Fully automated robot station doing adhesive and welding operations to connect the side frame with the body shell (left)
fully automatic tool change, industrial robot body in white production (right)

  
clinching of the inner panel front lid (left pic)
state of the art inline measurement technic with infrared and laser tools (right pic)

  
Pretreatment of the 7series body shell prior to the painting process - dipping the body shell into one of twelve dip-basins (left pic)
Latest pretreatment technology of body shells prior to the painting process - the 7series body shell rotates around his vertical axis once per dip-basin (right pic)

  
Cleaning of the 7series body shell prior to the painting process - flowing off the flooded sections of the body shell in one of twelve dip-basins (left pic)
Fully automatic application of powder clear coat (right pic)

  
Fully automatic application of the base coat with high-speed rotation tools (left pic)
7series in the infrared drying cabin (right pic)

  
Visual and measurement tools equipped quality checking of the painted surface (left pic)
Filigreed architecture at the finish zone in the body shop (right pic)

  
Swivel assembly helps doing all operations in an ergonomically optimized way (left pic)
Assembly of the 7series gearshift module, assembly line (right pic)

  
Assembly of the center console including iDrive-Controller and seat controls (left pic)
Seat assembly with technical assistance tool (right pic)

The so-called "marriage" - half automatic installation of the 7series powertrain.