Programme
Precision in the AutoEmoción
Ramon Paricio
SEAT - Spain
Presentation abstract
On the last decade, the concept “PERCEPTION OF QUALITY” has become especially relevant for the VW Consortium, where precision and quality go together, hand in hand. The objective is to, not only produce high quality products, but also that the clients and users perceive this quality from the moment that they have the first contact with the product.
This harmonization of each of the components that make up a vehicle with its environment, in SEAT, starts with the digitalization of models in the design phase of the product, where the definition of the surfaces must be the base for the subsequent development of the project in R&D. All this is about guaranteeing the technique and the functionality of the future vehicle, respecting the design.
Despite the continuous improvement of the Virtual Techniques and the Advanced Calculus Programmes, support tools fundamentals for the development of a model; the VW Consortium is still working with real models on this phase, where precision on the detail is fundamental for perceiving the features that will characterize the new vehicle.
The quality perception gains a special relevance on the tune-up phase of each part, as the last step before mass-production. On this stage, the measurement systems become the real adjusters of the installations and production processes. That is what SEAT calls the Meisterbock, as a support tool and working method. “The tenth fraction becomes the reference unit”.
Once the product is mass-produced, the precision achieved on the previous stages must be guaranteed, to maintain the desired “perception of quality”. In order to achieve this, we have off-line measurements, as guarantee for the stability of the product and in-line measurements as guarantee for the stability of the processes.
It is on the assembly area, the last link of the chain before delivering the product to the client, where the guidelines for control points and their tolerances will be set. In SEAT this working method is called “Measurements for the Client”.
The future of measurements in the automotive industry is exciting, as there is still a long way to go. The treatment of data and the efficient incorporation of the production processes are the true challenge for the measurement systems.
Information about the speaker
Industrial engineer by Universidad de Zaragoza.
Master in Automotive Engineering by Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña.
MBA (Master of Business Administration) by the Centro de Estudios Financieros de Barcelona.
He has always worked closely to the Automotive World, from his family business to the present times at VW Consortium; where, during the last 20 years, he has been carrying out Product Research and Development, and Problem Analysis and Resolution at production.
In 2003, he was in charge of the SEAT Measuring Techniques Department, watching out for the implantation of the techniques and working systems within the company and those of the providers that would guarantee the “Quality Perception” of the products. He was also responsible for the introduction and maintenance of the Calibration Plan of all the Inspection, Measuring, and Testing Equipments of the brand.
Member of the Measuring Management Team of VW Consortium. He is responsible for the Standardization and Implantation of New Technologies, Systems and Working Methods, that optimize all the processes related to measuring, from the parts definition to the mass-production control.