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Block Media Communication System for Implementation of a Communication Network in Welding Workplaces

용접 작업장 통신네트워크 구축을 위한 블록매체통신시스템

  • Received : 2022.02.12
  • Accepted : 2022.03.01
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we present a block media communication (BMC) system which employs powerline communication to the equipments used in the welding process for ship-assembly and uses metal block as a communication medium. Inductive couplers are installed on digital feeder and pin jig. Information signal is added to the current generated by the welding gun, and applied to the block. When the welding operation starts, information generated in the field is transmitted to the monitoring server in real-time. The field test on the BMC system confirms that the transmitted data are correctly received at the server. Since the proposed system can be built without any changes to the existing welding process, it is helpful to increase competitiveness of the shipbuilding industry through smart factory of shipyards. It is also possible to quickly respond to emergency situations that may occur to workers in an electromagnetic wave shielding environment or a closed space, the effect of preventing industrial accidents will be great.

본 논문에서는 선박 용접공정에 사용되는 장비에 전력선통신 기술을 접목하고 금속블록을 통신매체로 사용하는 블록매체통신시스템을 제시한다. 여기서는 디지털 피더와 금속블록을 지지하는 핀지그에 유도성 커플러를 설치하고, 피더에 연결된 용접건에서 발생되는 전류에 정보신호를 더하여 금속블록에 인가함으로써 작업이 시작되면 현장에서 발생되는 정보를 상황실 서버에 실시간 전송한다. 현장시험 결과, 제시된 블록매체통신시스템의 송신부에서 전송된 데이터는 상황실 서버컴퓨터에 정확하게 수신되는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 제시된 시스템은 기존 용접공정에 대한 변경 없이 구축이 가능하므로 향후 조선소 스마트 팩토리화를 통한 조선산업의 경쟁력 강화에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다. 또한 전자파 차폐 환경이나 밀폐된 공간에서 작업자에게 발생할 수 있는 응급상황에 신속한 대처가 가능하므로 산업재해 예방효과도 클 것으로 사료된다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was partly supported by "Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS)" through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE)(2021RIS-003), and also supported in part by the Smart Factory Technological R&D of MSS (S2931886).

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