” is the largest enterprise in the Russian automotive industry, which occupies a leading position in domestic market commercial transport.
History of the GAZ Nizhny Novgorod plant
On March 4, 1929, a decision was made by the Supreme Economic Council of the USSR and an order was signed on the construction of an automobile plant. On May 31, 1929, the Supreme Council of National Economy of the USSR and an American firm Ford motor Company entered into an agreement on technical assistance organizing and setting up mass production cars and trucks. The basis of the production program were chosen Ford-A models and Ford-AA. The plant was founded in 1932 as Nizhny Novgorod car factory named after V. M. Molotov. In the same year, the first 1.5-ton NAZ-AA truck rolled off its assembly line. The first GAZ-AA cars were made according to the drawings of the Ford company. However, Soviet designers took a critical approach to the Ford documentation. I had to strengthen the clutch housing, steering gear, install air filter etc.
GAZ-AA cars served as the basis for the creation of a whole family of vehicles for various purposes.
The main modifications of the GAZ-AA truck:
- GAZ-410 - dump truck (1936-46)
- GAZ-42 - gas generator version of the truck (1939-46).
- GAZ-44 - gas cylinder GAZ-AA (1939).
- GAZ-55 - military ambulance(1938-45).
- GAZ-03-30 - bus (1933-41, 1945-50).
- GAZ-AAA - three-axle truck (1934-43).
- PARM-A - repair and recovery vehicle.
In addition, a number of specialized vehicles were produced on the basis of GAZ-AA - fire engines, medical, police, radio communication vehicles, automobile anti-aircraft installations (quadruple machine guns "Maxim" in the back), searchlight anti-aircraft installations, detection radars, etc. In total, over the years of truck production, more than one million GAZ-AA were produced.
In May 1936, the serial production of the 4-door 5-seater sedan GAZ-M-1 ("Molotovets-1"), known as "Emka", began. This car became the most massive pre-war Soviet passenger car model.
On the basis of "Emka" a number of serial modifications: in 1937 - a GAZ-M-415 pickup truck with an all-metal cab and a metal platform for 500 kg of cargo; in 1939 - a modernized GAZ-11-73 sedan with a 6-cylinder GAZ-11 engine; in 1940 - all-wheel drive phaeton GAZ-61-40; in 1941 - the world's first comfortable SUV with closed body type sedan GAZ-61-73.
Just before the start of the Great Patriotic War, an army commander's office was created at the GAZ plant. all-wheel drive vehicle("jeep") GAZ-64, which received the nickname "goat".
The first car was released in August 1941 almost simultaneously with the release of american jeep Willys-MA. At the same time, the GAZ-64 was superior to the American counterpart in many ways. A total of 686 GAZ-64s were produced.
The Great Patriotic War
During the Great Patriotic War, the enterprise was completely reoriented to the production of military equipment.
In the initial period of the war, the production of an army passenger car was mastered as soon as possible. off-road GAZ-64. In October 1941, the plant mastered the production of the T-60 light tank, the design of which was improved by the factory workers in order to improve its performance.
At the same time, taking into account the greater capabilities of GAZ compared to the Moscow plant No. 37, the developer of the T-60, the design of a more combat-ready version of a light tank with enhanced armor and weapons began. Already in December, its prototype T-70 was built, and after completion it became the second largest tank in the Red Army. In this series fighting machine went from April 1942.
Also in the same spring, the BA-64 light armored car based on the GAZ-64 was put into production.
In 1943, a modernized (with a broader gauge) BA-64B armored car and a passenger car unified with it on the chassis were mastered. army car off-road GAZ-67.
During the second half of 1942, the GAZ tank design bureau, under the leadership of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Astrov, worked on strengthening the T-70 running gear in order to eliminate its main drawback - a single-man turret. So in October 1942, the T-70 was replaced on the conveyor by its modification T-70M, and in December of the same year, the T-80 light tank with a two-man turret was successfully tested and put into service.
Since the need of the Red Army for self-propelled artillery was very great, the light self-propelled artillery unit (SAU) SU-76 (SU-12) was put into production at GAZ.
Since the transition to the production of the T-80 light tank could lead to a decrease in the number of T-70M and SU-76 ships shipped to the army, it was decided to organize its production in Mytishchi at plant No. 40, and the Gorky residents built five experimental and pre-production vehicles of this type. In 1943, the work of the tank design bureau was focused on improving the SU-76 self-propelled guns, since its original version had a severe defect in the engine-transmission group. These efforts were crowned with success, the improved model of self-propelled guns (SU-15, and later SU-76M of the second version) was spared from this shortcoming.
