I-BMW Manufacturing ivule isitolo sayo esisha sabezindaba embonini yaseSpartanburg, eSouth Carolina, njengoba ilungiselela ukuhlanganisa i-BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle entsha (okuthunyelwe ngaphambilini). Isitolo sabezindaba sizogxiviza izingxenye zensimbi zeBMW X3 entsha, eqale ukubonakala eNyakatho Melika ngesikhathi somcimbi. Lezi zingxenye zihlanganisa izingxenye ezilengayo njengeminyango emine yemoto, izinsimbi, isango lokuphakamisa, nezinhlangothi zomzimba zangaphandle.
Ngemva kweminyaka engu-30 yokusebenza ngempumelelo, siqhubeka nokwandisa ukuzibophezela kwethu. Ekupheleni kuka-2026, ukuhlanganiswa kwazo zonke izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi zezemidlalo kuzoqala lapha e-Spartanburg. Lesi esinye isinyathelo esibheke ekuqiniseni ukuqina kwethu emhlabeni jikelele.
—UDkt. U-Milan Nedeljković, ilungu Lebhodi Lokuphatha le-BMW AG elibhekelele Ukukhiqiza
Ngo-2030, i-BMW Group izohlanganisa okungenani izinhlobo eziyisithupha zikagesi ngokugcwele e-US. Amabhethri anamandla amakhulu ama-BEV azayo avela e-Spartanburg azoqhamuka eduze kwase-Woodruff, lapho i-BMW Group njengamanje yakha indawo yokuhlanganisa yamabhethri esizukulwane sesithupha. Ukuvulwa kwesitolo sabezindaba nakho kunomthelela ekuqiniseni umkhondo we-US.
I-BMW Group itshale imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-200 zamaRandi ukuze kwakhiwe isitolo sokunyathelisa esingu-219,000-square-foot-foot. Kuthathe izinyanga ezingu-24 kusukela ekulungiseni umsebenzi wesayithi kuya ekugxivizeni ingxenye yokuqala kulayini wabezindaba. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kuphinde kwahlanganisa nemisebenzi emisha engaphezu kuka-200 emisebenzini efana nochwepheshe bamathuluzi kanye nokugcinwa kwemishini esebenza ngogesi kanye nemishini ezishintshayo. Inqwaba yabahlanganyeli bePlant Spartanburg abaqeqeshwe ezitolo zabezindaba zeBMW Group eSwindon e-UK naseLeipzig eJalimane.

IBMW X3 ingenye yezimoto zale nkampani ezidayisa kakhulu e-United States nasemhlabeni jikelele. Abadidiyeli bePlant Spartanburg sebehlanganise amaBMW X1.7 angaphezu kwesigidi esingu-3 selokhu lo mfuziselo wajoyina imboni ngo-2010. I-BMW X3 entsha izoqala ukudayiswa ekwindla ka-2024.
Isitolo sabezindaba siphawula ukuqala kwenqubo yokukhiqiza izimoto. Amakhoyili amakhulu ensimbi akhishwa emalolini kusetshenziswa ukhreni omkhulu ongaphakathi esitolo. Amakhoyili ensimbi abe esefakwa ku-Coil Line, lapho insimbi isikwa ibe “izikhala” ngazinye (ama-cutoff angama-rectangular noma izimo ezikhethekile) ngokufinyelela ku-70 imivimbo ngomzuzu. Lezi zikhala zibe sezilungele ukufakwa ku-Press Line.
I-Press Line ineziteshi zokucindezela ezinhlanu (zokugxiviza). Ulayini ufakwe ubuchwepheshe be-servo, okwenza i-BMW ikhulise kakhulu ukusebenza komshini wokunyathelisa. I-crane engaphezulu ihambisa ithuluzi lokucindezela elilungile (kufa) esiteshini ngasinye. Okungenalutho kufakwa esiteshini sokuqala sokunyathelisa bese kudluliselwa esiteshini esisodwa kuya kwesilandelayo ubuchwepheshe obufana nerobhothi, obubizwa ngokuthi “i-crossbar feeder,” ukuze kwenziwe imisebenzi eyengeziwe yokwenza nokunquma. Ulayini ungagijima imivimbo engu-18 ngomzuzu, okusho ukuthi izingxenye ezingafika kweziyi-10,000 zingagxivizwa usuku ngalunye, kuye ngosayizi wengxenye ngayinye.

Ngemva kokuba izingxenye sezigxivizwe, ziya ekulawuleni ikhwalithi ukuze zihlolwe; abahloli bekhwalithi basebenzisa ukukhanya okukhethekile okulingisa ukukhanya kwemini kwemvelo. Izingxenye zibe sezipakishwa kuma-racks alungele ukulethwa kulayini wokukhiqiza wesitolo somzimba.
Ngaphansi komugqa wokunyathelisa kanye namakhoyili kunezindawo eziqoqa izinsimbi ezilahliwe eziqoqwe ngemva kokugxivizwa kwezingxenye. Kuqoqwa amathani angama-50 ezilahliwe usuku ngalunye ngomthamo ogcwele; umshini omude ohambisa izinsimbi, futhi ulayishwa kuma-trailer angama-53-foot. Konke lokhu okuqukethwe kukhishwe endaweni ukuze kugaywe kabusha.
Kulo nyaka, i-BMW Manufacturing imaka iminyaka engama-30 yokuhlanganisa ama-BMW eSouth Carolina, ngamaBMW angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisi-6.7 aqoqwe phakathi namashumi amathathu eminyaka. Imboni yaseSpartanburg iqashe abantu abangaphezu kuka-11,000 3 ukuhlanganisa i-X5, X7, X4 ne-XM Sports Activity Vehicles kanye ne-X6 ne-X1,150 Sports Activity Coupes. Ikhempasi engu-8-acre, 2,600-million-square-foot-foot ihlanganisa izitolo ezintathu zemizimba enamarobhothi angaphezu kuka-XNUMX, izitolo zokupenda ezimbili, namahholo omhlangano amabili.
Lesi sikhungo sikhiqiza amandla aso angaba ngu-20% ngegesi ye-methane futhi sisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-hydrogen fuel cell ukunika amandla izingcezu ezingama-800 zempahla yokuphatha.
I-BMW Group yamemezela ngo-2022 ukuthi izotshala amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.7 emisebenzini yayo yase-US, okuhlanganisa u-$ 1 billion ukulungisa imboni yaseSpartanburg ukuhlanganisa izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi ngokugcwele kanye no-$ 700 wezigidi ukuze kwakhiwe imboni entsha yokuhlanganisa amabhethri anamandla amakhulu e-Woodruff.
Lapho iqedwa ngo-2026, iPlant Woodruff izohlanganisa amabhethri esizukulwane sesithupha ukuze ihlinzeke ngezimoto zikagesi ngokugcwele kwaBMW Manufacturing.
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