Ambekar, Prajwalkumar (2022) Flexible end of arm tool (EOAT) for the automation of lacquering part (un)loading at Philips Drachten. Design Project, Industrial Engineering and Management.
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Abstract
This thesis presents the proof-of-concept of a flexible end-of-arm-tool (EOAT) for the automation of loading and unloading of 8+ parts in the lacquering line at Philips Drachten. While multi-purpose universal EOATs are expensive to implement in a flexible manufacturing line, part-specific EOATs require a change-over when switching between parts, and hence do not meet the cycle time requirements. The EOAT presented integrates multiple grasp configurations with spring elements and flexible jaws to obtain the required flexibility. The design was experimentally validated against the functional requirements of grasp stability, part alignment and (dis)mounting success, along with a FEM stress and displacement study, and a fatigue analysis simulation. The financial and temporal validation of the design was achieved through a comparison of the estimated CAPEX and payback period for the flexible EOAT against a standard part-specific EOAT, as well as the current manual (un)loading. The flexible EOAT has an estimated €900k CAPEX (savings of about €900k relative to a part-specific EOAT) with a payback period of 1.75 years.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Design Project) |
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| Supervisor name: | Mohebbi, M. and Jayawardhana, B. |
| Degree programme: | Industrial Engineering and Management |
| Thesis type: | Design Project |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2022 11:19 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2022 11:19 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/26452 |
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