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Arctic
Cat ATV & SxS Factory Tour in Thief River
Falls, MN
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Thief River Falls, MN (11/22/2011) -
In celebration of their 50th anniversary, Arctic
Cat hosted a huge celebration in the town of Thief
River Falls, MN where their assembly plant is located
and as a part of that celebration, the American
manufacturer was offering tours of their facility,
and of course we at ATVRiders.com could not pass
up the opportunity to see what goes on behind the
scenes.
Arctic Cat got its start back in 1961 at the
Thief River Falls facility and now occupies more
than 800,000 square feet of space at three facilities
and has become a world leader in Snowmobile, ATV
and UTV products. As part of our tour we were
able to get a glimpse into how the Thief River
Falls facility functions and also how some of
their products are made.
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At
Arctic Cat's 50th Anniversary Celebration
visitors had a chance to tour the Arctic
Cat Facility in Thief River Falls, MN &
learn about how Arctic Cat ATV, UTVs, &
Snowmobiles are made every day |
Our first stop on the tour was in the call center
where Arctic Cat representatives take more than
130,000 calls a day. The Service Parts Inventory
Management department is also housed in the same
area where ten controllers are responsible for
handling over 60,000 different part numbers.
The next stop on our tour was the Pre-Assembly
department where many of the 1,200 components
on Arctic Cat’s snowmobiles are put together
prior to reaching the main assembly line. Pre-Assembly
includes fuel tanks, steering, engine ACT Drive
and suspension to name a few.
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Arctic Cat uses 11 Self-Piercing
Rivet Cell robots which are used to help
assemble many Arctic Cat's Twin Spar snowmobile
chassis' |
One of the stops along the way through the facility
was the Self-Piercing Rivet Cell where 11 robots
build the Twin Spar chassis used in Arctic Cat’s
F Series, Touring and Jaguar Z1 snowmobiles. It’s
identical technology and equipment that is used
in the automobile industry.
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