• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1992.04a
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• pp.216-222
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• 1992

현재의 가공 시스템에 있어서 가공 작업자체는 NC 공작기계, 머시닝 센터등에의해 자동적으로이루어 지고있으나, 작업 상태에 대한 감시 및 공구교환 시기의 결정은 주로 숙련된 작업자에 의해이루어 지고 있으므로완전 자동화, 무 인화에 큰장애가 되고 있다. 특히 공구 파손 및 공구 마멸에 대한 감시는 공구 교환 시점의 자동결정 뿐 아니라 가공 시스템의 무인 운전을 위해서 필수적인 것으로, 기계 정지 시간(down time)을 줄일 수 있고, 제품의 정밀도를 높일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이를 위한 기초 연구로, 가공상태를 나타내는 감시신호로 AC 주축 모터 전류와 주축대진동 신호 를 선정하여 엔드밀 공구와 드릴 공구를 이용한 작업에서의 공구 상태변화에 따른 감시신호의 성능을 조사하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.16 no.5 s.98
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• pp.66-73
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• 1999

To enhance machining efficiency, tool exchange time have to be reduced. Most automatic tool changer is made up of compound cam and motor. it is not easy to design and manufacture compound cam, and it has no flexibility. But if servo motor is used, it is easy to changer is developed with servo motor, clutch, ball-screw and spline nut. Experimental results show that automatic tool changer designed with servo motor have good faculties.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.125-132
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• 2002

We use a compound-cam twin arm structure and random tool access method to achieve a faster ATC (Automatic Tool Changer) system for the accurate position and rotation control of a tool magazine and an exchange am. Based on the data obtained from various sensors, it is possible to follow the sequence of commands in each control step for an exchange arm. However, it is not so easy to reduce the exchange time of the system because of the slow responses of the sensors and execution mode delays of PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) scan time. In this paper, we propose a new programmed limit-switch position control method to obtain the shortest possible delays for the random tool access method and compound-cam twin arm structure. With some experimental results, we have achieved below 0.9sec tool exchange time with the proposed method.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.64-72
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• 2015

In this paper, we have developed the gantry automation system via information technology (IT) to improve the productivity of fuel filter manufacturing process. The monitoring system of manufacturing process plays an important role in analyzing the defective products as well as improving the production yield rate. The experimental results of 3 months with 10000 samples validate that the error rate is decreased from 0.65 % to 0.45 %. Also, the defect of raw material is decreased via monitoring of material tools which can notify the time for replacement and accurate insertion of raw materials to the loader. The productivity is increased by reducing the process time from 94.7 sec to 78.8 sec per raw material through comparing the whole manufacturing courses : from inserting of raw material to outcome of product. The process time is decreased by 20.2 % by automation of inserting and outcome course. Moreover, safety of worker as well as reduction of transfer time are highly related with increase of productivity.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.23 no.6 s.183
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• pp.111-118
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• 2006

Recently, the reliability evaluation and analysis are applied far many industrial products which are required to guarantee in quality and efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to present some of reliability evaluation methodologies that are applicable to machine tools. Especially ATC (Automatic Tool Changer), which is a core component of line center, was chosen as the target of the reliability evaluation and analysis. The scope of research is reliability prediction, reliability test and evaluates their results. The results of reliability evaluation have shown the failure rates, MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure), reliability for those components of ATC and real tests reliability through the constructed reliability test-bed. It is expected that proposed methodologies would increase reliability for a high-speed line center.