Also, GAZ designers developed several prototypes of wheeled and tracked armored vehicles, which did not go into series for various reasons, for example, self-propelled guns KSP-76, GAZ-74, etc. In the same period, a modernized light army off-road vehicle GAZ-67B was mastered, which was also produced in the post-war period. In addition, GAZ massively produced engines, mortars and other military products. Leading role in design Soviet cars All terrain was played by the designer Vitaly Andreevich Grachev, who was awarded the Stalin Prize for 1942 for the creation of the BA-64 armored car.
During the years of the Great Patriotic War, 176,221 vehicles, about 12,000 tanks, more than 9,000 self-propelled guns, 24,000 mortars, 232,000 automobile motors, 30,000 shells for the Katyusha rocket launcher.
In 1943, in just a month, from June 4 to June 22, German aircraft bombed GAZ seven times. Serious destruction was received by 50 buildings and buildings. Line production has been interrupted. 35 thousand repairmen, installers and builders, working 18-19 hours a day, restored the plant in 100 days. However, it was necessary to abandon the production of the technologically complex three-axle truck GAZ-AAA, for some time the production of other automotive technology and armored cars BA-64. However, the production and delivery of the T-70 light tank to the troops did not stop for a day, although the factory workers managed to block the May indicators only in October 1943.
post-war period
The war had not yet ended when the Gorky Automobile Plant began to create new models of trucks and cars.
The first in a series of new products was the GAZ-51 truck. Their mass production began in January 1946.The second was the GAZ M-20 car, the famous Pobeda. The first batch was assembled in June 1946.
The GAZ-69 SUV in 1953 replaced its predecessor GAZ-67. The most unified with the then produced "gas" cars, a simple, durable and very hardy machine was successfully operated both in our country and abroad.
The design of the GAZ-21, unusual for its time, also turned out to be extremely successful.
In 1959, it was time for a new flagship of the company. They became the seven-seat "Seagull" GAZ-13.
In the second half of the 80s, on a government assignment, the development of a new representative passenger car GAZ-3105 began, which later became small-scale.
In March 1981, the 10 millionth car rolled off the assembly line of the plant, and in December 1995, the 15 millionth with the GAZ brand.
In November 1992, the Gorky Automobile Plant was reorganized into Joint-Stock Company open type.
The current state of the GAZ plant
In 2012, the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod celebrated its 80th anniversary. Despite its venerable age, the plant continues to work actively.
Today, the Gorky Automobile Plant is the key enterprise of the GAZ Group. Gorky Automobile Plant produces light and medium-duty commercial vehicles (minibuses, vans and combi vans, chassis, flatbed vehicles). More than 300 types of special equipment are manufactured on the basis of GAZ vehicles: ambulances medical care, school buses, tank trucks, dump trucks, tow trucks, mobile shops, laboratories, collection vehicles, special vehicles for law enforcement agencies, etc. The most popular car brands factories - GAZelle, Sobol, Valdai and Sadko.The enterprise is the leader in Russia in the production of lungs commercial vehicles, occupying about 50% of the market in this segment.
In 2010, the GAZ plant of Nizhny Novgorod updated the model range by releasing a modernized GAZelle-BUSINESS vehicle with improved consumer characteristics, a fundamentally new level of quality, reliability, safety, comfort and a reduced cost of ownership. During the development of GAZelle-BUSINESS, about 150 design and production and technological improvements were made to the car. Since 2010, GAZelle-BUSINESS vehicles have been serially equipped with diesel Cummins engine and gas equipment.
A new generation of light commercial vehicles are being prepared for the release Gazelle NEXT", which will expand the range of GAZ vehicles for Russian business and export markets. The most popular commercial vehicles in Russia GAZelle and Sobol of the BUSINESS family continue to be produced, as well as special equipment based on them, which is in demand in various industries, in business, in public utilities and in social transportation.
At the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod, industrial partnership projects are being implemented with the world's leading automakers Volkswagen, General Motors and Daimler. Cooperation with international companies with a total investment of about 500 million euros will modernize about 200 thousand square meters of production space of the enterprise, provide employment for 5,000 employees and master the best standards of the global automotive industry to develop its own model range enterprises.
