MODERN TIMES, MODERN TOOLS
MODERN TIMES, MODERN TOOLS HANDTOOLS ARE MORE THAN EASILY LOST BITS AND BOBS Getting your start in the collision repair industry can be tough, no matter what path you take. The initial investment in tools alone is enough to send an incoming apprentice’s head for a spin. In the age of automatic welders and artificial […]
FUNCTION AND FLOW
FUNCTION AND FLOW WHAT’S YOUR TRACK RECORD? YOU WON’T KNOW WITHOUT SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT Robots are here—are you taking advantage of their services? Perhaps software management programs and computer/cloud-based tools are yet a far cry from robots, but the technology can surely aid in smoothing out a collision centre’s operations. There are many different softwares that […]
PAINT BY ROBOTS
PAINT BY ROBOTS THE NEVER-ENDING JOURNEY TOWARD FASTER OPERATIONS The industry has seen some forays into automatic car painting processes in recent years, with automotive giants even trying their hand at the technology. In autumn 2021, BMW released a video of its car-painting robot. In the clip, an autonomous arm covers the vehicle with no […]
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS A SAFE WORKPLACE IS A BASIC REQUIREMENT Some recent high-profile cases surrounding the auto industry have pushed workplace safety to the forefront. Combine greater health awareness with the workplace fluidity of the gig economy, and you have a generation of workers who are acutely aware of the presence or absence of measures taken […]
SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT HOW STREAMLINED ARE YOUR ALIGNMENT PROCESSES? As the collision industry develops and the repairs become increasingly complex, customers have come to expect their auto repair experience to be limited to a one-stopshop— the days of outsourcing alignment and measuring services are gone, and life moves too fast for your clients to […]
SOLVING STICKY SITUATIONS
SOLVING STICKY SITUATIONS ADHESIVES THAT HELP KEEP IT TOGETHER Our industry functions at its best when all its parts are sticking together—a frame doesn’t mean much if there aren’t panels welded onto it, nor does a paint job without a proper sanding done beforehand. The glass and plastic components on our vehicles are no different, […]
CRASH COURSE IN AI
CRASH COURSE IN AI ROBOTS ARE ON THE HORIZON, BUT THEY’RE NOT TAKING YOUR JOBS By Max Reid In his 1950 collection of “I, Robot” short stories, Isaac Asmiiov wrote “you just can’t differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans,” and that thought is quickly turning into reality, according to Hod Lipson, […]
PAINT WITH THE PROGRAM
PAINT WITH THE PROGRAM ECO-FRIENDLY PAINT TRENDS ARE DUE FOR DEVELOPMENT Modern paint technology is developing in ways that would be outright fantasy a few decades ago. Multiple industry experts including CEICA point towards the integration of nanotechnology in auto coatings, from colour- shifting paint to ceramic bonding and paint with metallic flecks in it—an […]
SEE IT CLEARLY
SEE IT CLEARLY IS GLASS REPAIR THE RIGHT INVESTMENT FOR YOUR BUSINESS? If collision repair were like fashion, auto glass would be dubbed the “new black”. In the past few years, alongside the popularity surge around advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), many big collision players have poured resources into glass initiatives. At the time of […]
ROUGHED UP
ROUGHED UP NEW MATERIALS AND EVER-INCREASING DURABILITY REQUIRE STELLAR ABRASIVES If automotive technology is known for one thing, it is that as one area of focus advances, the others are obliged to follow suit, or risk the formation of a gap in which some repairs can be done, but others cannot. As the paints and […]
