1:04 Move a seat using a hoisted manipulator 1:08 Fasten screws on metal frame of seat using cordless pistol-grip screwdriver 2:00 Stitch/staple cushion/padding on the seat using a pneumatic stapler 2:10 Wrap cover over the seat 2:30 Adjust the cover on the seat 2:45 Mount back of the seat on its metal frame 3:01 Close the zipper around the seat while adjusting the fabrics 5:30 Adjust and work on seat on a conveyor
I'm glad they do their own, the seat in my old Model S failed, Tesla fired the old manufacturer before my new one was fulfilled and I got one made by these guys, it was like night and day comparing new to new. The seats in my new Model X are even more comfortable
I work at a seating plant for another company. It works the same way there. The sub assembly workers put the leather trim on the frame then place it on a rack for the assembly line. The assembly line workers place the back on the adjuster then marry the two together
@@ZacharyShahan What can and can you not get access to at the Tesla factories? Batteries? Motors? Displays? Wiring? Chips? Thanks for this nice video:)
7:08 took me a while to understand this tube thing. I don't think it's vacuum, the tube would collapse under atmospheric pressure. The halfway thing is that they only put enough pressure behind one bolt to make it go halfway through the tube, so there's multiple bolts in the tube at one time.
It’s blow feed. The screws get dumped into a vibrating bowl feeder that feeds them into an in-line track, then when the robot requests a screw the PLC knocks one off and blows it down the tube. There is 3 of them on the lower frame assembly line. Had a lot of trouble trying to keep the screws from turning upside down when they get knocked off into the chute. Good to see that line running smoothly though 😁
6000 M3's a week divided by the number of hours a week is about 36 cars per hour or about x 5 seats per car is 180 seats per hour. 3 per minute. Did I miss some other lines? Very interesting video. Thx. The seats are quite comfortable.
When you use the word "unique" you should not use the word "very" with it. Nothing can be "partially unique" - it is either unique or it is not. Uniqueness has no gradients. The same is true for other adjectives such as "pregnant." One would never say that someone is "slightly pregnant" or 'partially pregnant." One is either pregnant or one is not. I call these adjectives "Boolean adjectives" - they either apply without modification or they do not apply. Just sharing.....great video.
At 1:45 we are told that "Tesla has always said" there are things robots can't do. No, not "always". The original Model 3 assembly line tries to use robots for some of those tasks, which is HOW Tesla learned when not to use robots. A lot of the "production hell" we heard about was that painful learning process.
Watching this is love/ hate for me. I love the changes Tesla constantly improves on. I hate that we don't do it at this pace at my job! Currently Toyota is believed to be the benchmark to strive for in manufacturing. In the very near future companies will begin to realize that Tesla is who they need to emulate.
What a lovely slow paced and relaxing video! It's quite refreshing to watch UA-cam and not have someone shouting HEYGUYSWHATSUPLOOKATTHISFACTORYOMGSOMEROBOTS, SMASHTHATLIKEBUTTON. Thank you! PS. Please refresh your website, your videos are so well edited and polished in comparison.
Looks like there's still plenty of room for improvement. They could easily double the speed of those transport robots. It's interesting that Tesla didn't bring the seat manufacturing in-house because they wanted to automate the process more. It doesn't look like they did automate it more. Instead, they brought it in-house because they wanted to control the product quality better.
Weirdly this was almost more interesting than the main factory tour because we've become so used to seeing various versions of it. I loved this style of presentation. It makes it easier to absorb the info you're trying to convey. 😁😀
@CleanTechnica There are only 4 seat manufacturers in the world that all car brands share - did not know this, i would never think that it was such a complex thing
There are more than 4 seat assembly companies in the world. The assembly of trim cover to foam shown is common in the industry, "by hand". I love my TESLA but I think you are over selling this facility.
I thought you were German for some reason from reading on your site. I love your content man, you really earned my respect with the write up you did on V3 supercharging.
