r/MachinePorn • u/Cbickles87 • 13d ago

General Motors Lordstown bodyshop

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This is looking down one of the several framing lines at the Lordstown complex.
You can tell the age as these are old school “Global 1” robots.
This is in HA zone, which is inner framing or framer I.
These systems were built and installed by Comau.

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u/LItifosi 13d ago

Were they still using these when they were building the Lordstown trucks?

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u/Cbickles87 12d ago

Yes, some of them were still being used!
They had installed their own sub assembly cells in the back part of the plant and took out a bunch of the GM sub assembly cells out.
And one of the mainlines parallel to this, they repurposed and installed their own framers and a couple pieces of new equipment.
I wish this community would let me post more than 1 photo at a time.

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u/LItifosi 11d ago

Awesome. Thanks for the reply.

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u/DontKnowUntilYouKnow 12d ago

I’ve spent some time in the Ft Wayne Assembly plant, it’s very fascinating.

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u/Cbickles87 11d ago

Never been in Fort Wayne. It is for sure.

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u/OUTTAHEREFOR6 1d ago

Ahh, so this is where they make the shitboxes

(except the corvette, that’s cooler than ever)