Research
Graphic Interface Applied to Automated System to Manage the use of Tools in Machine
The processing industry has to find ways to reduce manufacturing costs, as a way to survive in the market with increasing competition. This competition has become increasingly driven by globalization, that is, an industry has to share the consumer market with other industries that are installed worldwide. One of the possible ways to reduce manufacturing costs is related to the efficient use of basic inputs. Among the main inputs used in the manufacture, some are specifically related to the tools that are installed on machines such as lathes, grinding machines, presses and others. Typically, the tools developed by the industry in the process engineering sector have dedicated characteristics that must be maintained to perform the appropriate transformation of the product being manufactured. The preservation of these characteristics is linked mainly with the specified service life for the use of each tool, in order to make the substitution before the product is affected by non conformities arising from the manufacturing process. The tool replacement at the right time becomes essential, but to perform this task should be considered aspects related to the early and late replacement, both of which can lead to increased costs for the purchase of tools or rework parts produced with different characteristics what was envisaged in the specification. In this context, this paper proposes a graphical interface to be integrated into the physical architecture of the automated system that makes managing the use of tools for industrial eccentric press. All virtual components designed for the windows of the graphical interface are significant and related to the procedures set out to make the replacement of each of the press tool. The validation of the functionality of the interface is obtained by means of tests on the prototype that adopts the basic elements provided in said architecture. The positive results observed in practical tests suggest that graphical interface is appropriate
Graphic Interface Applied to the Front Suspension Assembly Process for Automobile
This paper proposes a graphical interface to be integrated into the physical architecture that has been established to receive a specific process of assembling the front suspension to the automobile. The physical architecture contains many cells with the necessary means to enable workers to carry out assemblies of various types of suspensions. In the development of the graphical interface are considered means for defining the formal sequence of assembly of each type of suspension in order to increase the production capacity and decrease losses by undue assemblies. The layout set for virtual components and also the choice of resources are planned to increase the expressiveness and ease of use of each window contained in the graphical interface. The validation of the operational features of the graphical interface is obtained by carrying out practical tests on a prototype that uses the basic elements that are specified in the aforementioned physical architecture.
