Recently, in the case of the root industry, although it is a basic industry that forms the basis of manufacturing competitiveness, there continues to be a shortage of manpower due to reasons such as dangerous working environments, industrial economic difficulties, and low wage systems. In addition, the demand for automation of production lines using robots is increasing due to a shrinking labor market due to a decrease in the working population due to aging, higher wages, shorter working hours, and limitations of foreign workers. In this study, a system was developed to automate the injection molding process for producing ball valves for automobiles by applying robot system. The applied process flow consists of alignment and insertion of insert parts, and removal, transfer, and loading of the product after injection molding, which is currently performed manually. Through the application of the developed robot automation system, the cycle time was improved by more than 30% and the defect rate was reduced by more than 70%.

본 연구의 목적은 전후진 자동변속기가 장착된 트랙터의 변속 충격을 모사하기 위한 시뮬레이션 모델에 적용될 비례 제어 밸브의 전류 제어 모델을 개발하는 것이다. 전류 제어 모델을 개발하기 위하여 시험 장치를 구성하여 밸브의 정특성 시험과 계단 응답 시험을 수행하였으며, 시험 결과를 토대로 전류 제어 모델을 검증하였다. 비례 제어 밸브의 전류 제어 모델은 밸브의 전류-압력 선도, PID 제어기, 펄스폭변조 신호 발생기와 밸브 모델로 구성하였다. 전류 제어 모델에 사용된 데이터는 시험을 통하여 도출된 값과 대상 트랙터에 적용된 값을 사용하였다. 전류 제어 모델 검증을 위해 계단 입력 신호에 대하여 전류 특성 시험을 수행하였고, 실제 전류 시험 결과와 시뮬레이션 결과를 비교하였다. 시험 결과와 시뮬레이션 결과에 대한 전류 특성을 비교해 보면, 상승 시간 오차는 0.0074초, 첨두치 시간의 오차는 0.0065초, 오버슈트 오차는 0.06%로 나타났다. 따라서 개발된 비례 제어 밸브의 전류 제어 모델은 실제 제어기의 전류 제어 특성을 제대로 반영할 수 있으며, 추후 변속 충격 모사를 위한 트랙터 시뮬레이션 모델에서 비례 제어 밸브의 전류 제어 모델로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

In case of a low speed gearing in the automatic transmission, since the torque is increased, it is difficult to secure a good feeling on gear shift of transmission. It is possible to improve the shift feeling on transmission by applying a one-way clutch in case of the gear shift from the first stage to the second stage. But in case of the gear shift from the second stage to the third stage, it is difficult to secure a good feeling on gear shift of transmission because the hydraulic components are directly controlled simultaneously. In this study, a shift performance of an automatic transmission was investigated as a basic study to solve these problems. The subjects of this study are 2-3 step upshifting gearing process and the performance data such as the pressure characteristics and torque of the transmission according to the amount of the throttle valve opening are analyzed on basis of experiment with an actual vehicle. As a result, the transient time of the shift is closely related to the amount of the throttle valve, opening and the time point at which the shifting ends is shortened when the throttle valve opening reaches 30% of the opening amount.

In general, a valve body of the automatic transmission(AT) is controlled by the clutch, the brake and lubricating oil flow in a hydraulic system and lubricant flow for each valve can be adjusted independently. To increase the lifetime of AT, the lubrication flow rate in a valve body for a 6 speed AT based parallel hybrid electric vehicle must be provided with proper oil distribution and control. In this study, we carried out several experiments without the inner parts of AT and with a AT assembly. The variation of the flow rate on oil temperature and pressure between an oil supply port and the outlets of the lubrication port was evaluated and analyzed. In the case of AT without the inner parts, it was evident that as the oil required for an operation of the clutch and brake was discharged from the outlet port, the flow rate from each lubrication port is decreased. However, the flow rate of the AT assembly was slightly increased. In addition, the lubrication flow rate was increased with increasing the oil temperature, and also it was reduced with increasing the oil pressure. Details of the resulting data are discussed.