TY - JOUR
T1 - Life cycle simulation applied to a robot manipulator - An example of aging simulation of manufacturing facilities
AU - Takata, Shozo
AU - Yamada, Atsushi
AU - Kohda, Takehisa
AU - Asama, Hajime
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Evaluation of the aging process of manufacturing facilities is essential for life cycle facility management, which includes such activities as design for reliability and maintainability and maintenance planning. For this purpose, we have developed a life cycle simulation system for robot manipulators. The developed system can simulate the wear of gears and bearings of joints as component deterioration and evaluate the resultant positioning error of an end-effector as functional degradation. The system is applied to assembly robots of a car parts manufacturing plant. The simulation results correspond to the failure history of the robots fairly well.
AB - Evaluation of the aging process of manufacturing facilities is essential for life cycle facility management, which includes such activities as design for reliability and maintainability and maintenance planning. For this purpose, we have developed a life cycle simulation system for robot manipulators. The developed system can simulate the wear of gears and bearings of joints as component deterioration and evaluate the resultant positioning error of an end-effector as functional degradation. The system is applied to assembly robots of a car parts manufacturing plant. The simulation results correspond to the failure history of the robots fairly well.
KW - Deterioration evaluation
KW - Life cycle management
KW - Robot manipulator
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031636469
SN - 0007-8506
VL - 47
SP - 397-x76
JO - CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology
JF - CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology
IS - 1
ER -