SME NED LOCAL CHAPTER U211 Pays VISIT to YAMAHA MOTORS PAKISTAN

8^th March 2016 SME-NED local chapter arranged an Industrial visit of Yamaha Motors Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. which is located at Bin Qasim Industrial Park, Karachi for the students of Industrial and manufacturing department. YAMAHA first started manufacturing in music instruments in 1887, following with the manufacturing of machines in 1987. Yamaha motors enjoys the globally recognition of their company. In 2007, Yamaha invested 43 million/ units following an increase in the year 2013 with 56 million / units. Yamaha motors are the respectable and renowned investors in all over Pakistan. Yamaha has successfully proved itself in more than 34 countries including the 170 largest no. of offices in world.

RECOGNITION IN ASIA:-

In Asia, Yamaha enjoys the title of 7^th largest market of two wheelers. Out of 1.9 million of Pakistanis, 1.7 million Pakistanis prefer two wheelers over four. Pakistan is the 7^th largest marketer in the world, 2007-2013 were the economic growing years. Yamaha also manufactures engines for LEXUS which is a Toyota brand for luxurious cars.
We reached Yamaha motors around 10 am in morning where the faculty of Yamaha Motors warmly welcomed the students of NEDUET.
First we settled in a room where the Deputy Manager Manufacturing enlightened us with the hierarchy of their plant. The three major areas of Yamaha plant include Administration, Marketing and Manufacturing. The annual capacity on a single shift basis is 50000. After the short introduction of Yamaha motors and its background, we were made visit to the factory.

Factory is divided into three departments as follows:

·         Body assembly.

·         Paint shop.

·         Welding assembly.

BODY ASSEMBLY

 In body assembly, frames body and fuel tank are first prepared and then brought to body assembly shop. Daily 100 bikes are assembled with a cycle time of 2 minute for each bike. The shop has the capacity to produce 200 bikes per day. Yamaha motors due to their mileage are more preferred in urban areas. Annual capacity on a single shift basis is 50000. In assembly line, N-1 station is for frames and on the left side parts are arranged. 25% parts of the bike are manufactured locally with assistance of Pakistani vendors. whereas 75% are imported internationally. Bike manufacturing is divided into three categories as follows:

·         CKD- COMPLETELY KNOCKED DOWN

·         SKD- SEMI-COMPLETE KNOCK DOWN

·         CBU-COMPLETELY BUILD UNIT

PAINT SHOP

Five steps are being done in paint shop which includes baking, then the plastic steel parts are hanged on conveyer where they are being painted followed by pre-treatment which is basically plastic and steel are treated separately. For steel parts, first hot shower is done on the parts then comes the decrement of oil content and in the end comes phosphating. But, the plastic parts are passed through the same steps except for the phosphate. Lastly, the parts go to oven for baking.

WELDING ASSEMBLY

The last station is the welding assembly where there are 13 welding CO2 machines followed by some boring machines. 32 stations operate at the same time.

Final and the most important stage is where different tests are being performed and comprises of five steps:

·         Electrical check

·         Drum tester - where maximum speed is checked for testing of torque.

·         Exhaust gas analyzer – on sampling basis it is checked.

·         Headlight tester

·         Appearance check

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