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Dürr Builds a Highly Automated Paint Shop with Integrated IIoT Solutions for VinFast
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tart-ups from outside the automotive
achieve this ambitious investment objective
costs, not least since it only needs two
sector are entering the automotive
in the area of the paint shop, VinFast
levels and no so-called penthouse. The
market more and more frequently.
commissioned Dürr to handle this project.
compact design enabled the concreted
VinFast is a subsidiary of VinGroup and is the
“Our paint shop will be the biggest in Vietnam,
area to be reduced by approx. 15,000 m2.
first volume automotive manufacturer from
and highly automated through the integration
This corresponds to a saving of more
Vietnam with a particular ambition: a smart
of numerous IIoT applications. This makes
than 20% compared with a conventional
factory where 250,000 cars per year in the
it the benchmark for outstanding quality
concept.
first phase, initially with conventional drives
combined with the lowest operating costs, the
VinFast’s requirement of maximum
and in the future also with electric drives, will
highest ecological standards, and a high level of
automation of production processes
roll off the production line. The paint shop
occupational safety,” explains James Deluca,
and logistics is met with IIoT-capable
in the factory in Haiphong, that has been
CEO of VinFast Trading and Production Company.
machines from end to end. They are
is currently being installed by Dürr.
comprehensively controlled,
© Dürr
ordered in the first quarter of 2018,
monitored, and supervised
It is highly automated and features
in real time using control
integrated Industrial Internet of
technology from Dürr. This
Things (IIoT) technology. In addition,
makes it possible to test
an innovative layout concept permits
and optimize the overall
a building design that dramatically
equipment efficiency (OEE), for
reduces the space required and
example.
costs involved. the largest non-state owned listed
Flexible technology for future targets
company in Vietnam with a market
Just how precisely the paint
capitalization of approximately
shop technology meets the
VND 340 trillion (USD 14.6 billion)
requirements of VinFast while
as of July 31, 2018. The strategy of
remaining flexible for changes
VinFast is a start-up of the VinGroup,
VinGroup is to become the leading Vietnam and the region. The VinFast brand is the Group’s first foray into the mobility market, which offers
in the future is demonstrated
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technology-industry company in
by the oven. ThebEcoInCure
Figure 1: The EcoInCure oven achieves the best possible quality when it comes to the top coat appearance thanks to its heating process from the inside out and optimized air flow.
enormous growth potential due to
oven achieves the best possible quality when it comes to the top coat appearance thanks to its heating process from the
Southeast Asia.
Patented layout concept for a lean building
Each body gets a digital quality certificate
VinFast intends to establish itself with various
The VinGroup constructed the building for
for the drying process. The data from
models delivering best-in-class quality and
the paint shop based on the patented layout
the IIoT-capable oven is collected and
produced in a factory equipped with
concept developed by Dürr in a record time
evaluated by the control technology for
state-of-the-art technology that enables
of just short of eight months. The layout
this. In addition,bEcoInCure’s innovative,
transparent, lean processes. In order to
minimizes the investment and operating
space-saving transverse mode of operation
the strong increase in demand for vehicles in
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inside out and optimized air flow (Fig. 1).