Robotic welding cells working on a bare steel car body inside a guarded automotive body shop

Results · Tier 1 automotive supplier

A threatened recall avoided, with field failures cut from 10% to 0.1%.

Quality and Compliance.

Tier 1 automotive supplier · Quality and Compliance

Sun visors failing in the field at more than 10%, a major automaker threatening a recall, and the supplier on controlled shipping with a new-business hold.

We pinpointed the exact failure location, then used designed experiments to trace it to two causes: misaligned welding dies, and a temperature, pressure, and time window that produced weak welds.

ResultTier 1 automotive supplier

A threatened recall avoided, with field failures cut from 10% to 0.1%

10%+ to 0.1%Field failure rate
  • Recall avoided
  • Controlled shipping and new-business hold lifted after 90 days without a single failure
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