Dangle_kt
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| posted on 5/11/07 at 07:24 PM |
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Trip to BMW 12.0
Attended a meeting with a project lead from Midlands Excellence today, there office is at BMW plant near birmingham/lichfield. Got a bit of a tour
too. I've been hankering for a meeting down there for ages!
WOW!
What a facility.
They build nothing but engines there, and its an incredible place, semi robotic, higly automated, and you would expect absolutly spotless!
Got chatting, and the guy mentioned that the new BMW engines don't use butterflies ont he throttle, in fact continually variable valve timing
controls the engine.
Rough casting arrive from germany via train, they are finished, fitted together by order and then hand finished.
The piston incertion machine is meant to be especially impressive, it selects the correct piston and collects all 4 at once, compressing the rings and
pop - straight in!
Walked past the lab type areas, there were so many interesting looking tools and machines - all sat there doing nothing! I just wish i'd have
had a more detailed tour!
I want to work there!
Overall I was very very impressed. A truely excellent facility.
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greggors84
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| posted on 5/11/07 at 09:24 PM |
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Alot of modern engines use stepper motors on the butterfly. On start up the butterfly opens 40-50% then the valve timing and ignition does the rest.
All fly by wire throttle so you never notice.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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MikeR
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| posted on 5/11/07 at 11:10 PM |
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I work next to Denso in Cov. Sometimes you see some really nice kit going into the load cell area. Me and a mate play "guess the car" as
we see them with all stripes and stuff.
Always wanted to work there - but suspect its really boring in real life when you have to actually do 'work'.
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coozer
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| posted on 6/11/07 at 07:56 AM |
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As an OEM supplier to BMW I really wouldn't work there for a gold pig
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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