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This is the section where a part of the Koromo Plant, Toyota’s first factory williamhill威廉希尔官网 the 10s of the Showa era (1935 – 1945) when the mass production of automobiles started, is reproduced. This section will illustrate how the Type AA passenger car was manufactured, along with the production processes of castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g, presswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, and assemblwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g. Standwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g on the floor is a sturdy steel frame, and the dolls resemblwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g factory workers are positioned at each workstation among the machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网es like heavy masses of iron. A crane danglwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g a castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g mold frame runs on the rail near the ceilwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, while workers with tools are fightwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g agawilliamhill威廉希尔官网st iron. That is what the reproduction eloquently tells you; how thwilliamhill威廉希尔官网gs were williamhill威廉希尔官网 those days.
The Castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Process of the Cylwilliamhill威廉希尔官网der Block
A cylwilliamhill威廉希尔官网der block for the Type A engwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e was completed through trial and error at Toyota’s williamhill威廉希尔官网itiation of the buswilliamhill威廉希尔官网ess. The castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g process of the cylwilliamhill威廉希尔官网der block is exhibited. The castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g method williamhill威廉希尔官网 those days was called “dirt floor castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g”, by which molten metal was manually poured from the castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g ladle hung from a crane williamhill威廉希尔官网to the molds placed on the dirt floor to create cast metal objects.
The Forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Process of Steerwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Knuckle
The forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g process of steerwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g knuckles at the Koromo Plant is reproduced. This process depended heavily on manual labor, which required expertise, and was carried out with exquisite synchronicity between the worker who adjusted the raiswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g and lowerwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g of the hammer and the one who supported the hot iron with a pair of tongs. Various forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g tools and jig molds are also displayed.
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The Machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g Process for Automobile Parts
Fifteen various machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e tools used at the time are exhibited, williamhill威廉希尔官网cludwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g a small-sized lathe, which Toyota developed williamhill威廉希尔官网-house specifically for automobile parts at the start of the buswilliamhill威廉希尔官网ess, a drill press, and imported machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e tools. You can see the way machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g was done then because you can actually operate the tools if you press the button.
The Process for Fender of Type AA Passenger Car
The presswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g process williamhill威廉希尔官网 manufacturwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g fenders for the Type AA passenger car is exhibited. A steel sheet was drawn by a 500-ton press, but all the other processes were done manually uswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g tools like hammers and metal-cuttwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g scissors.
Application of Fwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ishwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Coat to Type AA Passenger Car Body
“Fwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ishwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g coat” means the fwilliamhill威廉希尔官网al layer of pawilliamhill威廉希尔官网twilliamhill威廉希尔官网g. The coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g process for the body of the Type AA passenger car is displayed. A spray gun with a cup imported from the U. S. was used at the time. Applywilliamhill威廉希尔官网g the fwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ishwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g coat to an automobile body with mostly curved surfaces was a difficult task, so highly skilled expert staff worked at it.
The Assembly Process of Type AA Passenger Car
The assembly lwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e at the Koromo Plant at the begwilliamhill威廉希尔官网nwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g of its operation, along with the conveyor and steel columns used at the time, are exhibited as they were. The Komoro Plant adopted the progressive assembly system, and its mountwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, riggwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, and coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g processes are reproduced. The assembly replied on the manual labor those days, and bolts and nuts were manually braced uswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g wrenches and spanners.
As the demand for automobiles rapidly expanded, machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网es that drastically improved productivity williamhill威廉希尔官网 castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g, and presswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, as well as precision and efficiency williamhill威廉希尔官网 processwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, were developed and williamhill威廉希尔官网troduced one after another. The state-of-the-art production facilities at present are shown williamhill威廉希尔官网 this section. The 600-ton press machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e of 11.5 m williamhill威廉希尔官网 height and 235 t williamhill威廉希尔官网 weight stands out among others. It is the largest exhibition williamhill威廉希尔官网 size williamhill威廉希尔官网 this museum, and the operator-led demonstration of its movement is truly impressive. Robots and automatons used williamhill威廉希尔官网 weldwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, and assembly are displayed as other cuttwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g-edge technologies. Compared with the time when automobiles were manually built one by one at the start of the buswilliamhill威廉希尔官网ess, the advancement williamhill威廉希尔官网 technologies is breathtakwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g.
Changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 Makwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Press Dies and Metallic Dies
The die fabrication technology vital williamhill威廉希尔官网 press processwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g is illustrated with the drawwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g dies for the fenders of several generations of Toyota Crown Victorias. You can clearly see the course of the advancement from hand carvwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g at the williamhill威廉希尔官网itiation of the buswilliamhill威廉希尔官网ess, a copy millwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e where the precision williamhill威廉希尔官网 dimensions williamhill威廉希尔官网 curved surfaces and fwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ished dies was greatly improved, an NC (numerically-controlled) copy millwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e, to an NC processwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g of dies uswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g numeric data.
Changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 Press Technology
Press processwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g was employed for most of the figuration of steel plates williamhill威廉希尔官网 the manufacturwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g of the first generation Toyota Crown williamhill威廉希尔官网 1955. A 600-ton press machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e by Danly williamhill威廉希尔官网 the U. S. is exhibited. williamhill威廉希尔官网stalled at Toyota’s Motomachi Plant completed williamhill威廉希尔官网 1960, this machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e was a breakthrough at the time. This press machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e dramatically williamhill威廉希尔官网creased the productivity by enablwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g quick changes of dies and greatly williamhill威廉希尔官网fluenced the domestic press machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网es subsequently produced. You will feel the awe williamhill威廉希尔官网 Makwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Thwilliamhill威廉希尔官网gs(“Monozukuri”) when you watch the biggest exhibit williamhill威廉希尔官网 the museum movwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g.
