There has been a lot of talk about Tesla’s huge Giga Press machines and their megacast process. Although we have seen how big the machines are – the size of a small house – and have some idea of how they work and what they are capable of, no official footage has come directly from Tesla, so far.
Once people start eavesdropping, getting amateur videos from anonymous sources inside the factory and flying drones over Tesla’s facilities, it’s time for the company to officially share the wonder of its own perspective. Although we saw pictures of Giga Press working, they were not filmed up close, and the process is not crystal clear.
Tesla has not yet added the official Model Y Giga Press video to its YouTube channel, but posted it on Twitter. Elon Musk claims to be out of Twitter for a while, but this actually came through Tesla’s official channel on the social media site.
Tesla calls the Giga Press the world’s largest die-casting machine, and we have no reason to believe that this is not the case. However, if you are aware of other similar manufacturing processes with this type of large equipment, share them in the comments section.
The electric automaker in Silicon Valley (or Texas or China?) Shared that Giga Press can fuse the vehicle’s front and rear chassis in one piece. He says that without the megacast method, these underbodies would be made up of more than 70 pieces.
Giga Press machines will not only help to optimize and accelerate Tesla’s manufacturing process, but they can also help to resolve your inconsistencies with build quality and fit and finish. Interestingly, although Tesla and Musk rarely, if ever, take public note of issues related to build quality, Musk told Sandy Munro in a recent interview that it is a problem that Tesla is working to improve.