THE SECRETS OF LUXURY SEDANS: How S-Class, Maybach and EQS are made | WELT Documentary

The most modern automotive plants abroad are located in Zindelfingen. Mercedes-Benz manufactures its

luxury

vehicles in this completely interconnected superfactory. Here two thousand employees and an army of robots produce the world's most popular

luxury

sedans

, like the factory where the Timeless Flagship is built. The S-Class is packed with high-tech in its seventh generation since 1972, the €100,000 car sharing an assembly line with its electric sibling, the eqs, and the world-famous maibach, which builds hybrid and conventional electric luxury class cars. in a single production line. Unique in the automotive sector located at the main Mercedes plant in Zindelfingen. Factory 56 covers an area of ​​220,000 square meters.

The megaproject took two and a half years to build and cost 730 million euros. With its innovations, the high-tech factory is like a trip to the future of car manufacturing. The goal here is to produce the S-Class mibach and Co in the most sustainable and environmentally friendly way possible within the group. luxury

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25 more efficiently than in the old pavilion next door naturally The people and machines in the illuminated Mega Factory are part of a digitally connected hole. Foreign workers. Dozens of robots and hundreds of autonomous transporters work like clockwork to produce the new generation of the S-Class, the Eqs electric sedan and the luxurious Maybach.

The classic assembly line has given way. highly efficient series production, we can produce conventionally powered hybrid vehicles and also fully electric vehicles in a single line, this is an innovation and a world first, but we can not only produce sedans or SUVs, compact cars, Maibach or even fully electric vehicles , here at This building of 400 self-guided vehicles or AGVs is heading to the first production station of the S-Class. The special feature of these all-electric production assistants is their flexibility depending on use. They can be equipped with various special bodies that allow them to perform various tasks at the same time.

In one minute, the computer-controlled logistics system installed in the false ceiling loads the AGVs with freshly painted bodies. Over the next few days the cars pass through hundreds of assembly stations until a new Mercedes S-Class is finally built. Ben's S-Class range bears his name s580 4matic its impressive 523 horsepower can accelerate this two-ton sedan from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 4.4 seconds the V8 turbo engine with a displacement of 4 liters is electronically limited to 250 kilometers per hour depending on the equipment and interior Comfort luxury A sedan costs more than one hundred and thirty thousand euros in Zindelfingen. Every car starts its life with these coils.

Rolls of steel or aluminum sheet weighing several tons. The unrolled material passes through a laser cutting system where three lasers precisely cut molded panels that are later used. to manufacture the body The cutting heads operate at a speed of up to 100 meters per minute and therefore produce 12,000 blanks per day at the end of the day the machine has consumed 72 coils an unimaginable amount for pressing and cutting methods Previously the laser cutting system is completely flexible in terms of the components that can be produced in it, before a cutting tool was needed for each component, which required a lot of space and conversion time, today everything is programmed in system and can be changed very quickly to a different component that is currently needed to meet customer demand.

A batch of S-Class side walls has already come out. 300 pieces weighing 15 kilograms each are stacked on the car. The aluminum plates are nothing like a car, but it takes brute force and a gigantic machine to transform the flat sheets into a new Sedan in the Sindelfingen press workshop abroad meters long 25 meters wide 12 meters high, this servo transfer press is an exceptional system and in hall 17 with the help of an overhead crane, several hundred blanks disappear every hour in the giant's press law, the rest is carried out completely automatically inside up to six Individual pressing stages await the sheet metal depending on the component being produced like a gigantic anvil the flat blanks are mechanically punched, formed and bent between the two conflicting die halves we give the vehicle its face here the blank space is flat and convert it into a molded part, as the red press molds are also called operate with a force of 2500 metric tons molds for engine hoods trunk lids roofs door panels or side panels are stacked several meters away height next to the system, the equipment takes only one hour to Change one of the 60-ton dies into the servo transfer press and then the process can continue at full force for the sidewall which we run at 15 strokes per minute or 900 per hour.

I can run some components even faster, that depends on the structure, geometry and material, whether it's steel or aluminum, so the system can do more, but it generally runs at around 15 strokes or 900 parts per hour. Each piece coming from the press shop is reviewed by trained quality inspectors. Property panels with small cracks or deviations are detected and rejected here. Mercedes has been building its special class since the early 70s and has turned the car into one of the most successful luxury vehicles in the world with more than 4 million models sold in the press shop. The formed body panels go to the body shop, which occupies an area of ​​one hundred thousand square meters.