(GAZ) is currently the largest enterprise in the Russian automotive industry, which is part of the automotive holding GAZ Group. It produces the widest range of trucks, special equipment, auto components.
The decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the National Economy (VSNKh) of the USSR on the construction of a large automobile plant near Nizhny Novgorod was adopted on April 6, 1929. On May 31, the Supreme Economic Council of the USSR concluded with the American company Ford motor company an agreement on technical assistance in organizing and setting up mass production of Ford-A type cars and Ford-AA type trucks.
Technological and structural design of the automobile plant was carried out in the USA mainly by Soviet engineers in close cooperation with the Ford Motor Company. The architectural and construction project was developed by Austin & K.
May 2, 1930 under Nizhny Novgorod the first stone was laid in the foundation of the future automobile plant, and by November 1, 1931, the construction was basically completed. The automobile plant received the best domestic equipment and machine tools, presses, machines from the USA and European countries (Germany, England, Italy, France) at that time. To launch the first stage, 4.5 thousand different units, eight thousand electric motors were installed.
In 1994, the plant began production of new GAZ-3302 GAZelle light commercial vehicles, in 2010 - a modernized GAZelle-BUSINESS vehicle.
In 2011, the plant developed new line agricultural vehicles "Ermak". In 2013, the production of cars of the new NEXT family began with the release of light commercial car" GAZelle NEXT". Based on the basic model, by 2016, a complete line commercial vehicles gross weight from 2.8 to 5.0 tons.
Over the years, car manufacturers have developed more than 40 basic models trucks and cars, as well as military and special vehicles and buses, hundreds of their modifications and experimental designs. The plant produced over 18 million cars and trucks.
Gorky Automobile Plant today - the key enterprise of the GAZ Group - produces light and medium-duty commercial vehicles (minibuses, vans and combi vans, chassis, flatbed cars), over 300 types of special equipment, as well as auto components (PowerTrain systems, control systems, body elements, tooling, forging parts, iron and non-ferrous castings). The most popular automobile brands of the plant are GAZelle, Sobol, Valdai and Sadko.
In addition to the development and production of its own model range of vehicles, GAZ cooperates with international automakers Volkswagen and Daimler. Since 2013, GAZ has been producing Š cars in the contract assembly mode. koda Yeti, Volkswagen Jetta and Škoda Octavia, as well as commercial Mercedes-Benz cars Sprinter.
The company's products are sold in Russia, CIS countries and far abroad. The share of GAZ in the Russian market of light commercial vehicles is about 50%, in the segment medium duty trucks- about 70%.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
(GAZ) is currently the largest enterprise in the Russian automotive industry, which is part of the automotive holding GAZ Group. It produces the widest range of trucks, special equipment, auto components.
The decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the National Economy (VSNKh) of the USSR on the construction of a large automobile plant near Nizhny Novgorod was adopted on April 6, 1929. On May 31, the Supreme Economic Council of the USSR concluded an agreement with the American firm Ford Motor Company on technical assistance in organizing and setting up mass production of Ford-A type cars and Ford-AA type trucks.
Technological and structural design of the automobile plant was carried out in the USA mainly by Soviet engineers in close cooperation with the Ford Motor Company. The architectural and construction project was developed by Austin & K.
On May 2, 1930, the foundation stone of the future automobile plant was laid near Nizhny Novgorod, and by November 1, 1931, the construction was basically completed. The automobile plant received the best domestic equipment and machine tools, presses, machines from the USA and European countries (Germany, England, Italy, France) at that time. To launch the first stage, 4.5 thousand different units, eight thousand electric motors were installed.
In 1994, the plant began production of new GAZ-3302 GAZelle light commercial vehicles, in 2010 - a modernized GAZelle-BUSINESS vehicle.
In 2011, the plant developed a new line of agricultural vehicles "Ermak". In 2013, the production of vehicles of the new NEXT family began with the release of the GAZelle NEXT light commercial vehicle. Based on the basic model, by 2016 a complete line of commercial vehicles with a gross weight of 2.8 to 5.0 tons was created.
Over the years, car factories have developed more than 40 basic models of trucks and cars, as well as military and special vehicles and buses, hundreds of their modifications and experimental designs. The plant produced over 18 million cars and trucks.
