One of Schaeffler s fortes is the company s produc tion know how developed in more than 120 years A perfect example UniAir The idea of the ful ly variable valve control system was conceived at the Fiat Development Center RCF However the ex pertise in developing the system to market level industrialization and manufacturing was lacking there Schaeffler s experts have been contributing it since 2009 The Schaeffler Group supplies high quality prod ucts to more than 60 sectors in total with a commitment to zero defects In addition to a standardized worldwide quality management sys tem Schaeffler relies on close collaboration be tween product and production specialists in this context Special purpose machinery has been one of the traditional fortes of the Group see also page 68 If Schaeffler s exacting expectations cannot be met by a production machine that s available on the market the machine will be developed and produced in house No matter whether a product is made in house or purchased Schaeffler has a tradition of incorporating state of the art technol ogies in its manufacturing operations Included already or planned for the near future are additive manufacturing including 3D printing etc light weight design work with digital twins collabora tive robots cobots and autonomous production However new technologies don t necessarily have to replace time tested ones According to Schaeff ler s experience a combination of both may well prove to be the best solution Expert know how Seven decades of made by Schaeffler manufacturing excellence quality inspection and control in 1951 automatic needle production in 1960 clutch manufacturing in the early 1990s and Industry 4 0 in the Factory for tomorrow at Schaeffler s site in Taicang China 39 In motion

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