You mentioned efficiency and speed at the end with the bolt air gun, and how they shaved off 0.8 of a second. But no comment on speed when the glacially slow red transport robots spent what seemed like ages standing still before moving, earlier in the video. Why do they take so long to think before moving at the intersection?
That is a good question, but if that speed ever becomes an issue I'm sure it won't be too hard to improve upon that. If you see how long work at any given station takes and considering that one of these robots carries at least a dozen, the slow speed should be sufficient for now.
Hey, thanks for that answer! Speed is not an issue there because of a 'bottleneck' in the workflow that the robots are serving. It makes sense now....that is if that's the real reason they're moving so slow.... But it makes sense. Thanks! @@cleantechnica
@@simian_essence Sure thing! Worst case they could always just add more robots, there are multiple ways of solving that problem if they get to the point where it needs solving.
1:16 Maybe 10 or 15 years ago I heard a BBC doco on BYD and they said they made everything in the factory except tires and windscreen glass. So I'm thinking they make their own seats. They have raw materials come in one end and cars go out the other end. BYD started as a battery manufacturer. They made a Ferrous Lithium battery that was a little on the heavy side but didn't catch fire.
I wondered when I heard Elon talk about robots so fast that air resistance would be the limiting factor. This is more the pace I am accustomed to seeing robots work at.
In a lot of cases the robots can go faster but that would only be helpful if all stations following it and preceding it would also have that same speed or the line would have to split up afterwards. This is actually something we hope to explain in a bonus episode.
Long shot, but, does anyone know where the leather pieces to the seats are sewn together (and/or how)? Does it happen at the Fremont Factory? Also, does anyone know if there is any waste that occurs in the process? Thanks!
Provide the actual step by step process done in seat factory for a particular model. It will be better to know what components go in to seat & their functions. And also seat testing for crash & regulatory requirements
I have been educating people on the basis of the 4 other seat manufacturers described in this video. However I went on a google search and found as many as 10 seat manufacturer names and companies worldwide. Another listing mentioned the top 5 seat manufacturers which did not include tesla as they are for their own. Where did you get your information? What is correct? I wanted to give people correct information.
hey quick question is this job for production associates? or is it seats production associates? because i applied but i want to work at the giga main factory
Good video, but there is a difference in the takt time vs. total build time. While a seat probably comes off the assembly line every 33 seconds, that doesn't mean it takes 33 seconds to build, there are many steps/stations along the way. But this seems to be a much more balanced process than the car assembly process. Humans and robots building at the same pace. Humans taking on the labor robots can't do, and robots taking on the ergonomically unfriendly, repetitive tasks.
@2:24...."look at all the work that goes into this".......but you would be amazed at how little those line workers get paid, as and how much pressure is on them!
It was cool to see these details. Thanks for showing us. Interesting to see how they shave time off the process. However, it looks like it will take a while to achieve what Elon said the speed of manufacture would be: “You will need to use a strobe light to see what is happening”.
Does anyone know why Tesla doesn't produce Sport and Comfort seat options like Jag I-Pace and Audi E-Tron? They seem to have the space for it in this factory.
@@p-townturbogoat2646 Yeah all comes down to that for sure. And if the seat is good enough why offer redundant options. Also Jag and Audi are selling their over-designed and over-trimmed EVs on a loss anyway.
Working for a robotics company, watching all this Tesla assembly is so amazing.
Yeah, so unsophisticated and stone-age. Totally behind everyone else in the industry.
Wow, I love the pace of this video and the moderate level of narration. Nice contrast to all the overly-hyped videos out there.
Thank you!
Somehow it reminds me of some wild life documentary narration
HEYGUYSCHECKOUTTHISROBOT, OMGLOOKATTHOSE SEATS, SMASHTHATLIKEBUTTON
I also like the pacing
1:04 Move a seat using a hoisted manipulator
1:08 Fasten screws on metal frame of seat using cordless pistol-grip screwdriver
2:00 Stitch/staple cushion/padding on the seat using a pneumatic stapler
2:10 Wrap cover over the seat
2:30 Adjust the cover on the seat
2:45 Mount back of the seat on its metal frame
3:01 Close the zipper around the seat while adjusting the fabrics
5:30 Adjust and work on seat on a conveyor
I could watch car assembly videos all day long. The robot interaction with people is great to see.
