Case Study: Chrysler Improves Quality One Part At A Time
With manufacturing plants throughout the world that produce parts for a variety of automobiles, the Chrysler Group recognizes that quality control must be exercised with perfection in its entire manufacturing value chain. At Chrysler Group’s Kokomo Transmission Plant (Kokomo, IN), automobile transmissions are assembled from hundreds of parts and cut with precision instruments.
Flatness measurement is a critical component to Chrysler Group’s transmission assembly. Each part is machined within a strict tolerance range as set by product design engineers and pass final inspection before being released to the manufacturing assembly process. Through the use of traditional coordinate measuring machine (CMM) instruments, Chrysler Group identified and maintained acceptable flatness standards.