Explore the SAIC Volkswagen Quality Assurance Center: Quality assurance is an innate consciousness

As one of the domestic automobile joint ventures with a long history, SAIC-Volkswagen has continued to export high-quality products to the Chinese market after entering China in 1984. In 36 years, it has accumulated more than 22 million users, from Lavida to Passat, from Tiguan As for Touron, SAIC-Volkswagen already has its own "volume-oriented" models in multiple market segments.

Behind these numbers is not only honor, but also pressure. Due to its huge user base, SAIC-Volkswagen has been the focus of attention in the industry for many years. This may be the motto of SAIC-Volkswagen - "Quality is the life of SAIC-Volkswagen."

In fact, SAIC-Volkswagen is not only a brand, but also a way for the Volkswagen Group to demonstrate its strict standards, advanced technology and these advantages to create high-quality products for Chinese users in the Chinese market. important channels. As explained by Finn of Volkswagen China, Volkswagen has a large number of strict internal corporate standards, and SAIC-Volkswagen has continuously upgraded them on this basis to make them more suitable for the actual conditions of China's roads.

Quality assurance work requires "two legs"

It is reported that SAIC Volkswagen has established a complete full-process quality management system, which covers product strategy, technology development, The entire product life cycle at all stages including manufacturing and marketing. In the early stages of product planning, the quality assurance department works simultaneously with core departments such as R&D, production, and sales. Based on national laws and regulations, industry standard requirements, user satisfaction and other after-sales information feedback, as well as evaluation basis such as testing and production quality analysis, *** Together, we set quality goals for new models and clarify quality directions and standards for subsequent production and manufacturing.

SAIC Volkswagen Quality Assurance Center has a construction area of ??approximately 33,000 square meters. It has a matching center and precision testing room for measurement, a vehicle audit area and a vehicle inspection center for product review, a quality assurance laboratory for technical testing of materials and standard parts, and storage for vehicle process card classification. area, as well as a vehicle analysis workshop used to analyze and resolve user feedback in the market immediately.

The core part of the quality assurance center is the highly professional material quality control and analysis department - the quality assurance laboratory.

From a general perspective, in terms of hardware, the quality assurance laboratory covers an area of ??9,600 square meters and has 259 advanced material analysis and testing equipment. Judging from the talent pool, more than half of the team members in the studio have a master's degree or above, 98% of employees*** have more than 5 years of work experience, and 60% of employees are under 40 years old.

Breaking down the details of each department, the quality assurance laboratory includes internal tightening laboratory, internal stress laboratory, odor and emission team, SAIC Volkswagen color difference team, industrial CT and other industry teams, which show the performance of the machine Hardware and talent are highly compatible.

Take the internal tightening laboratory as an example. It is understood that the laboratory fastener team has corresponding tightening teams in Anting and 5 off-site factories, which forms the tightening network of SAIC Volkswagen, and The tightening in all workshops of Volkswagen uses multi-level torque monitoring. All tightening curves and data are collected and saved by the tightening system, achieving the recording and traceability of all tightening data for about 15 years. This forms a horizontal and vertical axis, ensuring all-round quality assurance of SAIC Volkswagen products.

Another example is the SAIC-Volkswagen color difference team. At present, most car companies require visual matching for color difference. However, the SAIC-Volkswagen color difference team, which was established in 2003, currently not only has traditional visual matching, but also such On this basis, combined with measurement data, the color difference of the product in terms of color, material, texture, and assembly position parts meets one of the world's most stringent standards - Volkswagen's color difference standard VW50190.

We learned that the combination of hardware and talents is not static. For example, the SAIC Volkswagen Odor and Dispersion Team was initially known as the "golden nose" in the industry because it could skillfully distinguish 105 kinds of smells. ".

However, with the introduction of GC-O equipment by SAIC Volkswagen, the "Odor Traceability and VOC Frontier Development Laboratory" has been formed. Through the accumulation of odor substances in parts and raw materials, combined with neuron network algorithms, the "electric nose" is being perfected , which will gradually replace the "golden nose".

In fact, since entering the Chinese market, SAIC-Volkswagen’s investment in the introduction of high-tech machinery has been rare in the industry. In 2008, SAIC Volkswagen spent 10 million yuan to purchase industrial CT equipment at that time. It became the first automobile manufacturer in China to use industrial CT equipment for quality control, ensuring comprehensive, non-destructive, high-precision and quality control. Efficiency.

In 2013, when domestic OEMs did not have relevant requirements, SAIC Volkswagen introduced the XRD3003 internal stress meter produced by GE to detect the internal stress of metal parts such as engines, gearboxes, and chassis. Stress, used for development approval and batch quality control of parts.

The high investment in quality assurance work, hard-power machines and soft-power talents have achieved what Feng Sihan said: "Safety first is our primary commitment."

Automotive Factory No. 2: Lavida The story behind

According to data, in the first half of this year, SAIC Volkswagen’s cumulative sales were 665,030 vehicles, leading the industry sales average. Among them, Lavida is one of the classic models with the largest user base of SAIC Volkswagen. In June this year, the sales volume was 37,369 units, and the cumulative sales volume in the first half of the year was 183,535 units. It is an important part of SAIC Volkswagen's overall sales.

Why can Lavida remain popular after so many years in China? This is closely related to SAIC Volkswagen's precise interpretation of Chinese user needs and its rigorous control of product details.

The Lavida family series products, including Lavida pure electric, are currently manufactured by SAIC-Volkswagen Factory No. 2, with an annual production capacity of approximately 300,000 vehicles, and a designed production cycle of 60 JPH, that is, one product is rolled off the assembly line every minute. New car.

It is understood that the workshop improves ergonomics and reduces labor load by using ergonomic equipment such as self-developed automation devices, lifting hangers, human-machine collaborative robots, auxiliary manipulators, and accompanying trolleys. The production line is close to the logistics supermarket. Through the extensive use of advanced logistics systems such as automatic sorting, SPS online, and AGV trolleys, parts delivery is timely and accurate while also freeing up line space, effectively improving labor productivity.

Before leaving the factory, new cars must undergo on-site quality assurance at the second automobile factory to build a full-process quality management system, covering the entire vehicle manufacturing process chain quality control requirements from body to paint, to final assembly, and final delivery. Through a number of means, SAIC Volkswagen has achieved quality control over the manufacturing process and vehicle products to ensure the quality of vehicles used by users.

In addition, Anting Automobile Factory No. 2 is also equipped with equipment including front beam light detection, brake hub detection, vehicle road tests simulating various bad road sections, simulated rain detection with water pressure of 2bar, etc. The vehicle off-line inspection equipment included in the project strives to undergo 100 inspections on every vehicle delivered to the user.