Same!
So much fun :D
Please keep the videos coming! Thanks.
I'm glad they do their own, the seat in my old Model S failed, Tesla fired the old manufacturer before my new one was fulfilled and I got one made by these guys, it was like night and day comparing new to new.
The seats in my new Model X are even more comfortable
Ha, yeah, we have an older Model S and the seats are so much worse than the new ones. One of the main draws to getting a new Tesla.
Zachary Shahan When did the change happen?
Tesla only assembles the seats. The foam and all components are still made out of house...
the good old hire and fire fascist system
Always great to take a peek inside the dream factory.
Thanks!
Pretty sure this is the first media coverage of the seat factory.
Catch me at the 2:05 mark lmao ayyyy
You guys work at a really cool place! Thank you for what you do! :)
Tell me they ask you to slow down with the pistol please.. Or is the normal speed you use? How do you call it? I'm curious, we call it spennax
I work at a seating plant for another company. It works the same way there. The sub assembly workers put the leather trim on the frame then place it on a rack for the assembly line. The assembly line workers place the back on the adjuster then marry the two together
@@PopeMathewXVII they call it a hog-ring gun where I work
Never stop uploading those videos 🥰
We'll do our best to not run out of cool material. :D
@@ZacharyShahan What can and can you not get access to at the Tesla factories? Batteries? Motors? Displays? Wiring? Chips? Thanks for this nice video:)
7:08 took me a while to understand this tube thing. I don't think it's vacuum, the tube would collapse under atmospheric pressure. The halfway thing is that they only put enough pressure behind one bolt to make it go halfway through the tube, so there's multiple bolts in the tube at one time.
It’s blow feed. The screws get dumped into a vibrating bowl feeder that feeds them into an in-line track, then when the robot requests a screw the PLC knocks one off and blows it down the tube.
There is 3 of them on the lower frame assembly line.
Had a lot of trouble trying to keep the screws from turning upside down when they get knocked off into the chute. Good to see that line running smoothly though 😁
I like this style of video. It's calming.
It really is
They were filming with the actual background noise. Amazingly quiet, and added to the calm.
Really nice episode thanks! Once again YT contributors putting "mainstream TV" to shame!
6000 M3's a week divided by the number of hours a week is about 36 cars per hour or about x 5 seats per car is 180 seats per hour. 3 per minute. Did I miss some other lines? Very interesting video. Thx. The seats are quite comfortable.
Those little red robots are so cute
The squiggly green arm animation at the end of the video is also cute
Hehe
soon they will control your life moron
Great stuff. So interesting.
its so quiet, its amazing
NO ONE else shows the seat factory! Sub for that alone.
Nice video! I wish you could show the public also the people from Tesla Service Centers working hard to satisfy the costumers!
tesla cars are rubbish from the beginning
Awesome! Love the details!
A lot of detail and I am amazed.
When you use the word "unique" you should not use the word "very" with it. Nothing can be "partially unique" - it is either unique or it is not. Uniqueness has no gradients. The same is true for other adjectives such as "pregnant." One would never say that someone is "slightly pregnant" or 'partially pregnant." One is either pregnant or one is not. I call these adjectives "Boolean adjectives" - they either apply without modification or they do not apply. Just sharing.....great video.
A very correct observation!
Thank you for doing a great job of showing us how incredible the TESLA Fremont factory operation really is! Much appreciated.
Seats aren’t manufactured in the Fremont factory
@@daphnepolanco… yes they are
alll the customers complain of bad quality
At 1:45 we are told that "Tesla has always said" there are things robots can't do. No, not "always". The original Model 3 assembly line tries to use robots for some of those tasks, which is HOW Tesla learned when not to use robots. A lot of the "production hell" we heard about was that painful learning process.
