AI-POWERED ASSEMBLY
Nissan says it has improved its paint defect detection rate after investing in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning designed to detect paint flaws “faster than ever.” The AUTIS Surface Verification system has allowed Nissan to improve its defect detection rate by nearly seven percent, said the automaker, which uses the AI tech at its Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plant. The OEM explained that AUTIS uses high-resolution cameras to capture 15,000 pictures of each vehicle immediately after it is painted. The images are then analyzed to detect possible defects.
CELESTIAL JADE
Porsche unveiled its exclusive Celestial Jade coating for the Taycan Turbo S, blending two Chromaflair effect paints in an elaborate development process that allegedly takes around 80 hours to apply. Chromaflair pigments contain thin flakes that appear to shift in colour depending on perspective. These flakes consist of an opaque, reflective core layer of aluminum surrounded by a glass-like layer. Porsche says these transparent layers look like different colours depending on the thickness. Altogether, flakes are one μm thick—by comparison, human hair is 50 times thicker, says Porsche. The program is intended to reinterpret Porsche’s Sonderwunsch programme from the late 1970s.