The body shop is one of the largest departments in Zindelfingen, where more than a thousand robots weld rivets and join the vehicle body fully automatically in the tightest spaces. spaces thanks to a complex software each of them knows whether it should produce an S-Class, a mibach or an eqs and adapts its operating steps accordingly here humans are the only ones responsible for verifying and maintaining the systems we have a mix of materials that It consists of aluminum and steel and we use 10 different joining technologies to join these parts. They range from conventional steel spot welding to ultra-modern laser welding.

They transform into a highly complex body in just a few hours. In an emergency, the shell of this vehicle must be able to withstand extreme physical conditions. forces for a vehicle with a weight of two tons and a maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour the protection of the occupants is the top priority, which is why the steel and aluminum body has been constantly evolved in numerous crash tests, the list of technical innovations that Mercedes-Benz Since the 1970s, the German automaker has introduced the S-Class and has been building experimental safety vehicles or ESFs to test new safety systems and develop them to market maturity.

For example, ABS was first installed as standard on the W116 model series in 1978. Designers and engineers increasingly focused on safety, in addition to the vehicle's handling characteristics, crash tests were developed and They invented innovative passive safety systems. In 1981 the first airbags and seat belt tensioners were installed in the S-Class. Prosperity in post-war Europe led to a much larger number of cars and much denser traffic on the roads, a change that resulted in new safety needs in society, as a consequence new crash tests such as side impact or asymmetrical frontal impacts were developed for Mercedes. The S-Class has always been a pioneer.

In terms of safety, technical innovations such as adaptive cruise control or infrared night vision were introduced into the luxury sedan at that time. The bodies that have just left the workshop are completely assembled in the light tunnel. Two employees carefully inspect the surfaces. deviations and polishing the untreated panels of the vehicle, no machine can replace the human eye or the feeling in the fingers, even in one of the most modern automobile factories in the world, each emerging S-Class continues its path in this gigantic system, the body looks for a dip The 50 meter long dip tanks in the paint shop are filled with a special liquid primer Now the electricity begins to flow as the e-coating begins The coating is an electromechanical method of dipping painting in the As the vehicle body becomes negatively charged and the paint in the tank positively charged during the dipping process, the body attracts paint particles due to their opposite charge, this ensures that the phosphate-based rust protection reaches even the smallest spaces of the metal shell and protects the vehicle from oxidation and cavitation, another great advantage of the electronically coded immersion tanks is that they have an infinite useful life and the materials that we deposit in the body are constantly replenished as new material, so this is actually a resource efficient cycle.

The dipping process only takes a few minutes that each body goes through. five dip tanks and then it is ready to paint the vehicle is painted on the painting line the system assigns the vehicles to one of the two branches fully automatically during the next 60 meters 30 robots apply three more layers of paint on the primer electrodeposited and additional primer, the base coat that gives the vehicle its color and a layer of clear coat for efficient sealing and sorts the vehicles by color beforehand in terms of efficiency, the system could theoretically paint each vehicle in a different color, but we don't do that. actually we form color blocks consisting of at least three to five vehicles, in extreme cases we sometimes have 20 30 or more vehicles that we run in one color block the system can produce 28 different colors when the body of the Class is fully painted S It weighs about 4.5 kilograms.

We can supply all paint colors using a ring circuit system. Here the individual robot only takes the amount of paint from the ring circuit that it needs to paint the vehicle and then pumps out the paint it doesn't need. on the loop once the exterior has been sorted The Focus now moves on to the internal qualities of the luxury sedan in preparation for the next work station the technicians place special filler plugs inside once again the rest is done by robots They fill the cavities in the body with acoustic foam, as it hardens, the material reduces driving noises inside, extensive studies are necessary to dampen the noises in the cabin.

To do this, at the Zindelfingen test center a gigantic frame containing hundreds of highly sensitive microphones is lowered. The passengers on this trip are two artificial heads with microphone ears. The effort starts at 140 kilometers per hour on the test benches. giant blower now generates the Airstream unpleasant driving noises are produced by swirls at the edges and convexities of the vehicle panels engineers call it Aero Acoustics to reduce the noises they can redesign the shape of the car to be more curved or fluid. Acoustic foam helps reduce inevitable wind noises. It absorbs sound waves and makes everything quieter inside the car.