Watching this is love/ hate for me. I love the changes Tesla constantly improves on. I hate that we don't do it at this pace at my job! Currently Toyota is believed to be the benchmark to strive for in manufacturing. In the very near future companies will begin to realize that Tesla is who they need to emulate.
Thank you!
What a lovely slow paced and relaxing video! It's quite refreshing to watch UA-cam and not have someone shouting HEYGUYSWHATSUPLOOKATTHISFACTORYOMGSOMEROBOTS, SMASHTHATLIKEBUTTON. Thank you! PS. Please refresh your website, your videos are so well edited and polished in comparison.
Looks like there's still plenty of room for improvement. They could easily double the speed of those transport robots.
It's interesting that Tesla didn't bring the seat manufacturing in-house because they wanted to automate the process more. It doesn't look like they did automate it more. Instead, they brought it in-house because they wanted to control the product quality better.
Weirdly this was almost more interesting than the main factory tour because we've become so used to seeing various versions of it. I loved this style of presentation. It makes it easier to absorb the info you're trying to convey. 😁😀
@CleanTechnica There are only 4 seat manufacturers in the world that all car brands share - did not know this, i would never think that it was such a complex thing
Watching this before my first day of hands on training
I’m watching this for the first time in February 2021. It’s amazing. I wonder what the factories are like now.
There are more than 4 seat assembly companies in the world. The assembly of trim cover to foam shown is common in the industry, "by hand". I love my TESLA but I think you are over selling this facility.
Awesome! Keep up the 4k uploads and great videos!
Keep up the great videos
Love the video's guys, nice job.
HUGE props to Chanan - master of video.
Nice video I never New this about where my Tesla seats come from and how they are made
I thought you were German for some reason from reading on your site. I love your content man, you really earned my respect with the write up you did on V3 supercharging.
You mentioned efficiency and speed at the end with the bolt air gun, and how they shaved off 0.8 of a second. But no comment on speed when the glacially slow red transport robots spent what seemed like ages standing still before moving, earlier in the video. Why do they take so long to think before moving at the intersection?
That is a good question, but if that speed ever becomes an issue I'm sure it won't be too hard to improve upon that. If you see how long work at any given station takes and considering that one of these robots carries at least a dozen, the slow speed should be sufficient for now.
Hey, thanks for that answer! Speed is not an issue there because of a 'bottleneck' in the workflow that the robots are serving. It makes sense now....that is if that's the real reason they're moving so slow.... But it makes sense. Thanks! @@cleantechnica
@@simian_essence Sure thing! Worst case they could always just add more robots, there are multiple ways of solving that problem if they get to the point where it needs solving.
1:16 Maybe 10 or 15 years ago I heard a BBC doco on BYD and they said they made everything in the factory except tires and windscreen glass. So I'm thinking they make their own seats. They have raw materials come in one end and cars go out the other end. BYD started as a battery manufacturer. They made a Ferrous Lithium battery that was a little on the heavy side but didn't catch fire.
Wow. how good was that
Love the detail and pacing. Amazing footage! Thanks for not using silly background music to hype it up.
they're not a car company, they're a SEAT technology company @2:40
good grief this was great! keep it up guys!
I wondered when I heard Elon talk about robots so fast that air resistance would be the limiting factor. This is more the pace I am accustomed to seeing robots work at.
In a lot of cases the robots can go faster but that would only be helpful if all stations following it and preceding it would also have that same speed or the line would have to split up afterwards. This is actually something we hope to explain in a bonus episode.
have you seen the battery cell production? they released some video of that that had to be shown in slow-motion.
Nice job on the logo insertion (4:52 )
Others simply blurred it, we thought we might as well add our logo :D
CleanTechnica lol, I was wondering. Thought “strange coincidence”
Amazing robots, im especially impressed with the one in the purple shirt.
Great video!
3:24 to 4:44 guy just chillin' in transporter robot doing absolutely nothing for one minute and twenty seconds. Efficiency!
I really appreciate this seat manufacturing video.
Nice! Amazing attention to detail!
