Evaluation of Robotic Technologies for the Stacking of Roof Truss Components- All-Fab Building Components LP

屋顶桁架组件堆叠机器人技术评估 - All-Fab Building Components LP

• 批准号: 568683-2021
• 负责人: Potter, Simon
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Red River College Polytechnic
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=723950
• 关键词: Evaluation; Robotic; Technologies; Stacking; Roof

All-Fab Building Components LP is head-quartered in Winnipeg and operates a network of seven manufacturing facilities across Canada. The company specializes in the design and production of roof trusses, floor systems, wall panels, wood stairs and building structural members. All-Fab is especially reputable for their wide variety of products, excellence and commitment to innovation. The organization recently started investing significantly in automation to handle repetitive tasks with focus on improving productivity. This is enabling their staff to shift from those tasks to higher value activities within the production facilities. All-Fab is in the process of adopting robotic technologies for the sorting and stacking of machined roof truss components as part of their effort to automate their factories. This requires a careful evaluation of specific robotic solutions and tooling options to guarantee successful implementation. All-fab has identified a specific labour-intensive process of interest for this technology evaluation project. The complexity brought about by the widely varying sizes of the truss components, the volume of parts involved and the dependency of the process on preceding machining activities make it especially suited for automation at this time. There is currently a significant knowledge gap on how this automation could be implemented. Therefore, All-Fab requested to collaborate with the Technology Access Centre for Aerospace and Manufacturing (TACAM) at Red River College Polytechnic (RRC Polytech) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the required robotic technologies. This will include evaluation of the robotic process using virtual programming and simulation, machine vision alternatives, robot-machine communications, human-machine interface and design recommendations. The TACAM team has the experience and expertise to support All-Fab's automation effort. The team will deploy capabilities in robotics programming, sensors integration, instrumentation and control, mechanical design and project management to deliver this project. Through this project, All-Fab will have an opportunity to evaluate and de-risk key robotic technologies before investing in the actual implementation. The company has the capacity to implement and further advance the research results for productivity improvement, gaining of competitive edge and driving their profitability. This project is important for the design and fabrication of building components for affordable housing in Canada. The College team is looking forward to applying their advanced manufacturing expertise to the building construction industry. The knowledge gained will benefit students/interns, research personnel and faculty and will be useful in future research engagements.

All-Fab Building Components LP位于温尼伯，并在整个加拿大经营着七个制造设施的网络。该公司专门研究屋顶桁架，地板系统，墙板，木楼和建筑结构成员的设计和生产。所有产品对于各种产品，卓越和对创新的承诺而尤其值得信赖。该组织最近开始在自动化方面进行大量投资，以处理重复性任务，重点是提高生产率。这使他们的员工从这些任务转向生产设施中的更高价值活动。所有操作都是在采用机器人技术来对机械屋顶桁架组件的分类和堆叠进行分类和堆叠，这是他们自动化工厂的努力的一部分。这需要仔细评估特定的机器人解决方案和工具选项，以确保成功实施。 All-Fab已确定了该技术评估项目的特定劳动密集型兴趣过程。桁架组件的尺寸较大，所涉及的零件的体积以及该过程对先前加工活动的依赖性所带来的复杂性使其在此时特别适合自动化。目前，关于如何实施这种自动化存在很大的知识差距。因此，所有手机都要求与红河学院理工学院（RRC Polytech）的技术访问中心（TACAM）合作，对所需的机器人技术进行全面评估。这将包括使用虚拟编程和仿真，机器视觉替代方案，机器人机器人通信，人机接口和设计建议对机器人过程进行评估。塔卡姆团队具有支持All-Fab的自动化工作的经验和专业知识。该团队将在机器人编程，传感器集成，仪器和控制，机械设计和项目管理中部署能力，以实现此项目。通过这个项目，所有功能将有机会在投资实际实施之前评估和脱离风险的关键机器人技术。该公司有能力实施和进一步提高研究成果，以提高生产率，获得竞争优势并提高其盈利能力。该项目对于加拿大经济适用房的设计和制造很重要。该大学团队期待将其先进的制造专业知识应用于建筑建筑行业。获得的知识将使学生/实习生，研究人员和教职员工受益，并将在未来的研究参与中有用。