• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.3
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• pp.472-478
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• 2012

The inspection machine in PCB (printed circuit board) assembly line checks assembly errors by inspecting the images inside of the component inspection region. The component inspection region consists of region of component package and region of soldering. It is necessary to extract the regions automatically for auto-teaching system of the inspection machine. We propose an image segmentation method to extract the component inspection regions automatically from images of PCB. The acquired image is transformed to HSI color model, and then segmented by several regions by clustering method. We develop a modified K-means algorithm to increase the accuracy of extraction. The heuristics generating the initial clusters and merging the final clusters are newly proposed. The vertical and horizontal projection is also developed to distinguish the region of component package and region of soldering. The experimental results are presented to verify the usefulness of the proposed method.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.463-470
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• 2023

In this study, an electronic parts assembly training system using Leap Motion was developed in consideration of the processes actually operated in the assembly process of electronic products. Based on Leap Motion and Oculus VR equipment, the system was developed to transfer user's hand movement data in real time and convert it into hand movement in virtual space so that electronic parts assembly simulation can be performed step by step. Through this, it was confirmed that the user can obtain an experience similar to the actual electronic parts assembly work, prevent errors that may occur during the assembly process, and improve proficiency. It is expected that this thesis will provide directions for the quality improvement and development of various education and training programs for virtual reality-based manufacturing processes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.307-309
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• 1996

This paper analyses a deterministic scheduling problem concerned with manufacturing two types of components at a pre-assembly stage which consists of two independent feeding machines each producing its own type of component. Each type represents a unique component which may have variations in its size or quality. Therefore, the completion time of each component depends on both its type and quality (size) variations. Such manufactured components are subsequently assembled into various component dependent products. The problem has the objective measure of minimizing the total weighted completion time of a finite number of jobs(products) where the completion time of each job is measured by the latest completion time of its two components at the pre-assembly stage. The problem is shown to be NP-complete in the strong sense. A WSPT rule coupled with a machine-aggregation idea is developed for good heuristics which show the error bound of 2.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.184-191
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• 1994

In this study, the product design technology to facilitate the assembly automation is developed. First, checkistis are developed to analyse weakpoints which make assembly automation difficult. The weakpoints of assembly automation can be redesigned by using design rules for assemblability which are systematized in this research. In addition, the assemblability of product can be evaluated qualitatively with the new developed assembly evaluation method. This evaluation method is performed in the respect of the component parts, the assembly method and the assembly motion.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.53-60
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• 1998

In this paper, the principle of operation, the part characteristic, characteristic of component movement, analysis are carried out for camcoder iris assembly which is one of the important element component in Video camera large projection TV instrument. And some Know-how for development of element component is also included. The magnetic field circuit for the small and simple structure with low power consumption is introduced and new materials of yoke for small motor system is suggested. Especially, the relation with remained magnetic field and operation duration time is analyzed by experimental results. Some problems of nonlinear torque characteristics included in this system is considered to obtain the simple and low cost structure in domestic production. Furthermore, development procedure is suggested for iris assembly and some methods to reduce the burr with some check points for small precise accessories are explained.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1191-1194
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• 2003

At present, the fabrication of optical filter for optical communication mostly depends on handwork, and only a few companies are propelling semi-automatic systems compounded with automatic and hand-operated methods. The measurement evaluation of optical filters is not commonly useful, so it causes difficulties in the producing field. And the packaging process becomes a very unstable process because the filters are judged from the results that they are not measured and immediately packaged during that process. In this situation, the automatic assembly system of optical filter for communication is extremely important and has begun to make its appearance as the most necessary technology for developing optical communication component with high-functionality. In this paper, we constructed systems of assembly and performance evaluation for micro optical collimator. And by using that, we designed a system capable of performance evaluation and assembly of film filter of about 30 $\mu\textrm{m}$ thickness as well as optical filter for common communication.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.529-536
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• 2003

The majority of previous studios on tolerance synthesis have viewed the issue as a design methodology to determine optimal component tolerances on behalf of a manufacturer. while meeting given assembly tolerance requirements Although a considerable amount of research has been done on this issue. a couple of important questions still remain unanswered First. how ran a design engineer quantitatively incorporate a customer's perception on a product quality into a tolerance synthesis scheme at the early design stage Second. how ran component tolerances and assembly tolerance be optimized in a simultaneous way? To answer these questions. this article presents the customer-driven concurrent tolerance synthesis which is facilitated by the notion of truncated distribution and the use of mathematical programming techniques. while adopting the major principles of Tagurhl philosophy. The work presented in the article is an effort to gain insight, which can be useful in practice when setting up guidelines for an overall tolerance synthesis.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.79-101
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• 1994

In modern manufacturing, a product consists of many components created by different processes. Variations in the individual component dimensions and in the processes may result in unacceptable final assemblies. Thus, engineers have increased pressure to properly set tolerance specifications for individual components and to control manufacturing processes. When a proper variation stack-up analysis is not performed for all of the components in a functional system, all component parts can be within specifications, but the final assembly may not be functional. Thus, in order to improve the performance of the final assembly, a proper variation stack-up analysis is essential for specifying dimensional tolerances and process control. This research provides a detailed case example of the use of variation stack-up analysis using a Monte Carlo simulation method to improve the defect rate of a complex process, which is the commutator brush track undercut process of an armature assembly of a small motor. Variations in individual component dimensions and process mean shifts cause high defect rate, Since some dimensional characteristics have non-normal distributions and the stack-up function is non-linear, the Monte Carlo simulation method is used.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.25-34
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• 2005

Determination of component mounting sequence on printed circuit board assembly process is a typical NP-hard problem. It is a kind of traveling salesman problems, but it has one more hard to meet constraint of matching component type per mounting position as well as searching the shortest path. An efficient method is developed by separation of crowed area and allowing up to two slots per component type. A simulation model is constructed using Visual C++ for evaluation of the suggested heuristic.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.225-230
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• 2009

We propose a template matching method for component inspection of SMD assembly system. To discriminate wrong assembled components, the input image of component is matched with its standard image by template matching algorithm. For a fast inspection system, the calculation time of matching algorithm should be reduced. Since the standard images of all components located in a PCB are stored in computer, it is desirable to reduce the memory size of standard image. We apply the discrete wavelet transformation to reduce the image size as well as the calculation time. Only 7% memory of the BMP image is used to discriminate goodness or badness of components assembly. Comparative results are presented to verify the usefulness of the proposed method.