IDRA Group Completes and Delivers Giga Press for Tesla Cybertruck

most significant for our company, and a fundamental milestone in our long-term strategy to better serve the Mexican market" states Frank Goede, Chief Executive Officer, " We are very proud of our team that has succeeded not only in building this worldclass production site during a pandemic but also has transferred the know-how and expertise to ensure a smooth ramp-up."■

除了最先进的化工厂，蒙特雷的新基地还设有研发 实验室，使公司的创新成果与墨西哥市场更贴近。 首席执行官Frank Goede表示:“墨西哥工厂对 我们公司来说是最重要的投资之一，也是我们更好地服 务墨西哥市场的长期战略的一个具有标志性的里程碑。 我们感到非常自豪，因为我们的团队不仅在新冠疫情期 间成功地建立了这个世界级的生产基地，而且转移了专 有技术和专业知识，确保公司的扩张计划顺利进行。”■

Tesla plans to start building the Cybertruck in the first quarter of 2023.

Tesla commissioned a 9,000-ton die casting press from Italy-based specialists at IDRA Group, the only company that took up the challenge to try to create such a mammoth piece of equipment. Now the company says it has completed assembly and testing of this gargantuan press and it reportedly has already arrived in the United States.

The press is truly spectacular to see such a big piece of machinery in action, especially since it has massive visible moving parts. IDRA posted a video announcing the completion of this particular press and notes that “this innovation revolutionizes the manufacturing of the car body structure, reducing substantially assembly time and costs... IDRA was the first company to receive production orders for 9.000 ton machines that can be used for SUV and small truck markets.”

It is believed that this particular 9,000-ton press will be used to create Tesla Cybertruck frames by die-casting aluminum and this seems to be confirmed by IDRA itself as per the YouTube video description excerpt added above that mentions light trucks. IDRA has already supplied Tesla with Giga Presses, which is now in operation and is able to create an entire Model Y frame from just two separate stampings, far reducing the number of individual parts needed.

For reference, just the rear part of a Model Y frame was made out of 70 separate pieces before the the introduction of the Giga Press, and now that has been reduced to 1. Apparently, this allowed Tesla to eliminate some 300 robots that helped put all those 70 parts together, thus speeding up the car building process, while also reducing complexity and manufacturing cost.

It is speculated that the Cybertruck will be made up of three large structural components: the rear section, the bed and 特斯拉计划在2023年第一季度开始生产网络卡车

基于意大利意德拉集团的专家团队，特斯拉委托定 制了一台9000t的压铸机，该集团是唯一一家接受挑战 尝试制造如此巨大设备的公司。现在，该公司宣布，这 台大型压铸机已经完成了组装和测试，据报道，设备已 经运抵美国。 看到如此大的压铸机在运行，真是非常壮观，尤其 是它有大量可见的运动部件。意德拉集团发布了一段视 频，宣布这一压铸机的完成，并指出“这项创新彻底改 变了车身结构的制造，极大的减少了组装时间和成本…… 意德拉集团是第一家收到9000t压铸机生产订单的公 司，可用于SUV和小型卡车市场。”

据信，这台特殊的9000t压铸机将被用于制造特斯 拉网络卡车压铸铝合金框架，从youtube视频中提到的 轻型卡车，似乎被意德拉集团证实。意德拉已经为特斯 拉提供了超级压铸机，目前正在运行，能够从两个独立 的冲压件创建一个完整的Model Y，极大减少了所需的 单个零件的数量。

在超级压铸机推出之前，Model Y框架的后部是由 70个独立的零件组成的，现在已经减少到1个。显然， 得益于将这70个零件集成在一起，这使得特斯拉减少 了大约300个机器人，从而加快了汽车制造过程，同时 也降低了复杂性和制造成本。

据推测，网络卡车将由3个大型结构部件组成：后