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A Case Study on Product Production Process Optimization using Big Data Analysis: Focusing on the Quality Management of LCD Production (빅데이터 분석 적용을 통한 공정 최적화 사례연구: LCD 공정 품질분석을 중심으로)

  • Park, Jong Tae;Lee, Sang Kon
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.97-107
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    • 2022
  • Recently, interest in smart factories is increasing. Investments to improve intelligence/automation are also being made continuously in manufacturing plants. Facility automation based on sensor data collection is now essential. In addition, we are operating our factories based on data generated in all areas of production, including production management, facility operation, and quality management, and an integrated standard information system. When producing LCD polarizer products, it is most important to link trace information between data generated by individual production processes. All systems involved in production must ensure that there is no data loss and data integrity is ensured. The large-capacity data collected from individual systems is composed of key values linked to each other. A real-time quality analysis processing system based on connected integrated system data is required. In this study, large-capacity data collection, storage, integration and loss prevention methods were presented for optimization of LCD polarizer production. The identification Risk model of inspection products can be added, and the applicable product model is designed to be continuously expanded. A quality inspection and analysis system that maximizes the yield rate was designed by using the final inspection image of the product using big data technology. In the case of products that are predefined as analysable products, it is designed to be verified with the big data knn analysis model, and individual analysis results are continuously applied to the actual production site to operate in a virtuous cycle structure. Production Optimization was performed by applying it to the currently produced LCD polarizer production line.

Development of Pill Counting Algorithm and Pill Counting Machine Using Non-contact Photo Sensor (비접촉식 광학센서를 이용한 알약계수 알고리즘과 알약 계수기의 개발)

  • Lee Soon-Geul;Lim Tae Gyoon;Rhim Sungsoo
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.810-815
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    • 2005
  • As the pharmaceutical industry grows and becomes more competitive, the need of automation increases to establish effective mass production and to maintain consistent quality control. Accurate counting and packing of medicinal pills is one of the most essential processes that the automation can benefit. In conventional automated counting and packing processes, the performance of counting process varies with the size, the shape and the dispersion degree of pills. In this research, the authors developed a new pill-counting algorithm based on carefully analyzed characteristics of the pill-drop behavior. Also a new scheme for the packing of an exact number of pills has been implemented. A pill counting and packing machine with the new pill-counting algorithm and the new packing scheme has been constructed and put in an actual production line. To achieve precise and quick sensing of pills dropping at a high speed from the preceding processors, the machine uses non-contact photo sensors. Experimental results from the actual process using the machine are included to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm and the machine.

Automatic Multi-torch Welding System with High Speed (고속 다전극 자동 용접 시스템)

  • Moon, Hyeong-Soon;Ko, Sung-Hoon;Kim, Yong-Baek
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 2007
  • Since the wall thickness can be up to 6" or greater, welds must be made in many layers, each layer containing several passes. However, the welding time for the conventional welding processes such as SAW(Submerged Arc Welding) and FCAW(Flux Cored Arc Welding) can be required many hours. The aim of this paper is to develop a high speed welding system with multi-torch and laser vision sensor for increasing the production speed on the line and to remove the need for the operator so that the system can run automatically for the complete multi-torch multi-layer weld. It was shown that the developed laser vision sensor and analysis of arc blow for multi-torch were effective for multi-pass seam tracking and stable arc. A new automated multi-torch welding systems for thick wall applications has been proved in several production lines.

Development of Mobile Dashboard System for Manufacturing Data Visualization (제조 데이터 가시화를 위한 모바일 대시보드 시스템 개발)

  • Jo, Hyunjei;Kim, Chul;Cho, Yongju
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.311-317
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    • 2014
  • As products have been more complex and customer's demands of personalized products are increasing, manufacturing system has been changed from mass production to mass customization production that makes small quantity but different kinds of product. In addition, it becomes important that manufacturers quickly respond to variable customer's demands and characteristic regulations in each country. Therefore, three prerequisites are essential for manufacturers to response agilely. First, manufacturing data should be monitored in real time, second, information is extracted from the data, and finally, the information is used to make manufacturing strategy. In this paper, the mobile dashboard system is presented. It visualizes manufacturing data on mobile devices, and measures performance of the shop floor through the information. The proposed system is composed of server and client, and is running on the R - the open source software for statistics. Four kinds of template are given for easy visualization through the system.

