This study selected two labor-intensive processes in harsh environments among domestic food production processes. It analyzed their improvement effectiveness using 3-dimensional (3D) simulation. The selected processes were the “frozen storage source transfer and dismantling process” (Case 1) and the “heavily loaded box transfer process” (Case 2). The layout, process sequence, man-hours, and output of each process were measured during a visit to a real food manufacturing factory. Based on the data measured, the 3D simulation model was visually analyzed to evaluate the operational processes. The number of workers, work rate, and throughput were also used as comparison and verification indicators before and after the improvement. The throughput of Case 1 and Case 2 increased by 44.8% and 69.7%, respectively, compared to the previous one, while the utilization rate showed high values despite the decrease, confirming that the actual selected process alone is a high-fatigue and high-risk process for workers. As a result of this study, it was determined that 3D simulation can provide a visual comparison to assess whether the actual process improvement has been accurately designed and implemented. Additionally, it was confirmed that preliminary verification of the process improvement is achievable.

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%.

Recently, the development of computer vision with deep learning has made object detection using images applicable to diverse fields, such as medical care, manufacturing, and transportation. The manufacturing industry is saving time and money by applying computer vision technology to detect defects or issues that may occur during the manufacturing and inspection process. Annotations of collected images and their location information are required for computer vision technology. However, manually labeling large amounts of images is time-consuming, expensive, and can vary among workers, which may affect annotation quality and cause inaccurate performance. This paper proposes a process that can automatically collect annotations and location information for images using eXplainable AI, without manual annotation. If applied to the manufacturing industry, this process is thought to save the time and cost required for image annotation collection and collect relatively high-quality annotation information.

현재 교량과 같은 토목구조물의 설계프로세스는 1차 설계 후 구조 검토를 수행하여 기준에 부적합할 경우 재설계하는 과정을 반복 하여 최종적인 성과품을 만드는 것이 일반적이다. 이러한 반복 과정은 설계에 소요되는 기간을 연장시키는 원인이 되며, 보다 수준 높 은 설계를 위해 투입되어야 할 고급 엔지니어링 인력을 기계적인 단순 반복 작업에 소모하고 있다. 이러한 문제는 설계 과정 자동화를 통하여 해결할 수 있으나, 설계 과정에서 사용되는 해석프로그램은 이러한 자동화에 가장 큰 장애요인이 되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 기 존 설계 과정 중 반복작업을 대체하고자 강화학습 알고리즘과 외부 해석프로그램을 함께 제어할 수 있는 인터페이스를 포함한 교량 설계 프로세스에 대한 AI기반 자동화 시스템을 구축하였다. 이 연구를 통하여 구축된 시스템의 프로토타입은 2경간 RC라멘교를 대 상으로 제작하였다. 개발된 인터페이스 체계는 향후 최신 AI 및 타 형식의 교량설계 간 연계를 위한 기초기술로써 활용될 수 있을 것 으로 판단된다..

This paper suggests a specific model that could efficiently improve the interaction and the interface between MES(Manufacturing Execution System) server and POP(Point of Production) terminal through electronic document server and electronic pen, bluetooth receiver and form paper in disassembly and process inspection works. The proposed model shows that the new method by electronic document automation system can more efficiently perform to reduce processing time for maintenance work, compared with the current approach by handwritten processing system. It is noted in case of the method by electronic document automation system that the effects of proposed model are as follows; (a) While the processing time per equipment for maintenance by the current method was 300 minutes, the processing time by the new method was 50 minutes. (b) While the processing error ratio by the current method was 20%, the error ratio by the new method was 1%.

선박에 설치되는 개구(Opening)는 사람이 드나드는 문(door)과 화물 출입구(cargo access hatch) 그리고 닫힌 장소에 사람이 드나들기 위한 맨홀(manhole)이 있다. 특히 해치는 수밀이 필요한 경우가 많아 폐쇄장치가 복잡한 기구로 구성되게 된다. 이 연구에서는 생산효율 및 품질향상을 위해 유압으로 작동하는 취부용 지그(JIG)를 개발하였다.

Design in small hydro power systems is the detailed work required a variety of epidemiological considerations. However, turbine designers were often feel the limitations due to repetitive calculations or drawings, rather than focusing on finding the turbine performance and efficiency improvements. Furthermore, miss the point in repeating the procedure design process or cross the interface is not easy to keep track of the changes required parameters should also feel the difficulties in efficient design. Improve this unreasonable points, though he design part is insufficient understanding of the hydro turbine, to automate the design to exclude the repetitive operations is the purpose of this study