The fully-autonomous system can process 272 tons of steel per day.Ford is ramping up its equipment and tooling infrastructure as preparations for the next-gen Ranger inch ever closer.
"Our new Stamping Plant is a first for Ford in South Africa," says Rhys Davies, Site Transformation Manager at the Ford Silverton Assembly Plant. Ford's Body Shop where the new Ranger and VW Amarok will be built at the Silverton Plant in Pretoria.Ford's Body Shop where the new Ranger and VW Amarok will be built at the Silverton Plant in Pretoria.Ford's Body Shop where the new Ranger and VW Amarok will be built at the Silverton Plant in Pretoria.
The Stamping Plant measures 10 320m2 and comprises five tandem presses, including a 2 500-ton draw press, a 1 600-ton press and three 1 000-ton presses that stamp the flat sheet metal into the various inner and outer body panels required for all three body styles of the Ranger: Single Cab, SuperCab and Double Cab.