Towards a Self-balancing Machine Velocity Production Line for Energy Saving

E. Garcia, N. Montes

2017

Abstract

The present study analyzes how to re-balance a real world manufacturing line for energy saving by means of machine velocity reduction. Without loss of generality, the paper is focused in Industrial Robot (IR) lines where the velocity of each robot is properly tuned using a predictive control technique. It predicts the IR idle time for the next cycle based on the model line knowledge, the mini-term sub cycle time measurements and simulation techniques. The proposed predictive control technique is tested off-line, using a real world welding line model located at Factory Ford, Almussafes (Valencia). Also an estimation of the stored energy is computed by means of an experimental test developed in a real welding unit. A discussion on how to implement it in a real line is done at the end of the paper.

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in Harvard Style

Garcia E. and Montes N. (2017). Towards a Self-balancing Machine Velocity Production Line for Energy Saving . In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-264-6, pages 568-575. DOI: 10.5220/0006430405680575


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco17,
author={E. Garcia and N. Montes},
title={Towards a Self-balancing Machine Velocity Production Line for Energy Saving},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2017},
pages={568-575},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006430405680575},
isbn={978-989-758-264-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - Towards a Self-balancing Machine Velocity Production Line for Energy Saving
SN - 978-989-758-264-6
AU - Garcia E.
AU - Montes N.
PY - 2017
SP - 568
EP - 575
DO - 10.5220/0006430405680575