However, not all processes in the paint shop are fully automated. It's also available if you're willing to dig deeper into your wallet for factory paint. Specialists fulfill every special request and finish the vehicles by hand, even in pink if necessary. The factory is also home to my boss' eye-catching two-tone paint finish. Zinda Fingen's latest luxury upgrade can be had for the price of 10 compact cars. The Mybach S Class with a starting price of about 200,000 euros. The two-tone Road Cruiser is even more striking: its impressive 612 horsepower and 900 Nm of acceleration. The 2.3-tonne sedan goes from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 4.5 seconds The V12 engine with a displacement of 6 liters is electronically limited to 250 kilometers per hour Luxury cars under the name Maibach were built for the first time in 1921.

After several acquisitions and breaks, mybach has been the exclusive property of the Mercedes-Benz group since 2014. The sponsor is that the vehicle is 18 centimeters longer than the long-wheelbase S-Class, both in external length and wheelbase , after 2010 the production of the maibach began. It will be discontinued due to competition with the S-Class. Today both vehicles are brothers again and stand out for their technical innovations such as gesture control and their humor. Hey Mercedes, yes, tell me a joke, please, what is the key on the keyboard? Pirates' favorite. Enter key that certainly isn't going to win any comedy awards, but it shouldmake the driver smile away from the hustle and bustle of large-scale production.

My boss is getting the personal touch at the factory for the two-tone paint. First the standard base coat is sanded until dull, then the lines are masked off by hand and the top of the vehicle is hand painted in the second color, finally a clear coat is used to seal the deluxe paint. Painting requires much more effort. This is a manufacturer with a lot of manual work. Here nothing is done with machines or robots, but with highly trained personnel who work very intensely on the vehicles and must meet the highest quality standards. It creates a unique presence that mybach's wealthy clients around the world appreciate.

In painstaking manual factory work, Payson Factory 56 is the complete opposite of that in the factory. The fully painted body interiors are now ready to be installed. To do this, the doors are first removed at station one, they hindered the workers and

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it difficult for them to access the interior. Both doors on the side of the vehicle are attached to a transport cart. All four carry the digital signature of the body and can be identified at any time during the long journey that awaits them, an external system transports the pairs of doors in the false ceiling of the hull, up here is the beating heart of factory 56, a railway network several kilometers long supplies the station floor assembly or distribute specific assembly groups throughout the 220,000 square meter warehouse, for example, doors now have to proceed to pre-assembly, where they are completely assembled on a separate line, as in a steel ecosystem, all in the Zinda's high-tech car factory pretend is interconnected, it is very flexible responses to changes like the launch of a new model, large systems or robot stations are grouped in very few points of the room, therefore there are only isolated places in the manufacturing process that are rigid and fixed, engineers call this technological line, only this allows The three models, the S-Class mybach and eqs, will be built on a single production line and, if new ones must be produced in the future models here, only these fixed modules will have to be converted.

When we integrate new products, we can simply integrate new systems into techline changes the lanes used by commercial vehicles and therefore integrate new model series quite easily. The rest of the interior equipment can remain as is. We don't need more stations. Various guidance systems for vehicles with automatic guidance are located on the floor of the lobby. The colored lines and digital codes act as an extensive transportation network throughout the pavilion, allowing you to reach all assembly stations. The great variability of vehicle equipment makes it impossible to store equipment parts directly next to the assembly stations. Therefore, the digital ballet of the AGV helps to provide the right parts when and where they are needed.

Live and network monitoring plus industry 4.0 is almost impossible. These shopping baskets help us to always provide the worker with the various parts for the specific vehicle. everything is done with more than 400 automatically guided vehicles that transport shopping baskets from an order preparation area directly to the worker on the line, for example numerous control panels can be seen across the aisle instrument panels cover 250 meters at the back of an autonomous AGV they come from a production line next to the main line One instrument panel follows another in the pre-assembly of the cabin, each of them is individually configured according to the customer's wishes.

Employees assemble the instrument panels here at several stations. It specifies what must be installed outside. Parts like this head-up display are delivered fully automatically by shopping cart and can be installed immediately. The capabilities of this simple component border on science fiction. Mirroring is used to project information on the windshield in the vehicle's field of vision. driver, making it appear as if the graphics are on the road and as part of alien reality. The dashboard is

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up of dozens of individual puzzle pieces and assembly groups assembled in a specific sequence. Particularly sensitive parts, such as the driver's display, are equipped with special protective covers so that they are not scratched during installation.

