• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1991년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 22-24 Oct. 1991
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• pp.821-825
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• 1991

This paper presents an architecture and control logic of a Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC) which is one of the important elements under Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) environment. To implement FMC, it is very important to develop a software which can control and monitor the overall system in an integrated environment. Our primary concern in this research is not to develop individual systems, but to integrate them in the hierarchical control level. Progress on the research of integrating CAD/CAM, Process Planning, Off-line Robot Programming and Simulation module into FMC control system is reported. FMC hardware system used here has an Automated Storage & Retrieval System (AS/RS), a conveyor system, a transfer robot, a CNC milling machine, a bar-code system, and an IBM PC/AT as Cell Control System (CCS). In order to demonstrate the operational result, the name plates, text-carved aluminium plates, are manufactured by this system.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국시뮬레이션학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.217-217
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• 1999

The main objective of this study is to simulate the design and operational policies of the assembly shop of an automotive plant for planning purposes and to find possible improvements. The simulation study was used to answer the following questions: How does the sequence affect the daily throughput\ulcorner What are the bottlenecks to the assembly lines in a given scenario\ulcorner A Simulation model was developed in accordance with the objective of this study. The model incorporates detailed workstation logic to accurately model downtime results through the use of a pull cord system. It is written with SIMAN. The discrete event feature of SIMAN does not adequately model the conveyor systems of the asembly shop. As a result, a few subroutines were added to the SIMAN modeling structures to mimic the operations of the assembly shop. Use of the model uncovered attractive improvement opportunities, such as a tremendous gain in annual volume if four additional spaces were added to a between-line buffer.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2005

Ergonomic intervention techniques were adopted to assess and control potential risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders(WMSDs) in the automated light assembly manufacturing system. Ten different kinds of assembly workstations implemented with a conveyor system and twelve female workers were observed and evaluated with careful video film analysis. Several close examinations using sets of checklists established by qualified safety and health organizations, such as NIOSH, OSHA, and ANSI, were conducted and every workers and staffs in the site participated in the self-report questionnaires and off-line interviews. Typical risk factors and symptoms of the upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders were found and categorized into specific parts of body. To reduce risk factors of WMSDs and improve system productivity new revised workstation standards, physical dimensions, were suggested accordant with anthropometric characteristics of workers and a heuristic decision strategy of rotating shift work schedules according to work contents has proposed to mitigate cumulative physical stress. Finally, ergonomic programs of entire company to prevent WMSDs were structured.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.119-131
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• 1986

Described in this paper is a modelling methodology for mass production system simulation. The mass production system under consideration consists of various types of flow lines, special purpose production facilities, conveyor lines, palletized carts, and storage facilities. This type of production system is typical in home appliance industry, automobile industry, footwear industry, etc. where a variety of product mix are mass-produced. The modelling methodology is based on the "discrete-event formalism", and an "activity-oriented world view" is adopted to formalize the system description. A distinctive feature of the modelling methodology is that only the static structure (ie, system components) is included in the fixed model. The dynamic structure of the system is specified through a "data-driven" mechanism, which is an extension of the "experimental frame" concept. Each type of system components (ie, flow line, conveyors, carts, etc.) is formally modeled by using Activity Cycle Diagrams. The issue of "model structuring" is also addressed. The modeling methodology has been successfully applied in a real simulation study of a mass production system.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.435-442
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• 2014

This paper describes an improved design model that can be used to configure a non-contact pneumatic device to turn a large sheet at the in-line system. For rotational moving in the conveyor system, the conventional method is to turn the system itself. The improved non-contact pick-up system mainly uses 8 pairs of L-shaped latches and 12 swirl type heads. It is positioned above the upward air flow table. This system performs the non-contact gripping and side-edge contact support in the vertical and rotational directions to hold the self-weight of a large flat sheet. A non-contact air head can exert a sufficient gripping ability at 4N lower than the standard working pressure. The side latches support 60% of the lifting force required. Through structural and flow analysis, the working conditions were simultaneously considered in accordance with the deflection and flatness of the glass.

• 산업공학
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.136-147
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• 2005

This paper introduces a simulation study regarding the operation of the Painted Body Storage (PBS) in an automobile factory. In the paint shop of the factory, same colored bodies are grouped together in order to increase the effectiveness of process, for example decrease the loss of cleaning the painting-gun when the color of body changes from one to another. However the production of automobiles in the assembly shop is a typical example of the mixed model assembly production. Therefore PBS locates between the paint shop and the assembly shop for control the input sequence of bodies to the assembly shop, and it enables to meet the smoothing requirement of assembly sequence. There are highly restricted constraints on the assembly sequence in a assembly shop. Those are spacing restriction and smoothing restriction. If such restrictions are violated, conveyor-stop or utility work will be necessary. Thus the major objective of PBS is to control the assembly sequence in a way to meet the two restrictions. In this paper a case study of PBS in an automotive factory is introduced. The storage/retrieval algorithms are suggested and the proposed system is verified using simulation models. Sensitivity analysis for operating factors is also conducted.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.456-463
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• 2015

