Smart Assembly

​Platform-based development and large product variety puts high demands on flexibility and adaptability in the assembly systems.

Smart Assembly refers to a next generation capability in assembly systems and technologies which integrate “virtual” and “physical” methods in order to achieve dramatic improvements in productivity, lead-time, quality and agility.

The area contributes to develop new methods and tools that support assembly and design for assembly. Smart Assembly is one of three research themes in Wingquist Laboratory VINN Excellence Centre Stage 3.

Project leader: Kristina Wärmefjord

Balancing of weld-loads reduces throughput time at Volvo Cars

• Kristina Wärmefjord

  Associate professor at the division of Product Development. Deputy Head of Department at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science

  Kristina Wärmefjord took her PhD 2011 and works within the research group of “Geometry Assurance & Robust Design”. Her main research focus is on variation simulation for non-rigid parts and methods...
• Rikard Söderberg

  Head of Department of Industrial and Materials Science. Professor at the division of Product Development and Director for Wingquist Laboratory.

  Dr Rikard Söderberg is chair professor in Product and Production Development. He received his PhD from Chalmers in 1995. After some years in the IT and consultancy sector he went back to Chalmers to...
• Johan Carlson

  Project leader at the division of Product Development, Department of Industrial and Materials Science

  Johan Carlson is part of the research group Geometry Assurance & Robust Design. He is also the director of Fraunhofer Chalmers Centre.
• Bengt Lennartson

  Full Professor, Head of Division of Systems and Control, Electrical Engineering

  Bengt Lennartson is heading the Division of Systems and Control, and he is a Professor of Automation since 1999. He is IEEE Fellow for his contributions to hybrid and discrete event systems for...
• Andreas Dagman

  Senior Lecturer at the division of Product Development, Department of Industrial and Materials Science Head of Industrial Design Engineering programme.

  Researcher and Lecturer in Product development, sustainability, robust design and variation simulation and CAD.
• Samuel C Lorin

  PhD, Div. Product development Product and Production development

  Samuel Lorin is a researcher within the Geometry Assurance and Robust Design research group. His research is focused on simulating geometrical variation for light weight products. The need for light...
• Björn Lindau

  Industrial PhD student at the division of Product Development, Department of Industrial and Materials Science

  Björn Lindau is an Industrial PhD student from Volvo Car Corporation. He performs his studies in a close collaboration with the research group “Robust Design and Variation Simulation”. The research...
• Peter Edholm

  PhD Student at the division of Product Development, Department of Industrial and Materials Science

  The research focus is geometry assurance within product families. The goal is to propose and develop efficient methods and tools to support platform product and production development. The research...
• Mikael Rosenqvist

  Industrial PhD student at the division of Product Development, Department of Industrial and Materials Science

  Mikael Rosenqvist is an industrial PhD student who has worked in the automotive industry since 2001. He leads a project linking geometry assurance with production ergonomics. The aim is to develop a...
• Ann-Christine Falck

  Phd, project employed senior researcher at the division of Production Systems, Department of Industrial and Materials Science

  Ann-Christine has more than 20 year´s practical experience as production ergonomist in the industry. She published her dissertation in 2009 with the title “Ergonomics Methods and Procedures in Car...
• Nina Sundström

  PhD student, Electrical engineering

  Nina Sundström is a PhD student in the Automation research group. Nina's main research interests are in modeling and scheduling of industrial systems. Her research focuses on multi-product systems...