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

变压器是由一个堆叠的核心，这是由薄层硅钢片。将这种叠片排列成铁芯形状的过程是一个劳动密集型过程，降低了整体生产率，并引起质量问题。雷克斯功率磁性（雷克斯）正在寻求Transformer组装特定步骤的工艺改进。随着竞争压力的增加，快速和灵活的生产越来越成为加拿大制造商的迫切要求。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。通过这一提议，安大略布兰普顿的谢里丹学院先进制造和 ** 设计技术中心（CAMDT）的应用研究团队寻求与雷克斯建立长期合作伙伴关系。** 的目标是设计和制造一个机器人系统，用于组装Transformer的铁芯片。**此外，本研究旨在利用视觉系统来分析型芯的几何形状，规划出图案，并使用 ** 机器人末端执行器根据图案堆叠片材。视觉系统也将用于 ** 质量检查。最后，项目团队将测试系统的准确性和可重复性，以确保在大规模生产环境中的可行性 **。

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.