New Frontiers in Manufacturing: Proceedings of the 10th Annual British Robot Association Conference

ISBN-13: 9783662125953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 315 str.

D. C. Teale

Opis

From the Foreword: "It was not long ago that a company which adopted robot systems was said to be going boldly where no man had gone before. This is no longer true. There is now a great deal of experience in robot technology; robots are no longer remarkable, but they and their associated technologies are still the key to the future of manufacturing. In this conference you will discover what difficulties were experienced, how development problems were solved, and, most importantly, what were the benefits gained. The object of this conference is to spread the knowledge of the latest robot manufacturing technology and to assist you and your company to apply this technology to your operations."

Spis treści

Official Opening and Plenary Session.- The role of technology in regenerating UK manufacturing industry.- Implementing Automation.- Design for automation: the total business approach.- Real world AMT.- A modular strategy for automation and CIM.- A practical approach to automation.- Design for automation — strategy and practice.- Infinitely variable automation?.- The Challenge of Change.- The implications of automated technologies for management, finance and production.- The Impact of Technology.- Selling the idea — people in automation.- Flexible production of colliery arches using a programmable three roll bender.- Talking with computers—a quality control application.- Robot performance testing and position sensing.- An FMS user’s application of intelligent code tags.- The future use of robots in shipbuilding.- A whole arm manipulator for hazardous environments.- Flexibility in Assembly I.- Quality assurance and product test in the assembly process.- Commercially available flexible assembly cell.- A parts transfer system for a flexible assembly cell.- FAMOS—a unique opportunity in FAS for Europe.- Applying robots to complex product assembly.- Example of uses of simulation applied to flexible assembly systems.- Flexibility in Assembly II.- Automated assembly/disassembly of explosive weapons.- Automated assembly — the flexibility of linear actuators.- A flexible solution for small batch production of PCB assembly.- Integration of robots in automatic component insertion.- Late Papers.- How to survive while you automate.- Flexible automatic assembly of a product family.