Design of linear conveyor for parts feeding to COMAU articulated robot

Ahmad Rabuan, Ahmad Fadhli (2014) Design of linear conveyor for parts feeding to COMAU articulated robot. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

A conveyor is a common mechanical apparatus for moving items inside a factory. The conveyors in manufacturing industries are widely used for various types of manufacturing activities such as packaging, transferring goods, pick and place, etc. The objective of this project is to design of linear conveyor for parts feeding to COMAU Articulated Robot. The idea of designing the conveyor is based on parts or workpiece that will be picked and placed by a robot arm. The software for designing the conveyor is chosen based on the author knowledge. Several designs ideas have been generated and divided into two components which are the frame belt and the support legs. From this designed ideas, the comparison has been made to choose the best design idea. The chosen idea has been designed in SolidWorks. The important conveyor parts are designed based on the specification and requirement for parts feeding to COMAU Articulated Robot. The list of all parts needs to be fabricated and the standard parts are presented in this report. The assembly design and structure tree of conveyor to have better understanding on the conveyor assembly structure are also presented. Detail parts and their specifications are presented in solid model with the dimension which fulfils the requirement for further development. Finite element analysis (FEA) has been used to analyse the design. The stress, displacement, deformation and factor of safety are obtained from the analysis and presented. For future development, it was suggested to improve the parts tolerance in the design and recalculation of the motor power consumption.

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