Case Study – Automotive Manufacturing

The client is the second largest European automotive manufacturer with multiple global production sites.

The client has deployments of thousands of robots in each manufacturing site, powered by floor mounted contact chargers. Due to the challenging conditions of the man-machine work environment, maintenance of these contact chargers were challenging and fraught with frequent expensive down times. 

Xnergy offered its fast charging Contactless charger as an alternative that is robust and maintenance light, to ensure constant uptime while enhancing its man-machine collaborative environment.

Product Solution Initial set-up requirements (Capex) Operational costs(Opex)
Xnergy contactless wireless power transfer
  • Contactless Receiver    (USD 1,000)

Total: USD 1,000

  • USD 360 online annual inspection for preventive maintenance per AGV per year

USD 360 per AGV per year

Existing metal contact
  • Receiver Contact (USD1,800) 
  • Annual Replacement (USD 200)

Total: USD2,000

  • USD 2,000 yearly maintenance for each AGV = USD 120,000 a year
  • Production downtime of USD 12,000 a minute at 100 minutes downtime = USD 1.2m
  • 10% extra AGV required during maintenance and downtime = USD 1.2m

USD 8,400 per AGV per year

Outcome #1: Capex is down by 50%

Outcome #2: Opex is down by 95.71% per year