With the increased flexibility requirements of vehicle assembly plants, CK recognised that sometimes even their ‘flipper’ designs could make tooling too complex when multiple engine and gearbox combinations were involved. We therefore developed our ‘slave tool’ system as a solution to this problem. In principal, these tools are removable giving the flexibility to cater for a much greater build mix. An additional economic advantage of this system is that it protects for future programs by allowing just the ‘slave tool’ to be replaced instead of a complete tool. |
