Industrial Robot: Volume 3 Issue 2

Flexible Automation by Industrial Robots with CNC

H.D. Abt

In medium and small scale series production the aim of the automatic charging of the machines is affected by frequent tool changing. Conventional charging and interlink systems do…

Automatic Acknowledgement of Piece Position by Pneumatic Systems

G. Belforte, F. Quagliotti

A pneumatic‐fluidic system has been designed and built, with the purpose to recognize the side orientation of pieces.

Integrated Machining Systems with Workpiece Handling

M.M. Barash

The evolvement of batch manufacturing systems from groups of linked, tape operated NC machine tools to computer controlled integrated systems is described. In the span of a few…

Robot Assembly System using TV Camera

Y. Tsuboi, T. Inoue

This thesis concerns with a computer‐controlled assembly system using a robot. The system performs simple assemblies, determines the three dimensional position and orientation of…

European Automotive Industry most Aggressive Robot User

Second to Japan, the European and Scandinavian industrial complexes are the most aggressive users of industrial robots. Currently, manufacturers in these countries are absorbing…

Facility Assignment in a Mixed Model Assembly Line

P.C. Pandey

This paper presents an analysis of the problem of Assembly Facility Assignment in a Mixed Model Assembly Line. Poisson arrivals and exponential service time distribution have been…