In the car body area of their Emden plant Volkswagen AG has taken a pioneering series measuring area into operation. From a loading area with eleven parking places the measuring plates, mounted with car body parts, automatically go into measuring stations. The responsibility for the entire transport system—consisting of eleven transport measuring plates with rail transport, computerized drive and safety technology—lay with Horst Witte Geraetebau. The mechanical engineering company from Bleckede, Germany, has provided a process-safe system, which is characterized by compact components and high precision—and thereby absolutely suitable for measuring room applications.
Volkswagen in Emden is the largest industrial employer west of Bremen and north of the Ruhr area. The Emden plant has a total area of 4,100,000 square meters, of which about 40 percent is developed. Further facilities include parking spaces for the shipment of vehicles and a vehicle test track.