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Renault invested Cleon EUR 308 million for the production of diesel M9R engine and transmission 6 reports (PK4) that it is associated with. Both the EUR 250 million vested to the engine that the 58 million for transmission are largely devoted to the quality of these bodies. They are also widely used by the future Laguna X 91, the car which will be the first floor of the rocket Renault high-end assault. This engine and this dialog box are therefore "bricks" essential for the success of the bet that is the objective of placing this Laguna among the three best cars in its segment for quality. And at the outset, Michel Gornet, Deputy Director and Director of manufacturing, adds that "this engine and this dialog box shows that can still be competitive in Western Europe." "This is based on operational performance and efficiency." And on the quality described as one of the strengths of the site. Thus, on the gearboxes J, the site is "at the highest level of mechanics with less than 100 ppm plants" says Gérard Leclercq, Director of mechanical manufacturing. Moreover, on the beginnings of the M9R engine production, no default returned for body-assembly plants that are clients of Cleon. On the whole of the fabrications of Cleon, the number of rejected bodies, expressed in ppm, has been divided by ten in three years. Currently, the level is about 200 ppm, with a goal of 80 ppm in 2008.

Small technical details of the M9 engine, include the presence of a distribution chain which "guarantees greater than 300,000 km durability" indicates Jean-Lou Huet, Director of the M9 project. And for what cost "In view of the necessary efforts to make the F engine meets the Euro 4 standards, there is no cost for the M9 engine problems," said us it.

M9R engine is produced in a new workshop which includes ten production lines four are completely specific, such as Assembly of the engine. This stage is carried out on a line with a length of 1.2 km in 6.800 m2 surface. Level of automation is high, with 51 automatic posts and 31 semi-automatic said a total of 144 posts. In addition, mounting of injectors and pipe high pressure is a clean room. Trailing, 18 trials cells installed on the site required the investment of EUR 25 million. These 18 banks allow you to test engines 8,000 per week. The test program takes 12 minutes.

To motor 12.500 M9 per week

In addition, investments made previously on the site of Cleon have been widely reused. Thus, the cylinder head line required that an investment of EUR 9 million, when a new line would have cost three times more. Similarly, with the line connecting rod machining, 1.6 million instead of EUR 17 million.

The same concern for quality prevails for PK4 gearboxes. Its production process includes two new test benches for an investment of one million euros. Each box is tested for 1.45 minutes following a specific Protocol. The box is coupled to an electrical machine which simulates the engine and its efforts. With a shifter, an operator simulates the use of the box which is scored according to five criteria (efforts synchronization, interconnection, passage, drag and impulses of interconnection and synchronization). As well as the quality objective of the box, this allows to measure quality printing that it delivers to its user.

With regard to the production rates, existing facilities will achieve the 8,000 weekly units at the end of the year 2007, with a planned extension to 12.500 "term". M9R engine will then represent approximately 50 of the production of engines of Cleon.