Using robot to serve the NC lathe
Pablo, John Paul; Rahman, Mohammad Ziaur (2011)
Hämeen ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201201191485
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201201191485
Tiivistelmä
In 2007, there was a project in HAMK, Riihimäki to integrate the robotic arm to the NC lathe machine. During that project, one company successfully integrated them. In spring 2011 a topic was introduced to us to make a demonstration to automatically load and unload the CNC lathe, using the robot arm, and machines the work pieces.
Basically, the objective of this thesis is to make a program for the robotic arm so it can load the CNC machine and retrieve it from the lathe after its being machined for six cycles. Six small aluminum cylindrical pieces were kept on a work table with same distance between them and the robotic arm was taught about their positions precisely. A simple part programming was required for the NC as the main objective was to show a demonstration of a semi-automated production cell. The process could not be made fully automated as the door of the CNC lathe is a manual one.
A very sophisticated method was chosen to make a single robotic program for all the six pieces. And, the speed of the robot movements has been frequently changed to establish it as a fast process. All information presented to the reader has been gathered from literature used at HAMK production lab, interviews with the lab employees, discussion with the thesis supervisor, observations made at the lab, books and internet sources.
The final result of the work was quite satisfactory as we were able to overcome all the barriers that came during this practical work. Further improvement of this project is still possible which could take a long time but the outcome should be bright.
Basically, the objective of this thesis is to make a program for the robotic arm so it can load the CNC machine and retrieve it from the lathe after its being machined for six cycles. Six small aluminum cylindrical pieces were kept on a work table with same distance between them and the robotic arm was taught about their positions precisely. A simple part programming was required for the NC as the main objective was to show a demonstration of a semi-automated production cell. The process could not be made fully automated as the door of the CNC lathe is a manual one.
A very sophisticated method was chosen to make a single robotic program for all the six pieces. And, the speed of the robot movements has been frequently changed to establish it as a fast process. All information presented to the reader has been gathered from literature used at HAMK production lab, interviews with the lab employees, discussion with the thesis supervisor, observations made at the lab, books and internet sources.
The final result of the work was quite satisfactory as we were able to overcome all the barriers that came during this practical work. Further improvement of this project is still possible which could take a long time but the outcome should be bright.