An information technology view of manufacturing automation - Product life-cycle management

Different approaches of product life-cycle management will be demonstrated to show that unlike several engineering paradigms it is easy to understand, however difficult to implement and to follow. This can be accepted as a common philosophy of product development and production. At the same time product life-cycle management is a software framework, or a kind of guideline to approach digital manufacturing, which is the highest level of recently known and applied ways of manufacturing automation. The paper will show some components of manufacturing automation and their relation to the life-cycle view. © 2016 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest

Space station automation study. Automation requirements derived from space manufacturing concepts. Volume 1: Executive summary

The two manufacturing concepts developed represent innovative, technologically advanced manufacturing schemes. The concepts were selected to facilitate an in depth analysis of manufacturing automation requirements in the form of process mechanization, teleoperation and robotics, and artificial intelligence. While the cost effectiveness of these facilities has not been analyzed as part of this study, both appear entirely feasible for the year 2000 timeframe. The growing demand for high quality gallium arsenide microelectronics may warrant the ventures

TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS IN AUTOMATED PRODUCTION

In the paper manufacturing automation systems is divided into two classes: rigidautomation and flexible automation. The paper intends to highlight the decrease of transportation timewithin production processes as a result of transportation optimization. The objectives of currentindustry are: product quality and productivity increase, decreasing delivery time, the need to improveworking conditions, the use of specifications for each product. They are analyzed by tracing thetransportation time of a production company form Alba Iulia.manufacturing, transportation optimization, Petri, Markov process, systems flexibility

Intelligent humanoids in manufacturing to address worker shortage and skill gaps: Case of Tesla Optimus

Technological evolution in the field of robotics is emerging with major breakthroughs in recent years. This was especially fostered by revolutionary new software applications leading to humanoid robots. Humanoids are being envisioned for manufacturing applications to form human-robot teams. But their implication in manufacturing practices especially for industrial safety standards and lean manufacturing practices have been minimally addressed. Humanoids will also be competing with conventional robotic arms and effective methods to assess their return on investment are needed. To study the next generation of industrial automation, we used the case context of the Tesla humanoid robot. The company has recently unveiled its project on an intelligent humanoid robot named Optimus to achieve an increased level of manufacturing automation. This article proposes a framework to integrate humanoids for manufacturing automation and also presents the significance of safety standards of human-robot collaboration. A case of lean assembly cell for the manufacturing of an open-source medical ventilator was used for human-humanoid automation. Simulation results indicate that humanoids can increase the level of manufacturing automation. Managerial and research implications are presented

Workshop on multisensor integration in manufacturing automation

Journal ArticleMany people helped make the Workshop a success, but special thanks must be given to Howard Moraff for his support, and to Vicky Jackson for her efforts in making things run smoothly. Finally, thanks to Jake Aggarwal for helping to start the ball rolling

Flexible Automation as a Special Application of Information Technology and Division of Labour

This paper was presented at a joint seminar on flexible automation held in Berlin (East) from June 8-11, 1982. The seminar was a collaborative project between IIASA and the Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic. This paper deals with specific changes brought about by the application of microelectronic components in manufacturing automation

Automated control system of bof process

В статье рассмотрены условия, в которых работает конвертер и разработана многоуровневая иерархическая система кислородно-конвертерного производства стали, в рамках которой реализуются функции АСУТП и АСУП.The conditions under which the equipment operates BOF smelting and developed a multi-level hierarchical system of BOF steel production, in which the functions are implemented process control and manufacturing automation systems considered in the article

Numerical and experimental study of electroadhesion to enable manufacturing automation

Robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) have great potential to propel the world to future growth. Electroadhesion is a promising and potentially revolutionising material handling technology for manufacturing automation applications. There is, however, a lack of an in-depth understanding of this electrostatic adhesion phenomenon based on a confident electroadhesive pad design, manufacture, and testing platform and procedure. This Ph.D. research endeavours to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of electroadhesion based on an extensive literature review, theoretical modelling, electrostatic simulation, and experimental validation based on a repeatable pad design, manufacture, and testing platform and procedure. [Continues.