Where is this “plantation “ section I keep hearing about here? I’m interested.
What a great channel! Thank you, i really appreciate the efforts that went into this!
The robotics are fantastic!!!! I wonder if they rotate employees to avoid injuries from repetitive work.
I feel like car seats don’t really vary in size regardless of the size of the vehicle
Amazing stuff... had no idea they made their own seats! Thanks... luv these vids!
Tony stark's factory is sweet!
nice
T E S L A I S L I F E
This video just made me love Tesla more than ever Wow 🤩
Nice video and narrative. Thanks!
Long shot, but, does anyone know where the leather pieces to the seats are sewn together (and/or how)? Does it happen at the Fremont Factory? Also, does anyone know if there is any waste that occurs in the process? Thanks!
That is not leather. it is a synthetic material.
great job if there were nesting cameras in any tesla factory they would be a big hit
thanks for the videos of Tesla factory!
very cool video 10/10
What a well made video!
Please tell us about water electrolysis for water clean purification and the opportunity for Tesla on this field.
I would love ventilated seats, seems like the material they use really gets hot compared to traditional leather
That right of way though 3:36 🙄🙄😂
Great video. Too bad the seat is the thing I hate most about my Tesla, I can't get the lumbar support in a comfortable position.
Intriguing and informative. Thanks!
Provide the actual step by step process done in seat factory for a particular model. It will be better to know what components go in to seat & their functions. And also seat testing for crash & regulatory requirements
That would be pretty cool to do but we only had a limited time in the factory. Most of footage you see here is from the Model 3 seats.
Those kind of robots have been in the Lego factory as long as I can remember. I am 28 now.
Thank you for so much for posting this!
I have been educating people on the basis of the 4 other seat manufacturers described in this video. However I went on a google search and found as many as 10 seat manufacturer names and companies worldwide. Another listing mentioned the top 5 seat manufacturers which did not include tesla as they are for their own. Where did you get your information? What is correct? I wanted to give people correct information.
hey quick question is this job for production associates? or is it seats production associates? because i applied but i want to work at the giga main factory
Good video, but there is a difference in the takt time vs. total build time. While a seat probably comes off the assembly line every 33 seconds, that doesn't mean it takes 33 seconds to build, there are many steps/stations along the way. But this seems to be a much more balanced process than the car assembly process. Humans and robots building at the same pace. Humans taking on the labor robots can't do, and robots taking on the ergonomically unfriendly, repetitive tasks.
@2:24...."look at all the work that goes into this".......but you would be amazed at how little those line workers get paid, as and how much pressure is on them!
Where do they sew the seats?
Very good stuff, well presented and easy to understand.
great video, nice work and presentation. Thanks
I wonder if the material is also made in house
This is unique narration and ❤
Great video! Thanks for uploading.
goooooood job! very factual.
Thanks.
Thank you. I really like your video.
You know, it's not leather.
& why is the assembly so slow
Well done ...keep up on this way...!
Nice!!
There are more than 4 seat manufacturers in the world. The information provided isnt correct.
How much this job pays?
It was cool to see these details. Thanks for showing us. Interesting to see how they shave time off the process. However, it looks like it will take a while to achieve what Elon said the speed of manufacture would be: “You will need to use a strobe light to see what is happening”.
Cool video.
Wow 😯 Great video you have a new subscriber.
Interesting. Thank you
Fantastic video, sir.
Does anyone know why Tesla doesn't produce Sport and Comfort seat options like Jag I-Pace and Audi E-Tron? They seem to have the space for it in this factory.
cost vs benefit, the only options are for the second row seat in the Model X
@@p-townturbogoat2646 Yeah all comes down to that for sure. And if the seat is good enough why offer redundant options. Also Jag and Audi are selling their over-designed and over-trimmed EVs on a loss anyway.
@@2nd3rd1st exactly, only options are different colors in the model 3
American industry at its finest
If this impresses you, you obviously never seen a Porsche factory, or VW Wolfsburg Germany
Porsche assembles their own seats