IMPROVED ROBOTIC DEVICE DRIVE SYSTEM- FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM (FMS)

With today's industry and new technology development, there are more demands on efficient and flexible system in the manufacturing system in order to have a productive and qualitative production. Plus, robotic and automation is the main element in the industry especially for the manufacturing factories. The innovation of flexible manufacturing system has been developed rapidly in the industry as the market become more intense and competitive. This report presents the improved robotic device drive system-flexible manufacturing system (FMS). Fundamentally, this project is an improvement of the previous project. The existing system is an integrated system of KUKA KR3 Robotic, OMRON C200HE PLC, sensors, and conveyors. The improvement is focused on the two main parts which are PLC programming and human machine interface of the system. The system developed is an application of robotic and PLC in the real manufacturing industry which is a pick-and-place system. It is a small scale FMS where the robotic arm will respond to the PLC command which has been programmed. By using the application of HMI, the user could control and monitor the pick-and-place system from PC. In order to understand and develop this project a thorough study of the robotic, PLC, FMS, and HMI as well as the hardware and software has been done. Then, the development of programming for PLC and HMI had been developed by using CX-programmer and Visual Basic 6.0 software

Technology for the Future: In-Space Technology Experiments Program, part 2

The purpose of the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST) In-Space Technology Experiments Program In-STEP 1988 Workshop was to identify and prioritize technologies that are critical for future national space programs and require validation in the space environment, and review current NASA (In-Reach) and industry/ university (Out-Reach) experiments. A prioritized list of the critical technology needs was developed for the following eight disciplines: structures; environmental effects; power systems and thermal management; fluid management and propulsion systems; automation and robotics; sensors and information systems; in-space systems; and humans in space. This is part two of two parts and contains the critical technology presentations for the eight theme elements and a summary listing of critical space technology needs for each theme

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

The Joint Publication 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States. These military and associated terms, together with their definitions, constitute approved Department of Defense (DOD) terminology for general use by all DOD components

Flexible magazine operation and cellular techniques in automation systems

There is a strong current trend in automation towards These often systems that can handle small to medium batch sizes are also often associated with In prototyping situations. Batch numbers High complexity the application described Is for British Airways Heathrow Airport where the number of variations pattern of their meal trays Is large. The batch size the assembly variations Is also extremely variable. Catering at in assembly of each of This thesis describes the justification and design of anautomatic system to assemble these trays whilst retaining the flexibility Inherent In the current manual assembly arrangement.The work examines system layouts. Considering each possibility particularly from the flexibility and potential reliabilityaspects. This leads to the consideration of Industrial robots because of their Inherent flexibility. Consequently the variousconfigurations of robots are examined to assess the suitability of each In a cell arrangement the system which was chosen forIts potential reliability. The work continues by developing the Ideas and techniques of parts feeding to realise the maximumbenefits from a robotic cell system." The thesis describes novel magazining arrangements for handling each of the Items which make. up the tray assembly. Two major developments are described. one for the handling of stackable Items and the other for handling small discrete parts from bulk. Both systems are flexible to accomodate variations In part dimensions and possess ability to be quickly re-configured - to handle completely different parts. The equipment designed and constructed for British Airwaysuses Ideas that could also find use In many similar applications where the components have the same characteristics

Optimization and application of a flexible dual arm robot based automation system for sample preparation and measurement

This dissertation describes the optimization of the implementation of the Yaskawa SDA10F dual-arm robot to carry out routine sample preparation tasks in a life science laboratory such that standard lab equipment can be used and the robot can replace humans in sample preparation process. The existing robot control software is changed to carry out various tasks consecutively without interruption. Robot environment and motions were optimized allowing system expansion, multiple batches of samples are made at a time, increasing throughput. The system was validated with the help of two applications