Here you can clearly see the advances in automotive engineering. 12.3-inch TFT display The display now sits where the analogue speedometer and tachometer used to be. The instrument panel, weighing approximately 100 kilograms, continues its way to the main assembly line. Magnetic strips on the floor of the lobby guide the AGV and its load punctually and precisely to the cabin assembly at station 79. eqs is already waiting for its instrument panels between the S-Class and Maybach vehicles, that's what it does make this place so special. Various types and models of units take turns at the assembly stations. Of course, eqs is the first all-electric luxury sedan to be built.

Mercedes offers up to 523 horsepower with a maximum speed of 210 kilometers per hour starting at 97,000 euros. The electrical architecture consists of a battery module with nickel-cobalt-manganese cells. Depending on the driving style, the vehicle has a range of up to 785 kilometers the electric motor is mounted on the rear axle a second electric motor on the front axle provides additional power in models with all-wheel drive the entire driving position is identical for all model series in Factory 56 the operator effortlessly releases the pre-assembled dashboard of the agv used an electric robotic arm to be able to operate the lift first had to undergo special training to obtain a certificate plenty of space to insert the component into the S class without damaging it station 79 1 20 seconds to install it cordless drills used by technicians are part of the digitally connected production system the force used to tighten each individual screw is programmed by the system Chris installs the car battery he also uses these connected tools networked Internet-enabled tools incessantly collect data that the factory 56 software Specialists can Subsequently used to evaluate the effectiveness of production processes, with the aim of optimizing everything in terms of efficiency, for each vehicle built a set is produced of data that documents when and how each screw was tightened.

Analysis data can be recovered years old. the future and is used, for example, to clarify an accident or help determine the cause of a technical failure, the system not only consumes data, but also provides workers with important information. All these functions through these sensors are scattered throughout the room. track each vehicle and its progress in real time to do this the sensor system requires a stable broadband Wi-Fi network so that no one here will complain about poor internet coverage Mercedes has installed the world's first 5G cellular network in a vehicle production plant all tools also communicate on this network The Internet of Things is no longer a vision of the future here the data collected in real time flows directly into the digital ecosystem Mercedes-Benz automobile production plants All over the world Industry 4.0 is already interconnected with big data and intelligence common tools in Factory 56.

The room has a complete positioning system, so we know exactly which vehicle is located, exactly where and what it needs at a moment's notice. given, meaning we can instantly provide our employees with any information they need. produce the vehicle efficiently but also with high quality this is a new philosophy a new step there has never been a warehouse that has implemented this global concept as completely as our Factory 56 before the employees in the axle assembly department are also fully networked a quality The assurance employee is checking a finished propulsion system. His handheld scanner tells him how the 5-meter-long propulsion system consisting of the engine transmission and axle assembly groups should be configured so that it can be installed on the body at 15 stations.

The technicians assemble everything. The eight-cylinder engines of the S-Class and the 12-cylinder engines of the My Box form powerful drive units while the driveshaft is bolted in the factory. The network stores and rechecks all data, so mounting errors can virtually be ruled out. Automobile Engineering 4.0 is also shown a few meters further on, between the combustion engines is a huge battery pack with its electric motors. The powertrain of an eqs is from another planet in terms of its technology, but it can also be produced here in the pre version. -assembly department, whether gasoline or electric, everyone walks down the hall right next door the Mercedes registration office awaits the next bridal couple marriage is what car manufacturers call the point at which the powertrain and The bodywork is bolted together while the S-Class mibach and Mercedes calls this innovative process the Full Flex marriage, ultimately the Full Flex marriage process means that we can run several models in a line that offers us maximum flexibility from combustion engines conventional and add-on engines to completely electric vehicles we can react accordingly to fluctuating quantities the process begins the body and the drivetrain are placed exactly on top of each other a hydraulic platform then raises the drivetrain two workers climb onto the platform from each side have less than a minute to tighten the thread almost inaccessible connections no machine could do this job in the narrow wheel well all the connections at the bottom are fixed fully automatically by a screwdriver robot the connection is completed at the touch of a button In automotive engineering, man and machine have always worked hand in hand.

