Automotive
Chassis line treatment and assembly systems delivered to global OEM standard.
Automotive is where Ivevane's engineering is most visibly tested. Chassis line treatment plants have been delivered for Ford Motor Company in Silverton, Pretoria, and for Metalsa serving Toyota in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Working to OEM standard means the engineering is audited by organisations with their own global specifications. It is the most demanding validation an integrator can hold, and it transfers directly to every other sector on this list.
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The automotive control problem.
- OEM specification compliance and auditControl philosophy written against the OEM specification set from the outset, so the audit confirms compliance rather than discovering gaps.
- Line treatment and surface process controlTreatment and surface process control with the sequencing and interlocks that keep quality inside tolerance at rate.
- Takt-time discipline across integrated stationsTakt-time discipline maintained across integrated stations, with handshakes designed to avoid accumulating dwell.
- Commissioning inside fixed shutdown windowsCommissioning planned against a fixed shutdown, using virtual commissioning so site time confirms behaviour instead of discovering it.
How the control stack is usually built.
Every plant differs, but the layers rarely do. This is the shape most projects in this sector take.
- 01 · SupervisoryLine SCADA, andon and production reporting
- 02 · ControlAllen-Bradley ControlLogix or Siemens SIMATIC
- 03 · SafetySafety PLC, guarded cells, light curtains, SIL-rated functions
- 04 · NetworkEtherNet/IP device level ring or PROFINET
- 05 · FieldRobots, servo axes, drives and process instrumentation
What we bring to automotive.
- Capability
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Robotics & Motion Control
Robotic cell integration and motion control for assembly, handling and process lines.
- Differentiator
Functional Safety
Safety PLC systems, risk assessment, PL and SIL determination, HAZOP and CHAZOP.
- Differentiator
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Digital Twins & Virtual Commissioning
Prove the line before it is built — digital twins, 3D scanning, simulation and virtual commissioning.
Automotive projects.
- Metalsa / Toyota
Chassis Line Treatment Plant
A chassis line treatment plant engineered from Boksburg and delivered in central Mexico — the clearest evidence that Ivevane's engineering travels.
Guanajuato, Mexico - Ford Motor Company
Chassis Line Treatment Plant
Chassis line treatment plant delivered for Ford Motor Company at its Silverton assembly operation in Pretoria.
Silverton, Pretoria, South Africa
The hardware we engineer across.
Vendor-neutral by design — which matters when your sites are not standardised on one platform.
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What operators usually ask.
Have you delivered to OEM specification?
Yes — chassis line treatment plants for Ford Motor Company in Silverton and for Metalsa serving Toyota in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Can you commission outside South Africa?
Yes, and we have. The Metalsa plant was engineered and factory-tested in Boksburg, then commissioned in central Mexico inside a fixed production window.
How do you approach functional safety?
As part of design, not as a retrofit. Risk assessment, performance level and SIL determination and machine safety verification happen before the panel is built, so the safety case is complete at handover.
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Automation for automotive
Bring us the process constraint. We will tell you what the control layer actually needs to do about it.