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Z.magazine 2016
With powerful
(engine) performance
into the
pole position
The Italian engine maker VM Motori S.p.A., since 1947 a manufactur-
er of high-performance diesel engines in Cento, is renowned for its
powerful, flexible and low-maintenance engines. Today, VM belongs
to the Fiat-Chrysler Group and is one of the most advanced industrial
companies in the diesel engine sector. It is also one of the few compa-
nies that specializes exclusively in manufacturing diesel engines. Its
current and most well-known product is the 3.0 liter, six cylinder diesel
engine with 275 HP power and 600 Nm torque for the Maserati Ghibli III,
which was launched on the market in August 2013.
With a workforce of 1,350 employees, VM Motori produces more than
130,000 engines, primarily for the US market. Though the company fo-
cuses on passenger car engines, it also produces, in lower quantities,
industrial and ship engines.
The production facility at the Cento location is organized accord-
ing to lean management principles. There, crankshafts and engine
blocks are produced primarily using large, heavy crankshaft cutters
and reamers for highly precise components as well as milling cutters
developed especially for FCA/VM Motori. These special tools require
particularly qualified measurement technology and, accordingly, place
very high demands on the mechanics and the software. That’s why,
more than ten years ago, the company began relying on ZOLLER prod-
ucts to efficiently set and measure its machine tools.
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