Fori Automation de Mexico facility was completed in 2019 and offers more than 90,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space.
The new facility was built to support the continued growth of Fori Automation de Mexico. Fori Mexico has been an intricate part of the continued growth of Fori Automation globally. The new facility will enable Fori Mexico to take on larger projects and support our domestic and global customer base. Below is an interactive tour and company overview for Fori Automation de Mexico.
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Fori Mexico currently has over 50 employees and a plan is in place to hire over 20 more within the next three years. Pictures of the new facility and start of the project can be found below. The new facility is located in Coahuila, Mexico.
Fori Automation de Mexico HeadquartersRobotic Welding System for Automotive Frame Assembly
Fori Mexico was involved in the relocation of an existing hot stamping line during production from Detroit, MI to Ramos, Mexico.
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Timing for this project was critical, because it was going to take place during production. The customer was required to build a bank of stampings for production while the equipment was being relocated.
The existing hot stamping line in Detroit was a singular process. The customer requested that a new process in Mexico be a parallel process to improve the output of the system. Fori was responsible for engineering the new process. Fori developed the new system layout and completed all the robotic simulations with offline programming to verify the performance of the new parallel process system. The customer requested that Fori use as much existing capital as possible to help control costs, therefore anything that was not available for reuse had to be built by Fori, including the controls of the new system.
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Once the engineering was completed and signed off, Fori Mexico managed the installation, integration, and run off of the new parallel process. Fori USA was responsible for project management, engineering, and quotation.
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Fori Mexico provided a robotic MIG and projection welding system for a sub frame line for an automotive manufacturer.
Features:
Assembly Cycle Time: 54 seconds
Keys to Success: Integrated robots and custom designed turn tables, custom precision welding
Results: Decreased cycle time, increased quality
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The front sub-frame line has a total capacity of 292,000 units with a cycle time of 54 seconds. The assembly consists of MIG welding, projection welding and clinch studs. Fori processed this with dial tables mounted to the customer's base system for ease of installation.
The assembly line consists of 22 MIG welding robots and ten material handling robots. MIG welding is the main process completed, but the line also has Vitronic cameras to scan welds for quality control, post welding pierce stations, and machining centers for key attachment points and a map vision system to verify dimensional accuracy.
Fori USA was responsible for project management and engineering for the program. Fori Mexico was responsible for building the line, debug and run off on their floor. The robotic welding system proved to be a successful collaboration between Fori USA and Fori Mexico. The ability to support the setup, buyoff and installation near the customer plant was of great value to the end user.
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The Robotic MIG Welding system contains resistance spot welding, projection welding, drawn arc welding and a sealer application.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKQiLvi-SyU
Features:
Assembly Cycle Time: 54 seconds
Keys to Success: Integrated robots, custom designed turn tables, custom precision welding
Results: Decreased cycle time and increased quality
The robotic weld system provided accommodates for multiple structural end item assemblies that consisted of resistance spot welding, projection welding, drawn arc welding, as well as a sealer application. The system contained multiple welding cells with a total of (50) robots.
The end item assemblies within this program were Load Beams, Rear Quarter Inner, Rear Closure Inner Assembly, Dash Assembly, Cowl Side, Center Floor Pan Assembly and Sill Outer.
Dial indexers where integrated into a number of the weld cells to improve the efficiency of the robots. Within the process some robots carried weld guns while others were material handling robots that moved the assemblies through pedestal welders (spot, projection and drawn arc) or pedestal sealers.
Fori USA was responsible for Project Management, Engineering, Assembly and Integration. All cells were setup and run off at Fori's global headquarters in Shelby Township, MI. Fori Mexico was responsible for installation and buy off at the end user's production facility.
For more information on Fori Automation's weld lines, please visit our website.
Fori Mexico recently broke ground on a new headquarters that provides over 70,000 square feet of production space. The new facility includes manufacturing and office space to support the continued growth of Fori Automation.
The new facility was built to support the continued growth of Fori Mexico. Over the past 3 years Fori has experienced a substantial amount of growth within its Fori Mexico division.
Fori Automation broke ground on the new Fori Mexico facility in January of 2019.
Fori Mexico currently has over 50 employees and a plan is in place to hire over 20 more within the next three years. Pictures of the new facility and start of the project can be found below. The new facility is located in Coahuila, Mexico.
The new facility will support the continued growth of Fori Mexico.
Fori Automation is a global designer and builder of Material Handling, Assembly, Testing and Welding Systems. For more information on Fori Automation's products and locations, please visit our website.
The existing hot stamping line in Detroit was a singular process. The customer requested that a new process in Mexico be a parallel process to improve the output of the system. Fori was responsible for engineering the new process. Fori developed the new system layout and completed all the robotic simulations with offline programming to verify the performance of the new parallel process system. The customer requested that Fori use as much existing capital as possible to help control costs, therefore anything that was not available for reuse had to be built by Fori, including the controls of the new system.
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Once the engineering was completed and signed off, Fori Mexico managed the installation, integration, and run off of the new parallel process. 
The assembly line consists of 22 MIG welding robots and ten material handling robots. MIG welding is the main process completed, but the line also has 
Fori USA was responsible for project management and engineering for the program. 
Fori USA was responsible for Project Management, Engineering, Assembly and Integration. All cells were setup and run off at Fori's global headquarters in Shelby Township, MI. Fori Mexico was responsible for installation and buy off at the end user's production facility.
For more information on Fori Automation's weld lines, please visit our 
