自动化如何助力福特电动 F-150 Lightning 闪电皮卡顺利上路 | 自动化的美国：英语精读讲义

Here at Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center,

在福特的 Rouge 电动汽车中心，

there's a charge in the air. 習語

空气中涌动着电流般的活力。

The new F-150 Lightning pickups are rolling off the line 短語動詞

全新的 F-150 Lightning 皮卡正驶下生产线，

and headed to homes where buyers of the country's best-selling truck

开往千家万户，而这款全美最畅销皮卡的买家们

are plugging into the electrified future of driving. 習語

正由此接入电动驾驶的未来。

I'm Kiran Chetry,

我是 Kiran Chetry，

your host,

本节目的主持人。

as we meet the highly specialized workers

接下来，我们将认识这些高度专业化的员工，

who have assembled a new vision for automotive manufacturing.

是他们共同打造了汽车制造业的全新愿景。

Welcome to the United States of Automation,

欢迎收看《United States of Automation》，

EV edition.

电动汽车特辑。

It doesn't get more American than Ford. 語法

要说最具美国特色的品牌，非福特莫属。

And the industry it represents is facing possibly its biggest disruption 語法

而它所代表的行业，可能正面临着

since Henry Ford rolled out the Model T in 1908. 短語動詞

自 Henry Ford 于 1908 年推出 Model T 以来最大的一次变革。

Automakers are on pace to invest half a trillion dollars over the next 5 years 短語搭配

未来 5 年，汽车制造商预计将投入 5000 亿美元，

to fill garages and driveways with EVs.

让电动汽车开进千家万户的车库和车道。

That means vehicle factories are in for major upgrades, 短語搭配

这意味着汽车工厂将迎来大规模升级，

like the ones Ford has undertaken here at what plant workers call the REVC.

就像福特在这座被员工称为 REVC 的工厂所做的那样。

Tell us a little bit about the significance of this River Rouge Complex for Ford. 語氣意圖

请谈谈 River Rouge Complex 对福特有何重要意义。

It's so phenomenal having this new building,

能拥有这座新厂房，实在太棒了，

this new product built on the historic site.

这款新产品就诞生在这个历史悠久的厂址。

We no longer have the traditional assembly line on the conveyance system. 語法

我们不再采用传送系统上的传统装配线。

Each and every unit is built on its own individual AGV 文化背景

每一辆车都在各自独立的 AGV 上完成装配，

or automatic guided vehicle.

AGV 也就是自动导引车。

And so you just have a lot of flexibility

因此，整个流程非常灵活，

from an ergo standpoint 用詞

从人体工程学角度来看，

for the standpoint of the people to make sure they can build it correctly.

这种灵活性也能确保员工正确完成装配。

How does the automation make a difference for the customer 短語搭配

自动化会给客户带来什么不同，

that's going to be buying the F-150 Lightning?

特别是准备购买 F-150 Lightning 的客户？

The automation doesn't get tired.

自动化设备不会疲劳。

It'll do the same thing all day, every day, repeatedly.

它日复一日都能反复完成同样的工作。

So they're getting a truck with tighter tolerances. 用詞

所以，客户拿到的是一辆制造公差更小的卡车。

They're getting everything checked more carefully than they would have in the past. 語法

每个环节都比过去检查得更加仔细。

How would the workers on the floor embrace the new technologies and the automation? 用詞

一线员工会如何接受新技术和自动化？

I think they love it.

我觉得他们很喜欢。

It makes their job easier.

这让他们的工作更轻松。

In terms of big automation,

就大规模自动化而言，

people aren't doing really heavy lifting or really challenging tasks ergonomically anymore.

员工不必再搬运特别沉重的物品，也不用再完成在人机工程学上极具挑战性的任务。

Everything from the digital zone boards,

从数字区域看板、

the digital tablets,

数字平板电脑，

from the workstation,

到工作站，

we're paperless and everything is more automated to where there's constant communication,

我们已经实现无纸化，一切也更加自动化，各方可以持续沟通，

whether it's with MP&L organization, 語法

无论是与 MP&L 部门、

with the maintenance team,

维修团队，

or even with their supervisor or process coach.

还是与他们的主管或流程指导员。

With all of these moving parts, 習語

面对这么多同时运转的环节，

factories of the future don't have seconds to spare. 習語

未来工厂分秒必争。

To help build the F-150 Lightning,

为了协助生产 F-150 Lightning，

Ford and AT&T are outfitting the Rouge plant 短語搭配

福特与 AT&T 正在为 Rouge 工厂配备

with highly secure next-generation 5G cellular connectivity.