A Mathematical Model for Converting Conveyor Assembly Line to Cellular Manufacturing

  • Kaku, Ikou;Gong, Jun;Tang, Jiafu;Yin, Yong
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.160-170
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    • 2008
  • This paper proposes a mathematical model for converting conveyor assembly line to cellular manufacturing in complex production environments. Complex production environments refer to the situations with multi-products, variant demand, different batch sizes and the worker abilities varying with work stations and products respectively. The model proposed in this paper aims to determine (1) how many cells should be formatted; (2) how many workers should be assigned in each cell; (3) and how many workers should be rested in shortened conveyor line when a conveyor assembly line should be converted, in order to optimize system performances which are defined as the total throughput time and total labor power. We refer the model to a new production system. Such model can be used as an evaluation tool in the cases of (i) when a company wants to change its production system (usually a belt conveyor line) to a new one (including cell manufacturing); (ii) when a company wants to evaluate the performance of its converted system. Simulation experiments based on the data collected from the previous documents are used to estimate the marginal impact that each factor change has had on the estimated performance improvement resulting from the conversion.

Real-time Synchronization Between Two Industrial Dual-arm Robots (두 개의 산업용 양팔로봇간의 실시간 동기화 방법)

  • Choi, Taeyong;Kyung, Jinho;Do, Hyunmin;Park, Chanhun;Park, Dongil
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.22 no.12
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    • pp.1027-1033
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    • 2016
  • There is an increasing need for manufacturing systems to produce batches in small quantities. Such manufacturing systems are significantly difficult to develop with conventional automation equipment. Recently, several research groups have applied industrial dual-arm robots to cell production lines. A synchronization method for robots is necessary for the cell production process when robots work in a shared workspace. Conventional automation factories do not need this method because the main control system operates all of the machines or robots. However, our intended application for the developed robot is in small manufacturing environments that cannot install an expensive main control system. We propose an inexpensive and high-performance method with a simple digital in/out channel using a real-time communication protocol. The developed method was validated in a pilot production line for cellular phone packing.

A Study on the Archival Authority Record Elements for Automatic Organization and Production (기록물 전거레코드 기술 요소의 자동생성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Yong-Gee;Chung, Yeon-Kyoung
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.5-22
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to show elements when we product the archival authority record elements for automatic organization and production. ISAAR(CPF) and RMSCA are reviewed and analyzed which are functioning as the element of standards description and element of the creator. The research methods are literary reviews from Slectronic Document System and Records Center Automation System in public institution as Electronic Records Management Systems. As a result of the research, archival authority record elements are suggested through electronic approval function and system operating and managing function of Electronic Document System, while the elements which is impossible to use automatic organization and production are suggested by the authority system and archivist, and the description rule.

The Integrated Information System of Small Business Industry for Computerization and Automation (중소기업 정보화를 위한 통합정보시스템 개발)

  • 김선욱;조재형
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2000
  • The area of informatization in small business industry consists of production automation. management automation, and network. This paper mainly deals with the management automation which uses management information systems. Functionally speaking, there are four broad categories such as manufacturing, marketing. human resource, and accounting. However, since most of small business industries emphasize more on the manufacturing and marketing, an integrated information system with these two core processes has been developed based on object-oriented methodology. The system, one of the important steps in the stage model this paper proposes, has not only simple and essential features ensuring easy implementation, but also friendly interface and good modularity based on the object-oriented paradigm.

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Development of a Vision-based Blank Alignment Unit for Press Automation Process (프레스 자동화 공정을 위한 비전 기반 블랭크 정렬 장치 개발)

  • Oh, Jong-Kyu;Kim, Daesik;Kim, Soo-Jong
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.65-69
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    • 2015
  • A vision-based blank alignment unit for a press automation line is introduced in this paper. A press is a machine tool that changes the shape of a blank by applying pressure and is widely used in industries requiring mass production. In traditional press automation lines, a mechanical centering unit, which consists of guides and ball bearings, is employed to align a blank before a robot inserts it into the press. However it can only align limited sized and shaped of blanks. Moreover it cannot be applied to a process where more than two blanks are simultaneously inserted. To overcome these problems, we developed a press centering unit by means of vision sensors for press automation lines. The specification of the vision system is determined by considering information of the blank and the required accuracy. A vision application S/W with pattern recognition, camera calibration and monitoring functions is designed to successfully detect multiple blanks. Through real experiments with an industrial robot, we validated that the proposed system was able to align various sizes and shapes of blanks, and successfully detect more than two blanks which were simultaneously inserted.