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Design Of A Material Handling System For The Automatic Assembly Of A Shower Head, Irshad Meherally
Design Of A Material Handling System For The Automatic Assembly Of A Shower Head, Irshad Meherally
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The design of a Material Handling System for the Shower Head assembly is proposed. The working principle of complete automation and individual workstation is presented using "I-DEAS" software. Alternative equipments and their usage in the automation of the assembly is also proposed. Custom made fixtures, workcarriers, orienters, magazines, part feeders are designed for the assembly. Analysis of design for assembly in terms of cost and efficiency is performed by generating a Coding System Technique.
A Machine Entity For A Coordinate Measurement Machine : The Generic Workcell Project, Richard C. Meyer
A Machine Entity For A Coordinate Measurement Machine : The Generic Workcell Project, Richard C. Meyer
Theses
The Center for Manufacturing Systems (CMS) department at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Siemens Corporate Research located in Princeton have agreed to jointly implement a research project in generic workcell control architectures. This paper discusses the module, called a Machine Entity, developed by the author that interfaces the Brown & Sharpe Coordinate Measurement Machine located on the CMS factory floor with the cell control software. The module has been designed in such a manner to simplify the development of future Machine Entities, thereby reducing the time required to integrate the CMS factory floor.
Dynamic Machine Scheduling, Expansion, And Control Of A Generic Workcell, Peter A. Murray
Dynamic Machine Scheduling, Expansion, And Control Of A Generic Workcell, Peter A. Murray
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Factory automation has come a long way since the invention of the automatic flour mill. A workcell is a group of machines (robots) working together to produce a product. In the past workcells have been hard wired using methods such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). To change a part of this system would require reprogramming the entire system.
The Generic Work Cell (GWC) is a dynamic architecture which allows a workcell to be modified on the fly. The architecture enables the generation of new cells with minimal effort, and the modification of the system without reprogramming the entire system. The …