高度安全的下一代 5G 蜂窝网络。

5G is incredibly important for the future of manufacturing

5G 对制造业的未来至关重要，

because as things start to happen a lot quicker,

因为随着一切运转得越来越快，

you want to make sure you have the right technology that can keep up with your robots. 短語動詞

你必须确保拥有能跟上机器人节奏的合适技术。

But also,

不仅如此，

it helps revitalize facilities

它还能让设施重新焕发活力，

where you have existing older technology.

尤其是那些仍在使用老旧技术的设施。

Bringing in 5G can help offload some of your newer components to the factory 短語動詞

引入 5G 后，你可以在工厂中部署一些较新的组件，

without making those incredibly difficult changes.

而无须进行那些极其棘手的改造。

For your Greenfield facilities, 用詞

对于从零新建的工厂，

that gives you an opportunity to set up the most advanced technology and connectivity.

你便有机会部署最先进的技术和连接系统。

And nothing that you're doing in the factory can happen without connectivity.

而工厂里的任何工作，都离不开网络连接。

The privacy aspect of a private 5G network is beautiful 文化背景

专用 5G 网络的隐私保护非常出色，

because any of the data that you generate within the four walls of your facility will stay there. 習語

因为你在厂区内生成的所有数据都会留在厂内。

Additionally,

此外，

any of the data that you collect from your robots on-site

你从现场机器人那里收集的所有数据

hits your server that's also on-site,

都会传到同样位于现场的服务器，

allowing you to make decisions with that data in near-real-time. 講解

让你能用这些数据近乎实时地做出决策。

This is uh our Flex Inspect system.

这就是，呃，我们的 Flex Inspect 系统。

We have a robot vision system on it that checks all those connections.

它配有机器人视觉系统，会检查所有这些连接部位。

And if it's anything that it doesn't like, 習語

只要发现任何异常，

it says, "Hey, double check this."

它就会说：“嘿，再检查一下这里。”

They'll do that.

工作人员就会复查。

And what's really neat about it is 語法

它真正巧妙的地方在于，

we have a lot of checking at the end of the line, 用詞

虽然我们会在生产线末端进行大量检查，

but then it's a lot harder to fix after it's fully built.

但产品完全装好后，修复起来就困难多了。

So we're pushing that technology upstream into the process at various points. 用詞

所以，我们正在把这项技术前移，在生产流程的多个节点应用。

This blue and gray robot is a collaborative robot.

这台蓝灰相间的机器人是一台协作机器人。

It actually has a sensitive skin. 習語

它其实有一层灵敏的“皮肤”。

If I were to walk up to it and touch it while it's running, 語法

如果我在它运行时走上前触碰它，

it would stop.

它就会停下来。

It knows I'm there and it won't hurt me.

它知道我在那里，所以不会伤到我。

The way I think about a cobot versus an actual robot is 用詞

在我看来，协作机器人与普通机器人的区别在于，

these are robots there to help humans.

这类机器人是来帮助人类的。

You want to make sure that you're keeping your workforce safe.

你必须确保员工的安全。

And repetitive jobs also cause the most injuries.

而重复性工作也最容易导致工伤。

But it will go into the bed of the truck. 用詞

不过，它会进入卡车货厢。

It will push down on the box bolts

它会向下按压货厢螺栓，

with a certain percentage of the payload on the truck.

施加相当于卡车额定载荷一定比例的力量。

Then the truck knows

然后卡车就会知道，

that this much displacement in my suspension is equal to this much weight. 語法

悬架产生这么大的位移，就等于承受了这么多重量。

So it calibrates it for that specific truck. 短語搭配

这样就能针对这辆特定的卡车完成校准。

As an employer,

作为雇主，

if you can move people from those redundant jobs into more thought-provoking jobs, 講解

如果能让员工从那些重复性岗位转到更需要思考的岗位，

that's advantageous for you as a business.

这对企业是有利的。

And then lastly,

最后，

it really helps with the small movements that you need to make

它确实有助于完成所需的细微动作，

and making sure that you're supervising those activities properly

并确保你对这些操作进行妥善监督，

and using the humans that you have in your facility

同时让厂里的员工

in the best way possible.

尽可能发挥最大作用。

How is automation going to become part of Ford's long-term strategy?

自动化将如何成为福特长期战略的一部分？

I mean, 語氣意圖

我的意思是，

we're always looking for opportunities to improve safety, quality, or efficiency.

我们一直在寻找提升安全、质量或效率的机会。

And one opportunity for us is to leverage the product's technology 用詞

对我们来说，一个机会就是充分利用产品本身的技术，

and use that technology of the vehicle

运用车辆的这项技术，

and synthesize it with the technology in the plant and work in harmony. 講解

将它与工厂技术相融合，让两者协同运作。

And as electric vehicles accelerate toward the American mainstream, 習語

随着电动汽车加速进入美国主流市场，

this collaboration between highly skilled people and their automated tools

高技能人才与自动化工具之间的这种协作

is proving more powerful than ever. 語法

正展现出前所未有的强大力量。