent Number Two Plant for final assembly. No vehicles were running down the line during our visit, so we can’t judge the final quality of the vans, but the pre-production examples made at Arrival’s pilot plant in Banbury look well finished.
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