Preliminary communication
The Role of Robot in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Ljubinko JANJUŠEVIĆ
; GOŠA Institute, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Abstract
The analysis of existing manufacturing capacities indicates that machining is to a large degree being done in a traditional manner, on universal machines. This way a universality of process is achieved — a large assortment of mechanical elements can be machined. On the other hand, preparation time is long, capacity usage small, highly qualified labour needed. This paper presents the WCMA 25 manufacturing system in order to compare its operation with hitherto existing way of manufacture and show the advantages of robotized manufacturing systems. WCMA 25 is dedicated to metal manufacturing industry for higher complexity and accuracy work pieces made of cast iron, engineering steel and welded steel elements. By providing insight into results achieved by the system, this paper shows its advantages. Techno–economic indicators voice its ability to earn profit at limited-quantity production, because change of manufacturing programme does not imply any hardware change in the system. Its control unit has a data base big enough for machining a large variety of mechanical elements. The paper shows product price over quality ratio obtained on this system as a function of production quantity size and the tolerances chosen.
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97951
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Publication date:
31.10.2012.
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