Nowadays, small quantity batch production, which is so-called a flexible manufacturing system, is a major trend in the modern factory automation industry. The demands for new transportation system are increased gradually, with which multiple passive carriers carrying materials and semi-products are precisely and individually controlled along a single closed rail. Thus, a new type of permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (PMLSM), which consists of state coils on a single rail and PM movers as many as carriers, is proposed in this paper. The rail can be segmented as modules with pairs of coils and a current amplifier, which makes the transportation system simple; therefore, the rail can be easily extended and repaired. A design method of the new PMLSM with a single carrier is proposed, which can be thought as a new version of PMLSM, a coil-segmented coreless PMLSM (CS-CLPMLSM). Experimental setup for it is made, and propulsion results show that with the help of a new effective coil selection and switching algorithms, the conventional current-based vector control is sufficient to fulfill the position and velocity control of the new PMLSM. The proposed PMLSM is expected to fulfill seamless servo-control of multiple carriers also in process line, such as a new generation of flat panel display manufacturing line.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.23-30
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• 2023

본 연구는 농장 내 계란 이송시스템에서 발생하는 충격 정도를 파악하고 파란 발생률과 비교하여 문제점을 개선하기 위해 무창계사 12개 농장을 대상으로 하여 무선 전자계란(Wireless Egg Node II)를 활용하여 조사하였다. 전체적으로 충격 크기는 세척기와 건조기 연결 부분, 컨베이어 연결부분, 트랜스퍼, 정렬기, 집란 엘리베이터, 팩커, 계란 이송 연결부분, 알받이 순으로 나타났으나 농장에 따라 충격정도 및 충격발생 지점에 많은 차이가 있었다. 계란의 충격강도와 파란 발생률은 높은 정(+)의 상관관계가 나타났으며 일회성 충격보다는 누적된 충격의 양에 따라 파각발생이 높았고, 조사 지점에 따라 5~38 G까지 다양하며 총 파각란 발생률도 3.2%~14.5%로 나타났다. 파각 발생률을 낮추기 위해서는 난각 품질이 높은 계란을 생산하고자 하는 노력도 중요하지만 난각강도가 우수해도 최종제품에 난각이 파손되는 상황을 고려할 때 실금란 발생을 초래하는 계란이송라인 개선이 절대적으로 필요한 것으로 조사되었다.

• 정보처리학회논문지D
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• 제9D권5호
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• pp.915-924
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• 2002

현재, 컨베이어 벨트 시스템에 소포를 적재하고, 우편번호를 입력하여 구분한다. 구분된 소포 중에서 기록관리 대상의 경우에는 바코드를 판독하여 처리하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 2m/sec 이내로 이송되는 소포를 라인 CCD(Charged Coupled Device) 카메라를 통해 이미지를 획득(4,096$\times$4,096)한 후, 바코드 ROI(Region of Interest)의 추출을 위해 32$\times$32 크기의 미세블록의 검사방법을 적용하였다. ROI 추출 단계는 미세블록(128$\times$128)들의 최대 및 최소값의 차이 분포를 이용하여 컨베이어 벨트 영역과 소포의 바탕면은 제거하였다. 그리고 문자열과 바코드 영역을 검출하기 위해 대각선(diagonal) 검사방법을 사용하였으며, 바코드 ROI 만을 분리하기 위해 미세블록의 중앙에 5개의 수평라인으로 스캔하여 에지 수와 크기에 대한 변화량을 검사하였다. 검출된 영역 중에서 잘못 검출된 영역을 그룹의 라벨링 과정에서 그룹의 크기를 비교하여 제거하였다. 미세블록 검사과정에서 누락된 바코드 영역을 보정하고 바코드의 정보 해석을 위해 추출된 ROI의 외곽좌표들과 기울기 분포를 이용하여 중심 축 라인과 ROI 영역의 기울기에 따라 중심축을 보정하는 방법 등을 적용하였다. 이와 같은 방법에 의해 바코드의 ROI 추출과 중심축 생성은 60～180msec이내에 가능하게 되었으며, ROI 추출의 정확도는 99.44% 이상이 달성되었다.

• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2003

In Korea, quality evaluation of dried oak mushrooms are done first by classifying them into more than 10 different categories based on the state of opening of the cap, surface pattern, and colors. And mushrooms of each category are further classified into 3 or 4 groups based on its shape and size, resulting into total 30 to 40 different grades. Quality evaluation and sorting based on the external visual features are usually done manually. Since visual features of mushroom affecting quality grades are distributed over the entire surface of the mushroom, both front (cap) and back (stem and gill) surfaces should be inspected thoroughly. In fact, it is almost impossible for human to inspect every mushroom, especially when they are fed continuously via conveyor. In this paper, considering real time on-line system implementation, image processing algorithms utilizing artificial neural network have been developed for the quality grading of a mushroom. The neural network based image processing utilized the raw gray value image of fed mushrooms captured by the camera without any complex image processing such as feature enhancement and extraction to identify the feeding state and to grade the quality of a mushroom. Developed algorithms were implemented to the prototype on-line grading and sorting system. The prototype was developed to simplify the system requirement and the overall mechanism. The system was composed of automatic devices for mushroom feeding and handling, a set of computer vision system with lighting chamber, one chip microprocessor based controller, and pneumatic actuators. The proposed grading scheme was tested using the prototype. Network training for the feeding state recognition and grading was done using static images. 200 samples (20 grade levels and 10 per each grade) were used for training. 300 samples (20 grade levels and 15 per each grade) were used to validate the trained network. By changing orientation of each sample, 600 data sets were made for the test and the trained network showed around 91 % of the grading accuracy. Though image processing itself required approximately less than 0.3 second depending on a mushroom, because of the actuating device and control response, average 0.6 to 0.7 second was required for grading and sorting of a mushroom resulting into the processing capability of 5,000/hr to 6,000/hr.