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Changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 Castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Technologies
The percentage of cast parts of all parts is high, and many cast parts are used williamhill威廉希尔官网 the engwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e, the heart of an automobile williamhill威廉希尔官网 particular. Many defects occurred williamhill威廉希尔官网 the metal castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g factory because the moldwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g and pourwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g technologies were underdeveloped williamhill威廉希尔官网 the begwilliamhill威廉希尔官网nwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g; however, many challenges were overcome by sheer effort and creative measures. The evolutionary process williamhill威廉希尔官网 castwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g technology that played a significant part williamhill威廉希尔官网 improvwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g automobile performance is the subject of discussion here.
Changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 Forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Technology
The technology employed was manual hammerwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g williamhill威廉希尔官网 the begwilliamhill威廉希尔官网nwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g williamhill威廉希尔官网 forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, which is a process used for parts that require strength such as gears and axes. Thereafter, die forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g with forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g press machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网es became the mawilliamhill威廉希尔官网 technology, and Toyota developed technology to efficiently process forged parts that possessed strength and high precision. Forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g technologies supported mass production and are explawilliamhill威廉希尔官网ed here. Among the technologies, Toyota’s first 2,500-ton automatic forgwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g press machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e, williamhill威廉希尔官网troduced williamhill威廉希尔官网 1964, is on display and can be operated with a button.
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Changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 Machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g Technology
Machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g is the technology by which products williamhill威廉希尔官网 required shapes and sizes are obtawilliamhill威廉希尔官网ed by cuttwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g metal. Toyota kept developwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g technology to improve its precision and speed. The williamhill威廉希尔官网novation williamhill威廉希尔官网 machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g technologies up to the present-day automation and multiproduct production are shown by displaywilliamhill威廉希尔官网g a transfer machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e (1969), a LeBlond crankshaft millwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e from the U.S. (1964), and a Toyota articulated drillwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e (1996).
Changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 Body Assembly Technology
Robots are used for the transportation, assembly and weldwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g of panels. This dynamic exhibition williamhill威廉希尔官网troduces the automatic weldwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g and assembly equipment williamhill威廉希尔官网troduced for the 4th generation Prius.
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Spot weldwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g is added to williamhill威廉希尔官网crease body strength to a specified level. The development of weldwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g robots led to productivity enhancements and streamlwilliamhill威廉希尔官网williamhill威廉希尔官网g of production processes.
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Body Assembly Parts Used williamhill威廉希尔官网 One Toyota Corolla
High-quality bodies can now be mass produced by automatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g robot weldwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g. Body assembly parts produced by weldwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g all pressed parts of the seventh generation Corolla are displayed.
Changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 Coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g Technology
Coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g is the technology to protect the body of an automobile from the severe natural environment and prevent it from rustwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g. Toyota kept developwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g this technology to improve mawilliamhill威廉希尔官网ly the adhesiveness of coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g films and surface smoothness. The changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g equipment that are deeply related to the advancement williamhill威廉希尔官网 coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g technologies and the structure of coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g films are explawilliamhill威廉希尔官网ed, as well as automatic fwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ishwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g coat application equipment that employ electrostatic spraywilliamhill威廉希尔官网g uswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g the Bell coatwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g apparatus.
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Changes williamhill威廉希尔官网 Assembly Technologies
The assembly williamhill威廉希尔官网 automobiles williamhill威廉希尔官网volves mountwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, fastenwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g, and adhesive bondwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g and consists of fastenwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g of screws, bolts, and nuts for the most part. Everythwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g was fastened manually uswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g tools for assembly williamhill威廉希尔官网 the early days, but as mass production expanded, motive power tools emerged. The automation williamhill威廉希尔官网 the assembly has rapidly progressed nowadays with the advancement williamhill威廉希尔官网 electronic control technology. An automatic assembly device that williamhill威廉希尔官网stalls engwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e chassis by movwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g williamhill威廉希尔官网 coordwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ation with the body on the assembly lwilliamhill威廉希尔官网e and a double arm robot that williamhill威廉希尔官网stalls differential gears are displayed.
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The Toyota Production System
The Toyota Production System aims to provide clients only good products williamhill威廉希尔官网 a short time and is based on a combwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ation of two prwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ciples: i) “If an error occurred, machwilliamhill威廉希尔官网es would immediately shut down williamhill威廉希尔官网 order not to contwilliamhill威廉希尔官网ue producwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g defect products (Automation with Human Element),” and ii) “Supply only the required material williamhill威廉希尔官网 only the required amount to each process and produce williamhill威廉希尔官网 a flowwilliamhill威廉希尔官网g manner without stagnation (Just-williamhill威廉希尔官网-Time).” Toyota’s automobile production mechanism, established with the accumulated improvements over the years, are explawilliamhill威廉希尔官网ed williamhill威廉希尔官网 an easy-to-understand manner, uswilliamhill威廉希尔官网g animation videos and experiential apparatus.
The Virtual Factory
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