Gorky Automobile Plant today - the key enterprise of the GAZ Group - produces light and medium-duty commercial vehicles (minibuses, vans and combi vans, chassis, flatbed cars), over 300 types of special equipment, as well as auto components (PowerTrain systems, control systems, body elements, tooling, forging parts, iron and non-ferrous castings). The most popular automobile brands of the plant are GAZelle, Sobol, Valdai and Sadko.
In addition to the development and production of its own model range of vehicles, GAZ cooperates with international automakers Volkswagen and Daimler. Since 2013, Škoda Yeti, Volkswagen Jetta and Škoda Octavia, as well as commercial vehicles, have been produced at GAZ in the contract assembly mode. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.
The company's products are sold in Russia, CIS countries and far abroad. The share of GAZ in the Russian market of light commercial vehicles is about 50%, in the segment of medium-duty trucks - about 70%.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
At Gorky Automobile Plant amazing fate. Once he produced the most massive trucks Soviet Union GAZ-AA, then there was a period when he made the legend of the twentieth century Volga GAZ-21, then when he built the prestigious Seagulls and the dream of almost any citizen, the Volga GAZ-24. There was a period when GAZ saved itself and the small business of Russia with the Gazelka... There were different times at the plant, and it would take too long to list everything that came out of its gates. But we will try to tell at least about what happened in Nizhny at the very beginning of the thirties, what is happening now, and what to expect in the near future.
That Siberia, that Alaska - two coasts
At the end of the twenties of the past, an unpleasant picture developed in the USSR: it was necessary to build socialism (in order to proceed directly to communism later), but there was nothing to carry bricks on. You can, of course, on a horse, but during the period of industrialization, this animal, with its proud appearance, discredited the power of the working people. It was only taken Possible Solution: Build your own car factory.
Of course, build large plant in a short time, without having any experience - it is almost impossible. And then the Supreme Economic Council of the USSR and the American Ford Motor Company entered into an agreement to help launch mass production of cars in the Soviet Union. Ford was not chosen by chance: the cost of cars from this company was then minimal, the cars were reliable and simple, and everyone in Ford knew about the mass character, probably.
But first it was necessary to build the plant itself. It was designed by the architectural bureau of Albert Kahn, and the construction was managed by the Austin company. Of course, all these firms were American.
But do not think that with shovels and wheelbarrows at the construction site, overseas assistants hunched their shoulders. No, physically our people worked here. And the work was really extremely hard, almost manual. Nevertheless, the pace of construction turned out to be simply incredible: the plant was ready in just 18 months, and already in January 1932, the first one and a half ton NAZ-AA truck rolled off the assembly line, which later became better known among the people as a lorry. Why was it called NAZ? Because the plant was then Nizhny Novgorod, and it became Gorky in 1933.
The nomenclature of the plant expanded rapidly. Even listing the machines developed by the Gazites before the start of World War II would take up a lot of space. But I note that they were all based on the good old GAZ-A and. On the old ones - because for the Americans they were already old by that time, on the good ones - because we didn’t have anything better anyway.
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GAZ-AAA test
Shortly before the termination of cooperation with the Americans in 1935, the factory workers received documentation for Ford Model B. This car was the basis for the GAZ-M-1 (Molotovets-1, aka Emka), which began production in 1936. Outwardly, Ford V and Emka are very similar, but there are many differences in them. However, today I am in no mood to analyze what was copied there at GAZ (legally and illegally), what was done better and what was worse. This is a topic for long philosophical conversations in the garage. You need to lay out a newspaper on the hood of the old Volga, cut sausage, pour a hundred grams and throw a bunch of arguments at each other varying degrees reliability. And then slap the opponent on the cheeks cylinder head gasket from the GAZ-11 engine, one to one similar to ... Hmm, okay, let's not. Still a holiday.
The factory workers managed to do the almost impossible: already in mid-April 1935, the hundred thousandth car was assembled. For the enterprise, as well as for the country as a whole, it was an incredible success. The development of another bestseller has already begun - but the war has begun.
The plant was reoriented to military needs. They produced the first light SUVs, trucks, tanks, self-propelled artillery mounts, armored vehicles, mortars, shells for Katyushas ... Of course, the German invaders could not look at this calmly. And the plant became a target for bombers. They bombed a lot, purposefully, persistently. They suffered losses from Soviet air defense systems, but still flew to throw bombs. And in the summer of 1943 conveyor production still had to be stopped.
