Case Study: RT Prototype Build
There are few, if any, prototype operations anywhere that have the space, capacity, and sheer audacity to attempt what QMC pulled off for DaimlerChrysler in 2005. Looking for a lightning-fast turnaround on its upcoming 2008 RT minivan prototype build, DCX tapped QMC for the project. All Chrysler was looking for was a firm that could do the near impossible—create an essentially all-new, fully-secure and operative prototype assembly facility from thin air in just 14 weeks. And this was no simple assembly. This was a full body-in-white shell assembly—on frame—from the ground up.
Garnering the space, equipment and personnel, as well as catching up to the technological and engineering demands particular to the project, was daunting. But QMC made it happen. Less than 100 days from when they first carved out space for the build at QMC’s sprawling four-building campus, workers had built the first RT shell assembly—an astonishing response time on a program crucial to DCX.
- 18,000 square feet of secured floor space
- Additional 1,250 square feet of dedicated office space with private parking and magnetic entry
- 22 hanging manually operated weld guns
- Self-contained chilling unit and water system with 400 psi capacity
- 8 resistance welding robots
- Dedicated mig weld unit
- Overhead crane system
- Emhart drawn arc stud machine
- Dual arm Brown and Sharpe CMM with 240” x 96” table
Large-Scale Prototype Programs: Who’s Next?
The RT build demanded a state-of-the-art facility that only QMC can provide. The area can be adapted, made larger, and rededicated to virtually any large prototype operation and includes:
QMC is the dynamic, flexible, and experienced organization for the most challenging large-scale prototype and assembly programs!