Mechatronic Re-Design of a Manual Assembly Workstation into a Collaborative One for Wire Harness Assemblies
Nowadays, the wire harness assembly process is still manually performed due to the process complexity and product variability (e.g., wires of different kind, size and length). The Wire cobots project, in which this work was conceived, aims at improving the current state-of-art assembly process by in...
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| author | Ilaria Palomba Luca Gualtieri Rafael Rojas Erwin Rauch Renato Vidoni Andrea Ghedin |
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| description | Nowadays, the wire harness assembly process is still manually performed due to the process complexity and product variability (e.g., wires of different kind, size and length). The Wire cobots project, in which this work was conceived, aims at improving the current state-of-art assembly process by introducing in it collaborative robotics. A shared workstation exploiting human abilities and machine strengths was developed to assembly automotive wire harness by means of insulated tape for a real industrial case. In the new workstation, the human deals with the complex task of wire handling, while the robot performs the repetitive and strenuous taping operations. Such a task allocation together with the workstation redesign allow for an improvement of the operator’s well-being in terms of postural conditions and for an increase of the production efficiency. In this paper, the mechanical and mechatronic design, as well as the realization and validation of this new collaborative workstation are presented and discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a290cfd5215485989d242adda9ba3b12023-12-03T12:40:36ZengMDPI AGRobotics2218-65812021-03-011014310.3390/robotics10010043Mechatronic Re-Design of a Manual Assembly Workstation into a Collaborative One for Wire Harness AssembliesIlaria Palomba0Luca Gualtieri1Rafael Rojas2Erwin Rauch3Renato Vidoni4Andrea Ghedin5Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Via Venezia 1, 35121 Padova, ItalyFaculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100 Bolzano, ItalyFaculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100 Bolzano, ItalyFaculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100 Bolzano, ItalyFaculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100 Bolzano, ItalyCarretta S.r.l., Via Zecchina, 19/A, 31055 Quinto di Treviso, ItalyNowadays, the wire harness assembly process is still manually performed due to the process complexity and product variability (e.g., wires of different kind, size and length). The Wire cobots project, in which this work was conceived, aims at improving the current state-of-art assembly process by introducing in it collaborative robotics. A shared workstation exploiting human abilities and machine strengths was developed to assembly automotive wire harness by means of insulated tape for a real industrial case. In the new workstation, the human deals with the complex task of wire handling, while the robot performs the repetitive and strenuous taping operations. Such a task allocation together with the workstation redesign allow for an improvement of the operator’s well-being in terms of postural conditions and for an increase of the production efficiency. In this paper, the mechanical and mechatronic design, as well as the realization and validation of this new collaborative workstation are presented and discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/10/1/43wire harnesscollaborative robotergonomics |
| spellingShingle | Ilaria Palomba Luca Gualtieri Rafael Rojas Erwin Rauch Renato Vidoni Andrea Ghedin Mechatronic Re-Design of a Manual Assembly Workstation into a Collaborative One for Wire Harness Assemblies Robotics wire harness collaborative robot ergonomics |
| title | Mechatronic Re-Design of a Manual Assembly Workstation into a Collaborative One for Wire Harness Assemblies |
| title_full | Mechatronic Re-Design of a Manual Assembly Workstation into a Collaborative One for Wire Harness Assemblies |
| title_fullStr | Mechatronic Re-Design of a Manual Assembly Workstation into a Collaborative One for Wire Harness Assemblies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechatronic Re-Design of a Manual Assembly Workstation into a Collaborative One for Wire Harness Assemblies |
| title_short | Mechatronic Re-Design of a Manual Assembly Workstation into a Collaborative One for Wire Harness Assemblies |
| title_sort | mechatronic re design of a manual assembly workstation into a collaborative one for wire harness assemblies |
| topic | wire harness collaborative robot ergonomics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/10/1/43 |
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