Non-rigid components (springs, electrical wiring, penumatics, etc.) are omnipresent in manual assembly. Due to the complexity & required dexterity for this assembly, it often remains a manual task. Operator Guidance systems could help in increasing the productivity and quality of these tasks, but content creation is difficult. In CAD drawings, flexible parts are either oversimplified or completely lacking. This hampers the automatic creation of DWI & training tools.
Project goal
We aim to set up a toolchain for (semi-)automated regeneration of flexible components, to be used in authorable and adaptive Digital Work Instructions (DWI) for assembly & quality inspection and to create realistic training tools that take into account the flexible behaviour of parts. This will enable:
Faster modelling of flexible components (+50%);
Smoother transition from training to work (50% less errors) and;
A higher degree of automated DWI content creation (+10%)
Would you also like to participate in this project?
ReFlex_IRVA is an industrial research project. We are looking for companies that want to be part of the user group and work with us to valorise the project.
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