When it comes to zindelfingen, Mercedes can count on a long history. The cars have been manufactured at the group's main plant since 1919, making Zindelfingen near Stuttgart one of the oldest automobile production centers in the world. Since the 1950s, this location has been expanded and built on periodically. 123 production halls have been built, which were produced in Zindelfingen. It remains the best-selling Mercedes model. Production of the w116 series, the first S-Class, also began here in 1972. The worldwide success of the S-Class has been particularly affected. Driven by innovations in the field of passenger safety, the Zinda Fingen Special Class has always been one of the safest cars in the world, which has been appreciated above all by presidents, CEOs and important personalities, but also by the dictators, the who's who in the back seat.

From Nelson Mandela and Angela Merkel to Saddam Hussein, innovation has been the driving force of its success over the decades 356 continuing this tradition in a new way Mercedes-Benz aims to be completely CO2 neutral by 2039, as demonstrated by the photovoltaic system on the roof How seriously the Swabians take this goal: 12,000 solar modules are capable of generating 30 of the factory's annual energy needs. The surplus solar energy is stored in an accumulator made from recycled car batteries with a capacity of 1,400 kilowatt hours. Now it's the S-Class's turn to see its face. The front apron and headlight grille are ready to be installed abroad.

What is being installed here with a single screw is a technical revolution. The digital lighting system is much more than a pair of lamps illuminating the road The two headlights are capable of Project information in the form of graphics on the road The modern Digital Light system is a real automotive revolution The headlight is technically comparable to a video projector with a total resolution of more than 2 million pixels, each pixel can illuminate or mask an area of ​​4 by 2.5 centimeters at a distance of 100 meters, currently comparable systems can only do this with approximately 2 by 2 meters each lamp is equipped with three powerful LEDs that illuminate a thumbnail-sized chip with 1.3 million tiny mirrors that reflect light onto the road through a projector.

If a mirror is rotated 10 degrees, one of the 2 million pixels is disabled, allowing other road users are simply left blank, since in the case of this show car, the headlights could also project signs and symbols on the road surface, data from sensor cameras and navigation satellites, this technology still no thisapproved in Germany, so the standard S-Class will initially have to give up this innovation. These projections could warn the driver, for example, before carrying out construction work or guide him through narrow lanes, the S-Class can also display this. Increase passive pedestrian safety with its intelligent lighting system, for example, a projected crosswalk indicates to pedestrians that the vehicle is braking and it is safe to cross the street once the headlights are installed.

All that is missing to complete the front of the S-Class is the front apron and In the radiator grille, a large sensor unit is located centrally behind the air intake grille, it checks the distance to other road users and activates an emergency stop for the two-metric ton sedan when extensive testing was necessary to develop and fine-tune the assistance and safety systems. Since 2018, Mercedes has operated its own development center in Imdingen, 130 kilometers south of Stuttgart, with a total area of ​​520 hectares. This site has 68 kilometers of tracks, from asphalt to gravel, 30 simulation areas for various traffic scenarios that make every test engineer feel the pulse of the race.

At 100,000 square meters, the Bata area is one of the largest asphalt surfaces in Imondingen, space that Mercedes-Benz development teams need for extreme maneuvers. The 950 meter long and 650 meter wide asphalt plate offers enough space to expose the assistance systems to dangerous traffic. situations and push them to the limit at high speeds the developers test the systems for thousands of kilometers and fill their hard drives with life-saving data in terms of sensors and software, the seventh generation S-Class is equipped so that not much is needed more before it can drive autonomously, however, parking in reverse hardly poses any problem for the computer behind the wheel.

The future of autonomous mobility is not that far away. Developers and engineers are already busy collecting data. Your challenge is to prepare the sensors. and connected systems for an infinite number of possible traffic situations. Mines and traffic light systems often differ significantly from country to country. The development team has to create a car that can be driven on any continent, which is why engineers are taking their Wards around the world. What worked in theory at the Imagingen test site also has to face harsh reality. The roads in China are the absolute Champions League in terms of traffic confusion.

Lane markings and signs with Chinese characters do not pose a significant challenge to the vehicle's software. Flap sensors are more interested in traffic flow and road user behavior, instead only a car that can understand other cultures will feel at home on any continent, rain or shine. During the day and at night we found many cool traffic scenarios. that we could measure where we could collect information from the radar, the camera and our sensors that we record on the computers and that's something that we really wanted to look at in a lot more detail when we come home in our our service and compared to the situations that we know at home and in the United States, obviously, this prototype shows what autonomous vehicles could look like in the future.

