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Figure 2.9: Instrument panel carrier for automotive dashboards; source Havrilla,
2010.
successfully.
Figure 2.10: Stamped steel CCB; the zoom shows a close up of one of 46 clips,
[16].
Killing, [16], discusses inspection of a stamped steel beam that acts as the mounting frame
for the dashboard. The system has been tested using images generated by a commercial
machine vision system installed on an assembly line for the production of automotive CCBs,Figure 2.10. This particular CCB has a length of 170 cm and 46 metal clips must be inserted
to provide threaded fastening points that allow the dashboard to be attached to the beam. At
the final inspection station, the beams are checked to ensure that all clips are present and
correctly inserted.
2.4.2 LCA – recycling
Life cycle and recycling of lightweight vehicles are discussed by Das, [57]. An interesting
analysis of LCA for IPs is presented by Tharumarajah, [58], concluding that the comparison
of environmental performance reveals that magnesium IPs performed the worst. Most of
its emissions come from magnesium sourced from China and from the use of SF6 cover gas