Week 3

For my third week of senior projects I am at the General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville. On my first day I got a tour of the assembly line and stamping department. The assembly line is where they attach all of the components to the vehicle. The stamping department is the area where the body of the vehicle is formed. The machine they use is a 45,000lb press that molds thin sheets of steel into the door panels or any other part of the exterior body. The second day I got a tour of the paint department. Before the car receives the color it is ordered with it has to go through a complicated cleansing process called ELPO. once the body of the vehicle is fully assembled it will go through massive tanks of cleansing chemicals to help ensure that the paint will stick thoroughly.