The plant was badly damaged. According to various estimates, about fifty buildings of the enterprise were destroyed. But in the history of the plant there was another feat: it was restored in a hundred days and production was started again. Of course, all this was not done in full: it was necessary, for example, to abandon the production of three-axle GAZ-AAA trucks and armored cars.
GAZ-51, 46 years old, State. tests. Motor rally on Baydarsky pass in Crimea
But after the war, the plant “fired” with a whole salvo of cars that later became iconic. It's simple , …
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Italian actress Sophia Loren and Soviet actor Sergo Zakariadze at the Chaika GAZ-13 car. Moscow, 1965
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Yuri Gagarin in the assembly shop for passenger cars. 1963
No less productive was the period from the early sixties to the early eighties. Here GAZ also pleased Soviet citizens in the segment trucks and in the passenger car segment. If you have never heard anything about the GAZ-53, the “shishigu” GAZ-66, ... then finish the lessons and fold the portfolio. These cars are known to every Russian person, and during this period GAZ became the main supplier of auto legends of the Soviet Union.
In 1981, the ten millionth GAZ was produced. But the following decades were not entirely successful for GAZ.
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Assembly shop GAZ-53A
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If GAZ was able to produce a few more epic trucks in the “pre-gas” era (for example, GAZ-3307 and then GAZ-3309), then the picture turned out to be sad with cars. You can throw rusty kingpins at me, but the endless alterations of the 24th Volga were not very successful. Something fundamentally new was needed, but during this period GAZ could not (or did not want to) deal with a new passenger car.
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True, in the 90s, the production of the Volga increased significantly: for old times sake, people considered this car prestigious, and then it suddenly became very inexpensive to cost. But for a long time, on the remnants of its former glory, the Volga could not stretch, and the new GAZ-3103, 3104 and the business class sedan 3105: there were no funds for this, and even compete with the flooded Russian market it was very difficult for these cars to get foreign cars.
Let's omit everything that GAZ did for the military, and what it tried to do, but could not do until the mid-90s. Let's take a closer look at 1994. It was then that the plant practically revived its own by setting up the production of GAZelles. For 11 years, the first million of these cars were produced. And Gazelle became a real guardian angel of the plant, not allowing it to die in the difficult 90s. Developing entrepreneurship really needed just such a car, and the demand for it was very high. Then a minibus appeared on the basis of the Gazelle, and again it was not a blow to the eyebrow, but to the eye: a huge number of fixed-route taxis appeared.
The gazelles fully corresponded to the typical Russian principle “buy cheaper, load more, take away further” (and they still do). Yes, they rusted wildly, did not differ high quality assemblies, were not very pleasing to the eye already in the second or third year of working life, but it was on their chassis that GAZ got out of a protracted crisis. True, it completely lost its presence in the passenger segment in the 2000s. But our citizens did not cry about this for long and not very bitterly, and mostly they were fans of the brand and those who did not understand that there are a lot of cars in the world that are better than the Volga in almost everything.
In 2001, the plant became part of the RusPromAvto holding, which, in turn, was transformed into the GAZ Group holding in 2005. Since then, the GAZ plant has been the parent company of the holding. Let's see what the "GAZ Group" is and Gorky plant Today.
Statistics knows everything
This small section can be skipped by those who know what exactly is included in the GAZ Group and how it all works. That is, the management of the holding. The rest, probably, will be interesting to discover some new moments.
So, there are five divisions in the GAZ Group: “Light commercial and cars», « Trucks”, “Buses”, “Power units” and “Autocomponents”. Each division has several enterprises. For example, buses are PAZ, LiAZ and KavZ plants, power units- Yaroslavl YaMZ, YAZDA and YAZTA ( Yaroslavl factories diesel and fuel equipment), trucks - Ural and so on, this list is incomplete. In total - 13 enterprises in eight regions of Russia.
Today, all enterprises of the holding (including related industries) employ about 400 thousand people, and the number of countries where GAZ products are exported is constantly growing: from 23 in 2013 to 51 in 2017. I think few people are interested in understanding the reports on the holding's activities, but some more interesting numbers of statistics still need to be cited. For example, 100% of all domestic front-engine buses belong to GAZ, as does 74% of light commercial vehicles. Significantly beyond Last year increased the share of medium diesel engines— from 22% last year to 38% this year.
