Aerodynamic Part Feeding Technology - Flexible High-Speed Part Provision for Mass Production
Aerodynamic Part Feeding Technology - Flexible High-Speed Part Provision for Mass Production
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空气动力零件供给技术 - 为批量生产提供灵活的高速零件供应
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2014
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P. Nyhuis
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K. Knüppel;P. Nyhuis
高工资国家的制造业公司可以采取两种战略，以弥补由于不利的成本结构而造成的竞争劣势。他们可以求助于产品的个性化，也可以大量利用生产中的规模经济。然而，只有极少数公司能够协调这两种战略。满足这些要求的一种方法是使用灵活的自动化系统。在这里，自动化、灵活的装配系统的进料过程往往是一个瓶颈。传统的饲喂系统遇到了它们的极限。它们通常只能作为冗余系统实现所需的输出，而且由于机械设计的原因，它们的灵活性和设置能力受到限制。气动定向技术和气动分离技术可以为这一领域提供创新的解决方案。与传统的喂料系统相比，由于其基本的工作原理，这些工艺在变化的中立性、灵活性和产量方面已经具有很高的潜力。气动零件定位技术利用了零件的不对称性，借助于空气脉冲对零件进行定位。在气动零件分离技术的情况下，通过空气涡流将工件从一堆材料中分离出来，并将其单独输送出系统。已证明，与传统系统相比，这些技术由于其功能原理和简单的机械结构，提供了更大的灵活性，更不容易发生故障，在某些情况下可以使产量增加一倍以上。
Manufacturing companies in high-wage countries can pursue two strategies to make up for their competitive disadvantage due to the unfavourable cost structure. They can either resort to an individualisation of the products or make use of economies of scale in production by high numbers. Only very few companies however are able to reconcile both strategies. One way to meet these requirements is in the use of flexible, automated systems. Here, the feeding process for automated, flexible assembly systems often represents a bottleneck. Conventional feeding systems come up against their limits. They are often only able to achieve the required output as redundant systems, and they are limited in their flexibility and set-up capability due to the mechanical design. Innovative solution approaches in this field can be offered by the aerodynamic orientation technology and the aerodynamic separation technology. In contrast to conventional feeding systems, these processes, due to their basic operating principle, already have high potential with regard to variant neutrality, flexibility and output. Aerodynamic part orientation technology takes advantage of the asymmetry of workpieces in order to orientate them with the aid of air impulses. In the case of aerodynamic part separation technology, workpieces are separated from a pile of material by an air vortex and individually transported out of the system. It has been shown that these technologies, due to their functional principle and the simple mechanical construction as compared to conventional systems, offer greater flexibility, are less prone to failures and can in some cases more than double the output.