VW ID. Buzz Battery Underride Protection

With the underride protection for the ID. Buzz as well as for other models of the VW MEB platform, KIRCHHOFF Automotive supplies a component in series production for the first time, which in the end forms the battery module together with other components.

Technologies: forming, washing, laser welding, sealant application

The aluminum underride guard is produced at the Iserlohn plant in a single production flow – from washing to laser welding to packaging. To make this possible, KIRCHHOFF Automotive’s manufacturing engineering team developed an appropriate lean layout. The result is a manufacturing concept that represents an automated one-piece flow process over approximately 1,000 m². The laser-welded assembly is manufactured in three sizes, from five or seven individual aluminum components.