Automation in Remanufacturing: Applying Sealant on a Car Component
2022 (English)In: Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering, Volume 21 / [ed] Amos H.C. Ng, Anna Syberfeldt, Dan Högberg, Magnus Holm, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press, 2022, Vol. 21, p. 147-158Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Sustainable development
Environmental work, Climate Improvements
Abstract [en]
The remanufacturing industry currently relies significantly on manualwork when, for example, sorting and disassembling. Due to several issues, includingprocess time and sequence, operations number, disassembly planning andscheduling, process cost, and performance measurement, it is challenging to staycompetitive. Based on this, it is assumed that more extensive use of robots andautomation in these industries can facilitate higher efficiency and better workconditions. This research paper aims to explore how remanufacturing of carcomponents can be made automatic. The paper describes a case where a specific carcomponent was selected and a specific step in its remanufacturing process exploredfrom the perspective of automating that task. When conducting remanufacturing ofthe selected car component, some machines are used for the testing, cleaning, andgrinding of materials. However, all assembly work is done manually. Incollaboration with the case company, the process step of applying sealant for theassembling of a lid that covers electronic components was selected. Thedemonstrator shows that it is possible to apply sealant with a human-robot layoutwith a good result. One of the advantages of using a robot for this step is that a highquality result was achieved.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press, 2022. Vol. 21, p. 147-158
Series
Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering ; 21
Keywords [en]
Circular Economy, Automotive, Automation, Remanufacturing, Collaborative Robots, HRC, SME
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-184764DOI: 10.3233/ATDE220134ISI: 001191233200013ISBN: 978-1-64368-268-6 (print)ISBN: 978-1-64368-269-3 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-184764DiVA, id: diva2:1655720
Conference
SPS2022, 10th Swedish Production Symposium , Skövde, Sweden, april 26-29, 2022
Projects
Automation in Repair and Remanufacturing (ARR)
Note
Funding:
The strategic innovation program called “Produktion2030”, which is funded by the Swedish Government Innovation Agency (VINNOVA) (2018-01591), Formas, and the Swedish Energy Agency.
2022-05-032022-05-032024-11-15Bibliographically approved