Mercedes-Benz presented its F-015 research vehicle in 2015. The futuristic 5 meter long S-Class reached a top speed of 200 kilometers per hour with 272 horsepower generated by two electric motors and could already do without a driver, but it is still far from being aware that the role of cars will change dramatically. More important than the technology itself, stakeholders agree that thanks to autonomous driving, humans will recover time and space that we will be able to use in a way completely different to communicate with each other or when you are tired, just relax and enjoy this wonderful driving environment. down the track at midnight, something that is only possible in a futuristic car like this.

Several years have passed since the Mercedes f-015 was introduced, but nothing has changed in the vision of autonomous driving or people's fascination with it. It remains to be seen whether cars will actually become driverless habitats in the future. Factory 56 in Zindelfingen focuses above all on its employees. Ergonomics and preventive health care are therefore fixed elements in automobile production. No longer does anyone have to hold heavy screwdrivers or lift wheels when they are being assembled. An AGV transports them independently to the assembly line. Workers use the positioning cart to place the wheel over the five retaining screws in the wheel well. the wheel the automatic system takes care of the rest while tightening the nuts to the defined torque the screwing station travels parallel to the line once everything is tightened the automatic machine disconnects from the vehicle and is immediately ready for use on the next car in the factory at Factory 56 we focused on the issue of ergonomics in a very early project.

In this phase we do not concentrate only on the processes, but we especially ask ourselves how we can allow the person who will later carry out this process in the room can do its job well with C-shaped suspension devices, for example, where mainly bass components are installed. I can also rotate the vehicle around an axis. This means I can rotate the basses towards the employee so they can position the bass components in a natural body posture, which would otherwise have to be done overhead. The seats are also ergonomic. The S-Class is introduced into the cabin using a mini crane.

The luxury interior of this 100,000 euro sedan is almost completely installed in the vehicle. The occupants are seated in a spa-like mobile Oasis. Seats upholstered in leather. With massage function it warms the neck, arms, back, bottom and hands of the passenger. Four screens, two in front and two in the back, so that no one gets bored. Now the S-Class is on wheels for the first time, but the road-going Cruiser is. still lifeless that is going to change now at this gas station there is no coffee or newspapers but everything a car needs to drive an employee places several nozzles in each of the fluid tanks in turn the brakes radiator air conditioning system and windshield wipers now they are filled automatically but there is still no gasoline, that is too dangerous, the car still has a few final stations left and the workers should not be exposed to any unnecessary danger, they only fill the car with 20 liters of fuel shortly before the end of the production line, so you can leave Factory 56 under your own foreign Steam for a happy reunion.

The doors that were removed at station one are lowered from the suspended ceiling like the car itself. They have been fully equipped with components and electronics. This driver's shop was assembled entirely elsewhere. On this 60 meter long assembly line, the pre-assembly of the plant was carried out a few hours ago, at the beginning of which the bare doors arrive from the false ceiling after being removed at station one. First the employees attach the sound insulation. The factory network follows each one. door and organizes the supply of supplies for the following stations More than 70 components, including window regulators, speakers or armrest heating, are installed inside Many electronic components connect the control unit away from the vehicle, you can check whether the door works , if the window regulator can be operated and if the ambient LEDs light up if everything is fine the doors are ready to be installed no matter if they are for a maibach an eqs or an S-Class all doors are treated as equal in zindelfingen and are installed at station 334 using a lift assembly, all work on the luxury interior has already been completed, so the doors will no longer represent an obstacle as the class of technicians enters the last leg of the production line through a rotating platform.

One last crucial detail will be placed here: the three-pointed Mercedes star. It symbolizes the fact that Daimler engines are used to power vehicles on land, air and water, so each dot represents one of the three elements. The journey taken by the S-Class through Factory 56 comes to an end under the fluorescent lights. lights in the quality control department the result of many hours of work done by hundreds of people now has to withstand the watchful eyes of inspectors the handheld scanner is used for the last time before the employee removes the tracking code the Foreign visual inspection is carried out inside and then the time comes, the engine starts for the first time once the s classes leave Factory 56 they are delivered to the whole world by truck, ship or plane Factory 56 in Zindelfingen is a of the most modern industrial plants in the world and shows us what vehicle production will be like in the future.

Here man and machine work hand in hand and fully networked to build the most popular luxury sedans of all time, a mega project that will hopefully live up to its promises of being green and energy efficient. Use of resources. Industry 4.0 Automotive Engineering