From fuel to brake fluid and coolant to air conditioner gas, fluid filling applications play a critical role in an automobile’s final assembly. This process needs to be fast, accurate, and dependable – or it risks undermining the efficiency of the complete assembly line. In addition, it enhances the performance and safety of the vehicle being manufactured.

Dürr is the market leader in this sector and sells more than 100 stations every year in the range of filling and vehicle test technology. These standardized systems from Dürr offer innovative, top-notch technology, optimal performance, and filling quality.

In this blog, we shall discuss the filling technologies offered by Dürr for motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles.

ProLine Filling Equipment

ProLine equipment is designed specifically to enhance the speed of your final assembly application process. This equipment is highly efficient and cuts the cycle time to just 13 seconds, speeding up the production to 275 motorcycles per hour. The system is entirely customizable to help fulfil various requirements. It offers perfect fluid combination and line balancing for efficient filling processes.

The ProLine filling equipment stands for premium economic efficiency, lifetime, and accuracy. It helps in many final assembly application features, including filling Non-ABS, CBS, and ABS models with parallel vehicle communication via direct communication, K-Line or OBDII interface, guaranteeing perfect quality functioning due to its machine layout and intricate arrangement of its components. The whole ProLine system consists of stainless steel tanks, piping, and drip pans. The need for welding is obsolete as it permits several fittings. 

This system is made up of 3 main parts –

1. The hydraulic base unit
2. The electrical cabinet
3. The movable filling consoles

These parts of the system can be put together and arranged in several different layout combinations, depending upon the requirement. Only a few parts are close to the vehicle. This is to provide optimal performance. The rest of the components are located in cabinets beside the line, installed in a one flow direction and one-layer technique for simple-easy maintenance.

Compact Filling Equipment

The compact filling equipment is designed to enhance the application pace of the final assembly process. This equipment reduces the cycle time to 30 seconds, efficiently accelerating the production process to 120 motorcycles per hour.

The compact filing equipment helps in keeping up with the manufacturing goal of the final assembly application.   It provides high uptime, customized processes, layouts, and operating requirements.

Features of Compact Filling Equipment –

• Improves filling quality
• Enhanced operating ergonomics
• First, run rates

Its modular design allows multiple combinations of evacuation and pressure fill and volumetric fill processes in one combined machine. This machine allows for hanging the adapter directly above the line, as the adapter is drip-free due to the continuous leveling and sniffing process. The brake fluid used in the final assembly application is stored inside the internal storage tank. Hence it never comes in contact with fresh air and is sealed away from the direct reach of the atmosphere.

One can upgrade the machine simply by adding –

• Water Content analyzer system
• Level activator, or
• Brake tester

This allows various layout arrangements. The compact filing equipment can be ordered as a stationary or mobile version equipped with wheels. It also offers 2 other variations – 

1. Compact fuel filling –

The compact fuel filling system comes with a modular design. Its safety concepts guarantee maximum flexibility and efficiency during the final assembly application. With compact fuel filling, the possibility of combining different filling processes increases. This helps minimize the need for investment, cuts costs and saves expenditure over expensive production space. The system follows international safety requirements, i.e. both the hydraulic and electric cabinets are located in different positions, far from each other.

2. Multi Compact filling equipment – combined solutions

Multi compact final assembly filling application permits a combination of various fluids and filling processes that can be either – pressure-filling or simple volume-filling process. The advantage of using the multi-compact filling includes using only one PLC, one printer, and only one network communication system. Its unique system brings enhanced cost savings, reduces line space, and drastically increases the line’s efficiency.