ROBOT APPLICATIONS

CHARACTERISTICS OF ROBOT APPLICATIONS

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Hazardous work environment for human beings. Repetitive work of cycle. Difficult handling for human beings. Multi shift operations. Infrequent changeovers Part position and orientation are established.

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ROBOT CENTERED CELL IN LINE ROBOT CELL MOBILE ROBOT CELL

ROBOT CELL DESIGN

ROBOT CENTERED CELL

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ROBOT CELL DESIGN

IN LINE ROBOT CELL

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MOBILE ROBOT CELL

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TYPE OF ROBOT APPLICATION

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MATERIAL HANDLING. PROCESSING OPERATIONS. ASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION.

TYPE OF ROBOT APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL HANDLING

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MATERIAL TRANSFER. Pneumatically powered robots are often used.

TYPE OF ROBOT APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL HANDLING

2. MACHINE LOADING AND/OR LOADING The three possible case are : Machine loading. Robot loads parts into the machine, but the parts are unloaded from the machine. Machine un loading. Raw materials are fed into the machine without using the robot. The unloading of the finished parts is accomplished by the robot.

Machine loading and un loading. This case involves both loading of the raw work part and unloading of the finished part by the robot. Industrial robot applications of machine loading and or unloading include the following process: Die Casting. The robot unloads parts from the die casting machine. Peripheral operations some time performed by the robot include dipping the parts into a water bath for cooling.

Plastics molding. The robots is used to unload molded parts formed in the injection molding machine. Metal machining operations. The robot is used to load the raw blanks into the machine tool and unload the finished parts from the machine. Forging. The robot is typically used to load the raw hot billet into the die, hold it during the forging blows and remove it from the forge hammer.

Press working. Human operators work at considerable risk in sheet metal press working operations because of the action of the press. Robots are used as substitutes for the human workers to reduce the danger. Heat treating. These are often relatively simple operations in which the robot loads and/or unloads parts from a furnace.

TYPE OF ROBOT APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL HANDLING BODY CAR ASSY

TYPE OF ROBOT APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL HANDLING ROOF ASSY BODY CAR

TYPE OF ROBOT APPLICATION FOR PROCESSING OPERATIONS

SPOT WELDING. The welding gun used for automobile spot welding is typically very heavy. Prior to the use of robots in this application, human workers performed the operation and the heavy welding tools were difficult for the workers to manipulate accurately. A consequence there were many instances of missed welds, poorly located welds and other defects, resulting in overall low quality of the finished product.

TYPE OF ROBOT APPLICATION FOR PROCESSING OPERATIONS

The types of robots used for spot welding are usually large, with sufficient payload capacity to wield the heavy welding gun. Five or six axes are generally needed to achieve the positioning and orientation required. Play back robots with point to point control are used and the programming is accomplished using the powered lead through method.

TYPE OF ROBOT APPLICATION FOR PROCESSING OPERATIONS

Programming pendant filled with functions. Color display & touch panel. Using icons, drawings and operations similar to windows Enhanced ladder editing, max 10.000 step

SPOT WELDING OPERATION Jointed arm and polar coordinate robots are the most common anatomies in the automobile spot welding line. In line robot cell lay out with 20 to 30 robots are typical.

SPOT WELDING OPERATION

2. CONTINUOUS ARC WELDING The work conditions are not good for human beings who work at the arc welding process : a. Welders must wear a face helmet to protect their eyes against the ultraviolet radiation that is emitted by the arc welding process. b. The helmet window is dark enough to shield the ultraviolet but so dark that the worker cannot see through the window unless the arc is on. c. High electrical current is used in the welding process, and this creates a hazard for the welder d. Danger from the high temperatures in process, high enough to melt the steel, aluminum or other metal that is being welded.

CONTINUOS ARC WELDING

3. SPRAY PAINTING APPLICATION The work environment for human beings who perform this process is filled with health hazard. These hazard include noxious fumes in the air, risk of flash fires and noise from the spray gun nozzle. The environment is also believed to pose a carcinogenic risk for workers. Largely because of the hazard, robots are beings used with increasing frequency for spray coating task.

SPRAY PAINTING APPLICATION

The robot applications include spray coating of appliances, automobile car bodies, engines and other parts, spray staining of wood product and spraying of porcelain coatings on bathroom fixtures. The cell layout is typically an in line configuration in which the work flows past the robots. The robots must be capable of continuous path control to accomplish the smooth motion sequence required in spray painting. The most convenient programming method is manual lead through.

SPRAY PAINTING APPLICATION

Jointed arm robot seem to be the most common anatomy for this application and must posses along reach in order to access the areas of work part to be coated. Given offers a number of benefits. Greater uniformity in the application of the coating than people can accomplish. Reduce use of paint (less waste), lower needs for ventilating the work area since human being are not present during the process and greater productivity.

4. OTHER PROCESSING APPLICATIONS Drilling, routing, and other machining processes. Grinding, wire brushing, and similar operations. Water jet cutting. Laser cutting. Riveting.

APPLICATION FOR ASSEMBLY AND INSPECTIONS

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ASSEMBLY Assembly process involves the addition of two or more parts to form a new entity, called a sub assembly . The new sub assembly is made secure by fastening the two or more parts together using mechanical fastening techniques( screws, nut, rivets), joining process (welding brazing, soldering) ROBOT CAN BE USE FOR PROCESS ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY WELDING BODY CAR WITH MANUAL PROCESS

ASSEMBLY WELDING JIG BODY CAR WITH MANUAL PROCESS

ASSEMBLY WELDING BODY CAR WITH ROBOT

ASSEMBLY WELDING BODY CAR

ASSEMBLY WELDING INNERDOOR SUB ASSY

APPLICATION FOR ASSEMBLY AND INSPECTIONS

2. INSPECTIONS Inspection task that are performed by industrial robots can usually be divided into the following : a. The robot performs loading and unloading tasks to support an inspection or testing machine. b. The robot manipulates an inspection device, such as a mechanical probe to test the product.