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Arctic
Cat ATV / UTV Engine Facility Tour
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Arctic Cat’s state-of-the-art engine building
facility produces an average of 87 engines a day
with only one work shift spanning two engine assembly
lines, and if demand increases over the coming
years, no additional shifts will be added to ensure
that quality control is maintained, and instead,
an additional assembly lines will be added along
with a building & work force expansion.
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The engine
assembly begins with the engine case preparation,
and each engine receives it own work order
traveler that stays with the engine throughout
the assembly with employees signing off
on each phase of the assembly for traceability
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As
the engine moves along the assembly line
a plate of parts with cut-outs for each
part is utilized to ensure that every part
makes it into the engine before it moves
onto the next station |
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station has a fixed set of tools, which
are computer monitored to ensure that proper
assembly of the engine along with numerous
fail safes to reduces the risk of human
error, which prevents the engine from moving
to the next station till all the control
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Arctic Cat’s attention to detail is evident
throughout the engine facility, and their engine
assembly line, which contains 13 to 27 stations
depending on the engine being produced on the
line, is no exception. Each station is occupied
by an individual or robot, and their a specific
set of steps done at each station in a matter
of a few minutes before the engine is moved down
the line to the next stop, and it takes only approximately
2 hours to assemble an engine from start to finish,
which is an impressive statistic considering all
that is involved in the engine assembly.
Every single step of the engine assembly process
is carefully controlled & monitored by computer
automated checking systems, which checks and verifies
nearly everything possible thing that could go wrong
at an individual station. Nearly all the tools are
computer monitor to ensure proper torque, clearance,
force, and etc. and if something doesn’t fall
within the set guidelines/specs the engine will
not be allowed to be released to the next step till
a supervisor inspects the issues and determines
if the issue is with a particular part or the assembly.
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