A 9,000-ton Giga casting machine is set to be released soon for Tesla by IDRA.
IDRA Group is a Tesla supplier that provides them with ultra-large Giga presses. Recently, IDRA posted a video of the giant casting machine getting assembled.
Tesla Confirms
The video then drove discussions within the online Tesla community, and its CEO, Elon Musk, finally ended the rumors by confirming that the world's first 9,000-ton Giga Press is actually for the Cybertruck body.
It was in March last year when the IDRA Group announced that they got an order for an 8,000-ton Giga Casting machine from Tesla.
"Once again, IDRA makes a world's first for technological innovation, and we are very proud to announce that today, on the 165th of March 2021, we've been able to secure the first order for an 8,000-ton die-casting machine. This order is being placed by a leading global manufacturer for new energy vehicles," said general manager Riccardo Ferrario.
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Not a First
This isn't the first purchase of Tesla from IDRA Group. The EV manufacturer also purchased a 6,000-ton Giga Press machine for the Model Y single-piece front and rear underbody castings from IDRA Group, which was featured by Tesla in a closer-look video.
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— Tesla (@Tesla) February 5, 2021
However, Tesla needs an 8,000-ton Giga casting machine to put together the rear underbody of the Tesla Cybertruck. The 8,000-ton Goga casting machine is for the Cybertruck large underbody castings. The body of the Cybertruck is a unibody shell made of 30X series cold-rolled stainless steel but still, big underbody parts need to be die-cast in a single-piece to boost and simplify the production process.
Ferrario said that the machine will be used for the chassis components of bigger vehicles that include SUVs and pickup trucks.
The production of the giant machine by the company only shows their technical expertise and also validates the years of hardwork they have put into this project.
Following the announcement, a drone video showed that the automaker had already set up the foundations for the Cybertruck undergo by Giga casting machines at the factory.
Musk also said that with their giant casting machines they are trying to make full-size vehicles the same way toy cars are made.
This new automotive manufacturing trend will start with the Cybertruck production to make the unibody through the 9,000-ton Giga Press.
IDRA will unveil the giant machine in a couple of weeks. Currently, Tesla is using the 6,000-ton Giga Casting machines at all of its factories to produce the Model Y-front and rear underbody single-piece castings.
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Written by April Fowell
