CIM Simulation - CNC flexible production system-part1

Hi...Here I uploaded my bachelor thesis work that I did at the end of my university days (I loved those scholarly days:).
After that I graduated and I got a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. I graduated mid 2005.

I have uploaded it here to have as an attachment to my CV.

Also, note that at that time I was a student with no previous manufacturing experience or CNC expirience.

So my thesis was actually done in three steps:

First: I describe theoretically, the 'flexible production system' - CIM
systems (in this theory part, I was writing about CIM concepts,Japanese productions
systems, CAD/CAM solutions, storages, plant layout, rationalizations in production and so on.


As you can see from the video, I simulate one flexible (automatic)manufacturing system that was capable of working without human intervention.
As the "head" of the system I've used robot control unit. The 'robot' was co-ordinating the work of rotating table, turning machine and mill machine (robot gives commands to rotating table, to start programs for
machining, to open doors of cnc machines, jaws and so on).
Basically, the system was working simple as this:
Proximity switch (sensor close to table) was detecting the presence of raw material on the rotation table. When the proximity sensor "saw" material, the Robot gets a signal "that the raw material is ready for production". Then the robot hand can pick-up raw material by already pre-programmed positions.
Then the robot put the raw material into the turning machine (with own pre-programmed G-code). Again, robot control unit (with its own software), gave command to turning machine to close the jaws, close the door,
and start CNC program of turning machine.
After the turning is done, robot takes a semi-finished product from turning machine, and deploys it to mill machine. Then, milling operation starts and the turning machine is again free to insert new raw material.
So robot goes and takes new raw material and puts it in turning machine again.
At the end {I am boring already:)} after milling operation is done, the robot takes the finished product and puts it back to the table.
And so on... in circle.... 24 hours per day if you want.

3. All this, I do in reality, also! And it is important to say that my university had only separated cnc machines and robots; which I connect in flexible automatic system for first time. ALONE!
This is my next video, and you can watch it here. This video is awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJsbUzIhaYU

Category:

Education

Tags:

• robot
• cnc
• turning
• milling
• CIM
• CAD
• CAM
• flexible
• automation

[kylysatie]

wow. um, fasinating... not... but atleast its up here. i found a video for my stupid science project.

-katie

[3DVector]

Why you r boring when describing your machine , i like it too much.

[sparks444]

Pretty neat.