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%.
자동차 개발 단계는, 본질적으로, 수차례의 개발 단계를 거치면서 설계 그룹들 간의 정보 전달과 교환이 여러 차례 반복적으로 발생하게 된다. 이러한 복잡한 상호 정보 교환 과정을 정확하게 이해하여 업무가 수행되지 못하면 불필요한 재작업을 야기시킬 수 있으며, 이는 비용 낭비 및 계획에 차질이 발생할 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 시스템 다이나믹 모델을 개발하여 빈번한 design-built-test 싸이클이 자동차 개발 단계에 미치는 영향 및 이점들을 고찰