A year ago, a division of GAZ International was created, which is engaged in the export of gas equipment. Therefore, recently the holding has been focusing on some things that are simply necessary for successful integration into overseas markets. For example, it is preparing to release engines that comply with Euro-6 standards, introduces standard equipment their cars ESP system, prepares its machines for work in high-altitude climates, hot countries, countries with left-hand traffic. It may not sound too difficult, but it's actually a lot of work.
One should not think that interaction with foreigners is limited only by attempts (and successful ones) to sell cars to them. No, GAZ also assembles some cars. For example, Skoda Yeti, Octavia, Volkswagen Jetta and commercial Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. And next year it will even start assembling the Skoda Kodiaq.
Of course, all these cars are much more complicated than the old Gazelle. And yet the company copes with the task successfully. Moreover, even their own NEXT Gazelles are very different from the good old cars of the previous generation Gazelle Business. Here and multimedia systems, And cable drives Gearbox with joystick on the panel, and front multi-link suspension, and much more. Yes, the Gazelles are not the same! They even forgot how to corrode to holes right at the end of the assembly cycle on the conveyor. Let's take a quick look at how they are made now.
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Entrance - through the gateway
First, let's take a look at the truck assembly shop.
Ready-made cabins and frames come here from other workshops. Here they are “married” (yes, on all assembly lines there is such a concept as “wedding” - the connection of the chassis and cab) and a car is assembled from finished parts.
There are several subassembly areas along the main conveyor where, for example, panels or seats are assembled. They do this in order not to clutter up the workshop with warehouses of volumetric components of future cars, but to assemble everything strictly in accordance with production plan. On average, it leaves here every 80 seconds new car. Well, or a chassis for a bus, the assembly of which will be uploaded by someone from the “Buses” division.
At each post, the conveyor operator has a button that he must press in case of an emergency. These are rare, but they do happen. For example, all pneumatic tools themselves control the tightening torque of the connections, and if for some reason the parameter is not correct, the tool will show an error. The operator presses a button, and the shift supervisor who immediately comes up has only 30 seconds to make a decision. If the problem cannot be solved within this time, the conveyor automatically stops. In 20 minutes, the foreman already knows about this, and this will already be a serious incident. Think for yourself: stopping even for two minutes is already behind the plan by one or even two cars. This should not be. However, with today's approach to production, this practically does not happen.
Several randomly selected cars from each of the conveyors (Gazelle or Lawn in any modification) are sent daily to the audit room finished car. For the first time, this appeared at GAZ during the assembly of the Volga Siber, and the Americans brought this innovation from Chrysler. Then, when the plant began producing Sprinters, Daimler also arranged this method of control. Now the product is being tested according to an algorithm that has incorporated a part of these two companies.
If Daimler was more concerned about appearance(the quality of painting, assembly, the size of the gaps, etc.), then Chrysler focused on checking equipment. As a result, GAZ began to carefully check both of them, giving the identified defects a rating on a ten-point scale (from “no one will see” to “everyone will see”).
After the audit room, the checked cars go on a test run around the city. There they have to drive 80 kilometers. However, all other cars also pass the test run, but it takes place on the track, and its distance is only two kilometers.
And some of the cars are also sent “to the shower”, where they are poured with water. All-metal vans undergo such a check especially carefully.
In general, everything looks beautiful and convincing. It remains only to find out where the finished cabs, bodies and other parts come from in the assembly shop.
Let's take a look at the workshop for welding all-metal bodies. Gone are the days when they were cooked by hand. Now the robots are on the rampage. Everything is so automated here that a little more, and these iron monsters will seize power, cook a general for themselves and go to war against humanity. And it's really scary: 98 Japanese Fanuc robots work on the van welding line alone, and the strongest of them lifts 700 kg. And another 100 German-made Kuka robots are plowed into the cabin welding line in another workshop. Okay, kidding, they're not going anywhere: they don't have legs. They will have to stand here and cook Gazelle Next. The control system of the line continuously controls all the main parameters of welding: the current strength, as well as the strength and time of clamping tongs. And if necessary, even instantly makes adjustments. By the way, now glue is also used here, which makes it possible to less disturb the structure of iron during welding, which should contribute to the longevity of the bodies. And after welding is completed, only on the body of the GAZelle NEXT van, 6,000 welding points are checked on a coordinate measuring machine, and the deviations in each cannot be more than 0.2 mm.
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Now let's see how this beauty is painted.
