Automated assembly of industrial transformer cores utilizing vision-guided robotic system

利用视觉引导机器人系统自动组装工业变压器铁芯

• 批准号: 536225-2018
• 负责人: England, Andrea
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=650217
• 关键词: Automated; assembly; industrial; transformer; cores

Transformers are comprised of a stacked core, which is made up of laminations of thin silicone steel. The process**of arranging such laminations into the core shape is a labour-intensive process, that slows down the overall**production rate, and gives rise to quality problems.**Rex Power Magnetics (Rex) is seeking a process improvement within a specific step of transformer assembly. As**competitive pressures mount, rapid and flexible production becomes more and more of a pressing requirement for**Canadian manufacturers to embrace. Furthermore, with efforts to improve environmental efficiencies of**transformers, the required core assembly becomes more complex and time consuming, as high-efficiency cores**have a special design that is more labour-intensive to assemble.**Through this proposal, the applied research team at Sheridan Colleges Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and**Design Technologies (CAMDT) in Brampton, Ontario seeks to initiate a long-term partnership with Rex. The**objective is to design and fabricate a robotic system to be used for assembling the core sheets of a transformer.**Further, the research aims to employ a vision system to analyze the cores geometry, plan out a pattern, and use**the robots end effector to stack the sheets according to the pattern. The vision system will also be used for**quality inspection. Finally, the project team will test the system for accuracy and repeatability to ensure viability**in a mass production setting.

变压器由堆叠铁芯组成，该铁芯由薄硅钢叠片组成。将此类叠片排列成磁芯形状的过程**是一个劳动密集型过程，会降低整体**生产率，并引起质量问题。**Rex Power Magnetics (Rex) 正在寻求工艺改进变压器组装的具体步骤。随着**竞争压力的增加，快速、灵活的生产越来越成为**加拿大制造商需要满足的迫切要求。此外，随着努力提高**变压器的环境效率，所需的铁芯组装变得更加复杂和耗时，因为高效铁芯**具有特殊的设计，组装起来更加劳动密集型。**通过该提案，位于安大略省布兰普顿的谢里登学院先进制造和**设计技术中心 (CAMDT) 的应用研究团队寻求与 Rex 建立长期合作伙伴关系。 **目标是设计和制造用于组装变压器铁芯板的机器人系统。**此外，该研究旨在采用视觉系统来分析铁芯几何形状、规划图案并使用* *机器人末端执行器根据图案堆叠板材。视觉系统还将用于**质量检查。最后，项目团队将测试系统的准确性和可重复性，以确保大规模生产环境中的可行性**。